Project Portfolio Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
News

Bright Future for Green Business

any type is a thorny problem at every stage — innovation, funding, product development, and distribution. “Big companies are not particularly good at innovating, and incumbents are very good at protecting the status quo,” said Dave Prend (MBA ’84), View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2015
News

Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

Hubert, SVP at Viacom and head of Scratch, the company’s “creative SWAT team.” That means change on a global scale: Millennials, currently one-third of the global population and more than 85 million strong in the United States, are View Details

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

working on? A: I'm working on several cases right now, most of which deal with the pharmaceutical industry and the ways in which pharmaceutical firms manage through the political dilemmas that often confront them. I'm also beginning to... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

distributional issues, and the likely effects of reforms to tax provisions such as the AMT are considered. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://www.nber.org/papers/w14149 Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles Authors:Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel Abstract We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 16

Publications September 2014 The Oxford Handbook of Innovation Management Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation By: Ahuja, Gautam, and Elena Novelli Abstract—This article (a) identifies the different theoretical perspectives and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

of the firm. There is substantial evidence for this: see Danny Miller and Isabelle Le Breton-Miller's book Managing for the Long Run: Lessons in Competitive Advantage from Great Family Businesses. These leaders also start with the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

recession as feeling “like someone turned off the faucet” in construction. Still, Magagnini hopes IceStone can break even this year and turn a profit next year. The green building market is with her: McGraw-Hill Construction projects it... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

with us and explained more about the drivers of The Story of American Business and the book's implications for managers and leaders. Martha Lagace: Please give us a bit of backstory to this project. Nancy F. Koehn: The New York Times... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

02 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 2, 2010

Abstract A perennial question facing managers is how much decision latitude to give their employees at work. The current research investigates how decision latitude affects employees' perceptions of managers' personalities and, in turn,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

Management and author of Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Lessons from Other Sectors. The environmental challenges we face are among the most important issues facing business. If, as current scientific research suggests, it would be... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

projects that are critical to their organization's success. Although building teams from individuals with varied prior experience is increasingly necessary, prior work fails to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Aug 2015
News

A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

microinsurance market. She finished HBS as a Leadership Fellow, launching Accion International’s microinsurance program in 2005. A follow-up project at Capital One, introducing prepaid debit cards to unbanked customers in the United... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

12 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

emergence of political economy and the project of creating market societies. By reconstructing ideas in their historical contexts, I address motivations and contingencies at the very foundations of modernity. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

When managers need help leading through turbulent times, Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter suggests taking wisdom from the sayings of that expert on confusion, Yogi Berra. "When you come to a fork in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1998
News

A Message from Dean Clark

requires continuing innovation in all of our educational programs. What we see ahead is a need for leaders with strong general management skills - people who know how to get things done and are able to inspire others. These qualities have... View Details

02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

Web

Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

overview with our group’s host, Jesper Jolma, an Investment Manager at Baseload Capital who flew in from Sweden to spend time with us. Jesper got his Executive MBA from HBS this year and was a great guide who traveled with us and helped... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

The Exchange: Chance Encounters

of strategic space configurations, is an illustration of the value of face time. “This project would very much not exist were we not literally next door to each other,” says Wu, an associate professor. In the following conversation with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

11 trainees, chosen through the Specialisterne Assessment process, in Adelaide. During the assessment, candidates completed individual and team projects using Lego Mindstorms, as well as undergoing psychometric testing for... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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