by Rebecca Henderson - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
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Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance

Why does one company succeed, while another fails? The research of Rebecca M. Henderson (MBA 1985, AM 1988, PhD 1988), University Professor, indicates that a fundamental difference concerns informal... View Details

26 Mar 2021
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Finding a way forward on climate change

23 Dec 2019
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What weighed on us in 2019? ‘Climate emergency’

05 May 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

Professor Rebecca Henderson “Doing well by doing good” has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as business leaders, investors, and stakeholders have deepened their... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Redefining How Businesses Operate

In her LinkedIn profile, Rebecca Hu (MBA 2023) describes herself as a “biologist-turned-technologist obsessed with building great software products.” A product manager at the language learning app Duolingo, Hu immersed herself in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Taylor Callery Scroll the main story to read all alumni submissions or jump to a specific case here: “Suzuki Samurai” Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991) “Johnson &... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 Mar 2018
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Do the Things You Love

Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985, PhD BE 1988) is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University. In this interview, she discusses the value of money versus personal satisfaction. “Money... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

Professor Rebecca Henderson, Photo credit: Susan Young Rebecca Henderson is worried about the current state of capitalism in America. The noted economist says that increasing... View Details

20 Mar 2019
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

political community has failed.” These comments were echoed in remarks by guest speaker Roland Hwang, managing director of NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy Program. Drawing on 10 years of research and her hugely successful MBA course,... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

11 Jan 2021
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Strengthening Democracy

of the U.S. Capitol Was a Breach of Trust, by Professor Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta "Reflections on the Tumult in Washington D.C.," Professors Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Mihir Desai, and Rebecca... View Details

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

addressing this critical issue and is quite simply broken. HBS’s own Professor Rebecca Henderson has emphasized this fact and underscored the conclusion that “business is central to finding a solution.” A... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Broad Range of Interests Among Nine New Faculty

HENDERSON: After two decades at MIT, she brings her interest in “green business” to HBS. Major technological shifts always pose a challenge to organizations, and Rebecca Henderson (MBA ’85, PhDBE ’88) has... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2013
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Campaign Season

Jonathan Zittrain and included McArthur University Professor Rebecca Henderson, cochair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, and Harvard Medical School professor Peter Sorger. HBS will launch its campaign in April, followed... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation