Power And Influence - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind

Having multiple means of using this electricity, such as producing green hydrogen, helps absorb excess power and puts it to use. Furthermore, the ability to export green electricity to neighboring countries,... View Details

07 Mar 2019
News

Smart Marketing Brings Rapid Growth to Latino Brands

did, one step at a time, is bring together concepts and brands from Mexico and from Latin America, establish them in the marketplace, and work them hard to visually have an... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

Kilimanjaro

“If I had known how hard it would be, I never would have done it. But I’m really glad I did.” That was the most common response among the group of fifteen HBS alumni and friends who participated in the pre-safari optional adventure of... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

country where many marriages are often still arranged, and it’s a private, family affair,” Balaraj says. “There are 30 to 40 million active Internet users in India who are progressive in their thinking and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Portrait Project

Emily Slota

speak truth to power was a gift, and that it could have important consequences. I am committed to helping people build businesses in challenging economic and political... View Details

Henry W. Gadsden

Gadsden presided over a massive period of growth for Merck & Company. A strong believer in the power of research and development, he increased spending in this area four fold during his tenure – from $32... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

01 Dec 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

process large amounts of data. But how can the strengths of each be combined for maximum benefit? Citing the latest neuroscience and his research with experts in mind-machine combination, Prensky shows how smart people are learning to... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

09 Feb 2016
News

Applying Business Principles to Military Problems

protection against the storm. So that was probably the first critical application of what I learned here. I still remember the day, walking in that morning and there were several hundred people looking at me saying, ‘What do we do next?’... View Details

23 Feb 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

David Motley (MBA 1988) grew up in Lincoln-Larimer, a struggling neighborhood in Pittsburgh’s East End. He remembers the soot on the snow in the cold winters of the 1960s. And if he looked south, toward the Monongahela River, he could see... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2024
News

The Road Less Traveled

Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

“master’s tools” can be turned toward liberatory ends, powerful new strategies and technologies are reshaping work and life in potentially emancipatory ways. Many of these... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Good for Laughs

made his stage debut about four years ago and now appears once or twice a week, sometimes as a headliner. (And you might have caught him on television as well, most recently on CNBC’s Power Lunch in July.)... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2009
News

Big Bailouts, Little Debate

Congress for the authority to take them over, it was granted without much debate. I’ve spoken to almost every lawmaker, regulator, and executive who might have influenced that decision, View Details

Keywords: Charles Duhigg; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

04 Apr 2018
News

Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand

Scouts debuted a new PSA: “I’m Prepared . . . to Lead Like a Girl Scout.” The 30-second spot, with a catchy new anthem, will air on cable networks in 2017. But Pitter-Armand knows she has an even more powerful network at her disposal for... View Details

13 Jun 2014
Op-Ed

World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention

heavily through TV and other media in the months leading up to the World Cup. A portion of the population has seen the value of protesting in front of a TV camera in an effort to get the attention of other segments of the population or... View Details

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

16 Dec 2016
News

An Environmental Epiphany

maybe somewhat naively, I concluded that the place where you change the rules is in the political process. And I put up my hands to serve in parliament, partly because I felt that somebody with business experience View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

After the Storm

kids I serve. This is my opportunity to change that. It needs to change. It is still very uncomfortable for me at times. I think the biggest thing I’ve struggled with is feeling small. There’s power in numbers. View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade

of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring Trade Links Chinese Competition Expatriate Traders View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Think Globally, Teach Locally

we've always encouraged others to consider using the case method, and that has brought us into contact with constituencies overseas,” says Khanna, who is researching the influence of U.S. schools View Details