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- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
geopolitics of the moment. The interesting thing about the energy sector is that it is always and everywhere inherently geopolitical, even when the decision-making by firms is utterly commercial in its rationale. These were fundamentally... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
campuses. Q: What is the major take-away you would like social enterprises to get from your research? What are the major implications in terms of building and running a nonprofit? A: While perhaps not... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
K.O. Chia: The Voice of Experience
“With my corporate start-up experience, I know what it takes to build a company up from zero,” Chia explains. “A lot of young entrepreneurs, particularly in Asia, are quite inexperienced, and you literally... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of the Modern Banking System
By: Juliane Begenau and Tim Landvoigt
How does the shadow banking system respond to changes in the capital regulation of commercial banks? This paper builds a quantitative general equilibrium model with commercial banks and shadow banks to study the unintended consequences of capital requirements. A key... View Details
Begenau, Juliane, and Tim Landvoigt. "Financial Regulation in a Quantitative Model of the Modern Banking System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-140, June 2016. (Revised July 2016.)
- September 2021
- Article
Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time
Understanding the process of innovation has been a central concern of management researchers, but despite this progress, there remains much that we do not understand. Deepening our knowledge is critically important given the enormous environmental and social challenges... View Details
Keywords: Architectural Innovation; Systemic Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability
Henderson, Rebecca. "Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time." Management Science 67, no. 9 (September 2021).
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Bringing Teachers to All of America
sending great, energetic, determined teachers into the classroom today, but also by building a leadership force that's dedicated to taking this on for the rest of their lives. Over the last four years, in... View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
at HBS. Before we kick off the ABCs, let us introduce ourselves. We are HBS CPD – Harvard Business School Career & Professional Development. A – Aldrich. Aldrich Hall is one of our main academic View Details
- Research Summary
Thin Slices of Teams with Professor Jeff Polzer, Patricia Satterstrom, and Lisa Kwan
How do people evaluate team effectiveness from short observations of interactions among team members? What are the cues people take in in such narrow windows of experience? What contributes to the accuracy of evaluations based on thin slices of... View Details
- Web
Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment
or adapting to climate change at the local, state, federal, and international levels Transform the sources of energy we rely on, how and where we grow food , the modes of transportation we use, the... View Details
- 2010
- Book
The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance
By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman
Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry
Fisher, Marshall, and Ananth Raman. The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- Winter 2021
- Article
Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation
By: James K. Sebenius, Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg and Paul Levy
While social media has had profound effects in many realms, the theory and practice of negotiation have remained relatively untouched by this potent phenomenon. In this article, we survey existing research in this area and develop a broader framework for understanding... View Details
Sebenius, James K., Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg, and Paul Levy. "Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation." Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Negotiation. Negotiation Journal 37, no. 1 (Winter 2021): 97–141.
- 02 Nov 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning
Keywords: by Rogelio Oliva & Noel H. Watson
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Action Plan: The Power of Story
As a guy who makes his living getting—and keeping—people’s attention, Charles Henderson (MBA 1991) appreciates the value of a memorable tagline. He knows that his is more compelling than most. “I call it my ‘heroin-to-Harvard’ story,” he... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
millions of dollars to build followers? That’s why we end up relying on these intermediate metrics, intuition, and anecdotal stories—and that’s where we go wrong. View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
Making Sense of Past and Present
Coco Chanel climbed the ladders of her success from lover to lover, nor that she was a Nazi agent. I would have never suspected that the famous cultural patron Guggenheim pushed Chile to an economic and political crisis in order to... View Details
- January–February 2018
- Article
The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture: How to Manage the Eight Critical Elements of Organizational Life
By: Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price and J. Yo-Jud Cheng
Executives are often confounded by culture, because much of it is anchored in unspoken behaviors, mindsets, and social patterns. But when properly managed, culture can help them achieve change and build organizations that will thrive in even the most trying times. In... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Groysberg, Boris, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng. "The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture: How to Manage the Eight Critical Elements of Organizational Life." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 44–52.
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Action Plan: Fruit of the Vine
Knudsen Cowles: building for the future at the family vineyard in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (photo by Hilary Bobel Cronon) When they inherited the family vineyard a decade ago, Page Knudsen Cowles (MBA 1983) and her three brothers knew... View Details
Keywords: Ryan Jones
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
century, but it did not start out as a superstar paper or at head of the pack.” Since there were thousands of articles to choose from (more than 150 years' worth!) I needed to decide on the thematic View Details
- Web
Continuity of Strategic Direction - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
“Reinvention” and frequent shifts in direction are costly and confuse the customer, the industry, and the organization. Continuity of strategy is essential to creating and sustaining competitive advantage. This means: Understanding the... View Details
- October 2009
- Case
A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Curtis Rising
On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it was simultaneously acquiring two public companies, Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources, in all-cash deals. The total price was about $24 billion, a figure close to Anadarko's market cap at the time.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Model; Transformation; Negotiation; Organizational Culture; Public Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Alignment; Valuation; Energy Industry; United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Curtis Rising. "A Big (Double) Deal: Anadarko's Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources." Harvard Business School Case 610-020, October 2009.