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2010
Working Paper

Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors

By: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell

A combination of concerns about climate change and energy security has recently led to significant increases in public funding for energy R&D. Some commentators are suggesting that these increases need to be sustained, and are advocating for increases of as much as... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Research and Development; Pollutants; Climate Change; Energy Industry

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The Influence of Ownership on Accounting Information Expenditures

This paper analyzes the association between ownership, top management incentives, and expenditures on accounting information. We argue that organizations with privately appointed boards of directors such as for-profit and non-governmental nonprofit organizations use... View Details

Keywords: Governance; Motivation and Incentives; Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Ownership; Health Industry

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The willingness to connect with an external network is key in an environment where products and services are themselves increasingly inter-connected. We see trends in this direction for a variety of reasons, either because uses of multiple products are complementary... View Details

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

breakthroughs in an Academy of Management Discoveries article, Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises. "Your immediate manager plays a huge role in establishing your work environment for creativity, the extent... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

technologies ready to scale. Frontier projects carry more risk in terms of GHG reduction certainty, but these types of technologies will play a crucial role in addressing climate change in the future, so it is important to help catalyze... View Details

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Redefining Capitalism - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Creating Shared Value CSV Creating Shared Value CSV Explained Emerging Topics CSV in Practice Published CSV Cases CSV Explained CSV Explained The Three Levels of CSV Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy Redefining Capitalism The New View Details

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Related Topics Related Topics Strategy & IT Strategy for Universities & Nonprofits... View Details

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

Summing Up Summing up the unusually large number of responses to the piece on street smarts, the consensus is that they represent skills taught by experience, role models, and experiential learning techniques such as case analysis and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA

of alcohol. Responsible Social Events Harvard Business School expects students, faculty, and staff in leadership roles (e.g., club presidents or program chairs) to create safe and responsible social environments. Those hosting events must... View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Access real-world employment data from HBS alumni with the Career Trends tool

their information. Here are some scenarios in which Career Trends could be helpful: “I currently live in the Midwest and have been offered a role in Boston at a health care startup. I’m wondering if there is room for negotiation on... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

prosperity growth (Baldwin, 2003; Dollar/Kraay, 2002; Frankel/Romer, 1999; Sachs/ Warner 1995), or highlighted the role of trade as a means to tap into foreign knowledge and raise productivity (Coe/Helpman, 1995; Alcala/Ciccone, 2004).... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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Climate Change | Institute for Business in Global Society

Climate Change Businesses today are increasingly expected to play a leading role in mitigating the worst effects of climate change and in creating a more sustainable economy. Find the latest thinking and practical examples from the HBS... View Details

08 Oct 2021
Blog Post

8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

emphasized the quality of choice. When coming out, some folks choose to come out to their families first. However, as the oldest sibling of five and the first to go to college from my family, I felt a responsibility to be a role model to... View Details

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

executive compensation. Yet while laws, regulations, and policies have a clear role to play here, they are a relatively expensive and inefficient way for a society to promote responsible conduct and trustworthy business leadership. In the... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Board members & executives

How can I construct a list of executives or company board of directors members? BoardEx: screen by company name, individual, committee, gender, role, tenure and other criteria. Capital IQ: screen for board members by role (ex: Chairman)... View Details

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

01 Oct 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect

Keywords: by Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo & Robert C. Merton; Construction; Real Estate

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

percent of employees suffered a 20 percent salary reduction. Case wrote: “Throughout this trauma, our team has demonstrated incredible resilience. We all understand the gravity of this crisis and recognize the important role Aon plays in... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

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FAQs - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Frequently Asked Questions Do you offer services for students as well as faculty?The Christensen Center is primarily for faculty teaching development. However, we understand the critical role played by students in the case method. We take... View Details

October 2012
Case

Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Elena Corsi

Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Managerial Roles; Restructuring; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Financial Crisis; Energy Industry; Netherlands

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