Management Practices - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2015
Op-Ed

The Future of the Greek Economy

future for Europe will remain an unaccomplished mission if the political vision and the courage to move to a closer fiscal union cannot be found. When all is said and done, however, Europe needs more Europe. — Dante Roscini Dante Roscini, a native of Italy, is a... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini & George Serafeim; Banking

21 Dec 2022
News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS.... View Details

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

2016 Echoing Green Fellow Christine Su is co-founder and CEO of PastureMap. The for-profit software company helps sustainable ranchers record their grazing practices on mobile devices. (Photo courtesy of Echoing Green.) A division of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

nation, Keloharju believes the findings are generalizable to other countries, including the United States. Widely cited for its management practices, Sweden has 24 companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list of largest companies in the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and the September 11th Fund. We asked Wei-Skillern to discuss the book and its practical applications for business leaders. Sean Silverthorne: Why did you and your coauthors write this book?... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

“Reimaging Capitalism” into practice by helping funds build investing strategies and philosophy around how they evaluate potential investments via a series of ESG ratings. I’m currently organizing a teach-in for the company View Details

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

stay-at-home mom, and was the first person in his family to go to college. He went to Kansas State University on a football scholarship, but was injured during a spring practice in his sophomore year. That led him, in what seems to be his... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2002
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes

even in the womb!” explains Erdoes, who heads global investments for the private bank of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company. Her job puts her in charge of more than $200 billion in assets, managed on behalf of an exclusive group of private... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

clubs get exclusive access to our corporate sponsors - top investment banks, consulting firms, technology companies, and general management companies - more than one week early. This year, we hosted our first ever virtual Diversity Career... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

offering occasional remote workdays—they will redesign every aspect of how work gets done, from defining how they measure organizational success to training their managers to make it happen. How the Future Works offers a blueprint for... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

nonetheless offer a host of principles (the Reverend Louis Sullivan's Global Sullivan Principles), management standards (the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability's AccountAbility 1000), best View Details

Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

For example, ads for Viagra, Prozac, and Allegra are seemingly everywhere, and have helped create powerful brands. Of course, this practice gives rise to much controversy. Does direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) make health consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Jun 1999
News

New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year

professor of management practice Myra Hart, a cofounder of Staples, provided remarks on the growing role of entrepreneurship at HBS, and Associate Professor Amar Bhidé discussed his research for his... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

To The Rescue

Each day, the chaos that is one sliver of modern India arrives in the form of 13,000 phone calls to the tranquil 37-acre campus of the Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) outside Hyderabad in the southern state of Andhra... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change - Course Catalog

course, many of whom are building high growth social enterprises. Course Overview Social entrepreneurs don’t just build organizations, they change systems. This course will explore the frameworks, tools, mindsets, and best practices that... View Details

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

by radio stations improves their capability to respond to entry by TV stations. Our research builds on and extends literatures on platforms and learning-by-doing and offers practical implications for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

keep getting great things done? Organize Tomorrow Today proposes simple new habits to adopt. For example, writing down our top priorities helps us to focus—but doing it the day before triggers a powerful psychological phenomenon that enhances our ability to achieve... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

pressures. There is some empirical evidence that family firms can make decisions that are longer-term oriented, but the evidence is not clear cut. And there can be significant drawbacks to having families manage a business. My colleague... View Details