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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Andrea Silbert
Harvard College freshman when she got a job working for the catering arm of Harvard Student Agencies. “I absolutely loved it,” she recalls. “It was a fantastic experience that helped me realize how much I enjoy working hard.” By her...
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- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
In 2020, our faculty published 14 books that dive into their research and pull from their professional experiences on topics including the future of capitalism, managing time, how AI is transforming work, the power of experiments, a...
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- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Citizen Year — SEF 2009 honoree Global Citizen Year is disrupting the traditional path to college and creating a new generation of global leaders through a "bridge" year of service learning and leadership training in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. After high school,...
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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
world. The Great Qing Empire ruled China and dominated East Asia by a combination of power and cultural prestige. China's economy was the world's largest. China seemed without peer. Decline came fast. By 1900, China had been invaded,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
itch. This year, for the first time, the program expands to four individuals whose lives and experiences show what different roads the entrepreneurial journey can take. “Students are hungry for the kind of perspective they can get from...
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- 25 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2022
emerging. The impacts of the climate crisis are already being felt as the world experiences more frequent extreme weather events, with substantial coastal, urban, and agricultural assets at risk. Climate change is a crucial driver of...
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- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
together, they can be overwhelming and, frankly, mind-numbing. While my comments below are much more nuanced, I thought I would begin with a thought experiment that I've found helpful for simplifying the relevant issues. Imagine if you...
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by Mihir Desai
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Beyond the Boom Senior Lecturer John Macomber The oil boom has lowered the unemployment rate in Williston, North Dakota, to less than 1 percent. “With respect to the city, if you want to diversify the economy and make it attractive to...
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- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
this is an audacious one." MME completed construction of its plant in February 2005 and quickly ramped up production to 48 million gallons of ethanol annually. By the end of FY 2007, it had posted $23 million in profits but also had begun to View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Week NYC 2023
and Chief Solutionist Solitaire Townsend and Group CEO Lucy Shea were dynamic and insightful moderating the energizing panels I attended: Hollywood’s Starring Role in the Climate Economy and How Storytelling Advances Solutions, where Tory...
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
FY 2007, it had posted $23 million in profits but also had begun to experience the harsh realities of rising corn prices, falling ethanol prices, and land scarcity. With all of these factors as a backdrop, students analyze several options...
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- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
American retailers are heading into a holiday shopping season unlike any other as the spiraling COVID-pandemic and limp economy threaten consumer spending. We asked Harvard Business School faculty members—in particular, authors of recent...
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- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
As the information economy emerges and technology transforms "business-as-usual," senior-level executives need to understand the "big picture" of how IT impacts their entire organization—from top to bottom. The HBS...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
business endeavors through the lives of ten titans of commerce. Beginning with the Tudor merchants who transformed England’s economy via trade with the New World, the author traces an entrepreneurial golden line through men such as Thomas...
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- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
Put differently, there appear to be fewer economies of scale in R&D than there used to be. The way companies define, measure, and reward excellent research has to change.—Henry Chesbrough So what specific things are small companies...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
decision.” Illustration by Jon Krause illustration by Jon Krause But how to deliver that capital with the necessary speed while still giving the loans a proper vetting? Kehinde’s and Eksin’s extensive experience with small businesses...
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Dan Morrell
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
manage investors' expectations, and how you manage partners. The competitive advantage of the U.S. economy lies in our great science institutions and university infrastructure. —Gary Pisano "I see a lot of great research going on...
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- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/BFSWIPO.pdf Luck or Cheating? A Field Experiment on Honesty with Children Authors:Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan Publication:Journal of Economic Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract We run an...
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