by Rebecca Henderson - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 2

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/SSRN%20-%20Org%20Sci%20Rewrite%20for%20ssrn_b75b2c22-40f6-430f-be8f-9797e71fe2ea.pdf September 2014 Journal of Economic Perspectives Management Practices, Relational Contracts and the Decline of General Motors By: Helper,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2021
What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

improvement in the average produced a 2.5 percent improvement in unit revenue, or $250,000 in added revenue per hotel. In spite of the economics, organizations apparently are doing a poor job of building positive employee experiences, whether through trust or other... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

overcoming long odds. Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Can inclusivity, sustainability, and better governance boost economies? Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the impact investing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

14 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

conference at HBS that Ramanna is organizing with McArthur University Professor Rebecca M. Henderson will dive into these themes and other ideas to develop and clarify reporting standards. For the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

choose to commute by car. But if we can devise a better solution, savvy travelers will choose accordingly, and Planet Earth will be the beneficiary. Rebecca M. Henderson, Senator John Heinz Professor Of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights)... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

collaborations become effective, an increasing number of companies will be able to engage in activities that create a more positive social impact. Professor Rebecca Henderson is writing a fascinating book on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Consumers also cautioned brands... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

proved that each generation perceives its actions as rational but to (the) next it may appear irrational. This is the path to growth and development of civilization." Frances Pratt said, "What is normal and rational is framed by... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-060.pdf Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM Authors:Timothy Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein, and Rebecca View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

audience at Harvard Business School on Monday. "If you are a Republican, it's like a formal requirement to be a nonbeliever in climate change. And that's bad." In conversation with Harvard University Professor Rebecca Henderson,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Question: How has the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

difference. If there’s a way to build collective commitment to continuing to move forward I think we’ll emerge in much better shape than if every firm focuses only on its own concerns. Rebecca Henderson... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

encouraging them to participate in case studies and other research. The School hopes that highlighting these higher-ambition efforts could act as a template for other companies to follow. "I do think you are very important," HBS Professor View Details