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- 31 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It
internal strategic resources, many companies continue to have outmoded strategic perspectives. There is a surplus of capitalchasing a scarcity of talented peopleand the knowledge they possess.— Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
immigrants—are extensively covered. Hancock Family Papers, 1712-1854 Collection Guide The business papers of Boston’s Hancock family contain many examples of the credit instruments that early American merchants devised to circumvent the View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
characteristics (competence, ambition) and is scarce and in demand on the job market. This research uncovers an alternative kind of conspicuous consumption that operates by shifting the focus from the preciousness and scarcity of goods to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
competitiveness." In addition, he commented, an increased need for capital and scarcity of public resources have influenced the phenomenon. Brand noted that worldwide, 60 percent of privatizations were done via public offerings in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
scarcity Nicole Sherwood (MBA 2005) Jonathan Rose Companies New York Green real estate policy, planning, development, civic-development, and investment firm Scott Smith (MBA 1991) Opflex Solutions West Hyannisport, Massachusetts... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
jeans can use up to six tons. Producing two pounds of wheat needs one ton, and two pounds of beef requires between 15 and 30 tons. "Despite looming water scarcity crises in the US and around the world, water is free and abundant in most... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
same postal code through events (in cars, for instance) and to learn about non-work talents (concerts or comedy). When the pandemic (eventually) ends, economic recovery will follow, but it will not solve every current problem. The past year has been characterized by... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
their reduction of carbon dioxide emissions than they are getting from their resilience in the face of fuel scarcity and power grid interruptions. We found that the average man or woman on the street in Kenya or Senegal does not care... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
7 Laws of Enough is about a radical kind of change at the personal, organizational, and societal level: a shift from scarcity to sustainable abundance. LaRoche offers seven principles to guide readers on a transformational journey of... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost
African people, businesses, cities, and nations are increasingly stressed by climate related perils like drought, river flooding, extreme heat, and sea level rise. This is already leading not just to destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and livelihoods –... View Details
- 12 Feb 2016
- Op-Ed
The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills
of jobs that Americans would aspire to, if only they knew where scarcity existed, what the qualifications were for those jobs, and where to go to acquire the right credentials. Tariffs or flimsy labor standards agreements will do nothing... View Details
- 01 Aug 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?
efficient markets might argue that these are merely a reflection of the scarcity of supply among those thought to be able to lead large organizations. And yet there is evidence of little or no relationship between the size of CEO... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
second-largest continent: Africa. “Policymakers, investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
in the same industry. But there may be one more: There is an increasing scarcity of talent with the attitudes that organizations are seeking. If one accepts these "hypotheses"—and clearly not everyone does—this leads to a number... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
having it deliver to customers integrated technology services that would build and manage all aspects of their IT strategy-even if it meant incorporating products made by IBM's competitors. In an expanding technology market that offered a dizzying array of options and... View Details
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Day in IFC: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017), Africa - MBA
increasing scarcity of clean water, clean air, clean power, and effective transport, and (3) the apparent inability of federal governments to fully address these problems with their own capabilities and financial resources. Layla and her... View Details
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
Provision in a Business Cycle Model By: Begenau, Juliane Abstract—This paper develops a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model in which households' preferences for safe and liquid assets constitute a violation of Modigliani and Miller. I show that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
Working PapersRunning Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: existing protocols allow only a finite set... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
drive much of the global conversation of the next 30 years. First, rapid and massive urbanization: hundreds of millions of people are migrating to cities for better lives. Second, worsening scarcity of critical resources like clean water,... View Details