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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/history/economic-history/cambridge-history-capitalism-volume-2 August 2013 Science A Better Route to Tech Standards By: Lerner, Josh, and Jean Tirole Abstract—Technological View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
multinationals toward organization-wide rationalization. Efficiencies and commonalities have emerged, particularly with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
describes the most important legal forms of U.S. bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 11) and provides definitions of technical terms related to the bankruptcy process. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212081-PDF-ENG DONG Energy: Clean and Reliable... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
and by the effects of their private governance mechanisms. These organizational characteristics affect the stringency of monitoring through reputation, customer loyalty, differential impacts of government sanctions, and the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
newer technologies have been adopted faster than old ones. The cross-country variation in the adoption of technologies accounts for at least a quarter of per capita income differences. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-093.pdf Bank Accounting View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
Working PapersWhat Should GAAP Look Like? A Survey and Economic Analysis Authors:S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna, and Douglas J. Skinner Abstract Based on extant literature, we articulate a positive theory of GAAP under the assumption that GAAP's objective is to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
Offshore Wind Energy in the USA Harvard Business School Case 708-022 Cape Wind is an extreme example of NIMBY—not in my backyard syndrome. This is the first offshore wind project planned for the United States, in Nantucket Sound, just... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Death of the Global Manager
efficiency. If you're Ford or Toyota, for example, you have to compete in the world market to capture the minimum efficient scale." The second requirement, often in conflict with the first, is a sensitivity and responsiveness to... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
the reduction in emissions as we might expect. And even residential building energy use, food and drink, a shift away from dining and restaurants, which are generally less efficient in their View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
efficiency also had more conventional paths to market based on licensing deals to large seed companies. Alternatively, Arcadia could acquire a seed company and develop and market its seed directly. A different near-term growth area... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 26
Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy In 2005, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the company had made progress on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
products in the B2B marketplace, this book provides specific knowledge of use to people in the cleantech, energy efficiency, and resource efficiency space. It is packed with wisdom and resources for... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
importance of reinvesting at this point. Q: In this context, you advance an unusual definition of competitiveness. Is that really the fulcrum for your whole project? JR: We define US competitiveness as the ability of firms in the US to succeed in the global marketplace... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
time and energy to something greater than myself. So when I left the Army to attend HBS, I knew I wanted to try and capture that same sense of purpose. Enter fall internship recruiting. While my classmates were all knee-deep in case... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
transparent and globally standardized methods of corporate governance. Dozens of countries worldwide, each representing different degrees of involvement of legal systems and regulators in corporate governance, were studied by Harvard... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
energies toward. This year you’ll be co-president of the Food, Agriculture, and Water Club. What motivated you to pursue this role? What goals do you have as co-president? I think to the broader HBS population, careers today in food and... View Details
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
energies toward. This year you’ll be co-president of the Food, Agriculture, and Water Club. What motivated you to pursue this role? What goals do you have as co-president? I think to the broader HBS population, careers today in food and... View Details
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Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator - Health Care
learn so much from patients, but getting them involved requires encouragement, building trust, and growing awareness. Learn more: Patient Engagement: Five Basics Patient Engagement Through Value Patient Registries 2. Data & Analytics: Aggregating and View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
thought: "Safety precautions, etc. are reactive approaches. The proactive approach will be to involve under-privileged peoples in constructive work, (help them) improve their standard of living, and instill in them a feeling of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
important role in galvanizing their classmates to return to campus. We have recently completed another successful and well-attended Global Alumni Conference, an annual HBS event that relies heavily on the energy and commitment of its... View Details