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- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
situations as well.” The decision to study alumni connections was borne of the professors' personal school ties: both received their PhDs in finance from the University of Chicago. In 2007, each landed a position in the Finance Unit at...
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- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
United States and United Kingdom.) "Having graduated from a school one notch higher in terms of selectivity induces a 2.5% average wage premium, versus a 9% relative premium in...
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- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
from an increase in new hires and the balance from an increase in earnings. Interestingly, the United Kingdom has followed suit, charging a newly created small business commissioner post with tackling what the U.K.’s Federation of Small...
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by Karen Mills
- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Case
Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?
other sectors of the economy including health care." In the case of electronic cigarettes, existing evidence indicates that they have led to a net decrease in smoking. Of the 43.8 million smokers in the United View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
nearly 2,000 Ph.D.'s), most of whom are employed at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Although the United States controls only 17 percent of the Bank's votes, by tradition the Bank's nine presidents have...
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Garry Emmons
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
developing world where there are fewer educational opportunities, those in the developed world who cannot afford the available options, and those affected by the upheaval in business and schooling caused by the pandemic. For instance, in the View Details
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April White
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Cong. Don Beyer, Anne Kelly (HKS 1996), Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006), Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), Prof. Michael Toffel, and Matt Sonnesyn (HKS 2002). Fifty years ago, the Clean Air Act passed the United States...
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April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
The social sector is big business. In the United States alone some 1.5 million nonprofits and other social ventures have combined revenues of $700 billion and control assets valued at $2 trillion—a seemingly...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense" - MBA
East and North Africa South America United States Filters Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
The high-profile deaths last year of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and George Floyd were not the first tragic outcomes of racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the...
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Deborah Blagg
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Time to Rethink the Corporate Tax System?
of scope for managerial diversion, having the state enforce its claim can be a wonderful thing for shareholders. Similarly, tax avoidance in the United States is only valued...
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by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
of the American B-17 Flying Fortresses as they passed over Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, on the morning of September 17, 1944. The sound had become familiar since the United States had entered the Second World...
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- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
talent pool. Now in 266 schools across 13 states and in 28 countries, P-TECH started 10 years ago as a pilot program in a Brooklyn high school, offering students of color from underprivileged backgrounds the chance to stay in high school...
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by Kristen Senz
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
Crawford. “I’m proud that 50,000 of the President’s supporters voted for me,” Edwards says. Moreover, he’s the only Democrat to survive a 2003 redrawing of Texas congressional districts by state GOP legislators and orchestrated by former...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The way to measure success
Partners HealthCare, Boston Children’s Hospital, United Way of Massachusetts, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and dozens of educational institutions, including Harvard Business School. Given his achievements,...
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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
From A to Z
people are brash, for the most part. They don’t sugarcoat because they don’t know how to!” Anastasia Zotova Hometown: Saint Petersburg, Russia Education: M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science; diploma, Economics, Saint Petersburg View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
Nicolas P. Retsinas and Justin GinsburghHarvard Business School Case 210-024 A United States private equity fund, The Saboput Group, must decide whether to invest in a new technology park development in...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
for rigorous accounting research. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50473 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Hiding...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
you asked at BCG? In the BCG experiment, our immediate goal was to make it possible for team members to have predictable time off each week. Typically, the target was one night with no work contact, but it could be any predictable unit of...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
United States around 1900, and the initial "wow" factor that visitors experience when entering these buildings is often a partial reaction to the scope and beauty of their architecture. There is nothing like...
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