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- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
New York members, based on research by business executive Katherine Gehl and HBS Professor Michael Porter, detailing how partisan polarization has rendered government ineffective. That research resulted in a recently-released book, The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders
respective challenges. Koehn profiles Abraham Lincoln, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, Frederick Douglass, Nazi-resisting clergyman Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and environmental crusader Rachel Carson as they each faced unique leadership... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
their own alumni association as well to sustain their ties to and memory of the company. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY... View Details
- 22 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
immigration going forward. "My belief is that the debate has become too polarized and you have people on both sides advocating positions that have become caricatures," Kerr says. "There are two sides to the sword. It's better for us to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
the latter are paragons of process virtue. For example, it is quite possible that as many mistakes were made in the celebrated 1997 Pathfinder mission as were made in the failed 1999 Polar Lander mission. But we will never know. By not... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
Like: Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation Feedback or ideas to share? Email the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
warming, rapid melting of polar ice, and an increasingly fragile ecosystem where infectious diseases of all kinds are more likely to be successful, we run greater risks of all sorts of perils," says Froot. "In some cases—such as... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
involving fifteen federal agencies. In the private sector, Treadwell is chairman and CEO of Venture Ad Astra, which invests in and develops new geospatial and imaging technologies. “From 2007 to 2009, we are marking the International View Details
- 05 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together
us achieve our goals. This year's theme 'Tackling Climate Together' is a nod to COP27 but also to our hopes for open collaboration and communication amid a further polarizing world.” The opening keynote address featured Irina Gerry, CMO... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
added: "Predictive analytics could (provide) such specialized, repetitive solutions that society will become polarized into user niches that can no longer properly interact What a sad state of affairs." Philippe Gouamba... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
Photos by Marc Romanelli Climate change rightfully scares a lot of people. The changes already occurring—from the die-off of coral reefs and shrinking polar ice to increasing global temperatures—are almost too much to take in.... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- News
Embracing Chaos
says Venkatesan. "The country is just massively corrupt, with seriously bad government and a society that is really getting polarized with inequality. So a lot of us in India are incredibly concerned. "The good news is, there are a lot of... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on criminal recidivism of treating individuals with electronic monitoring relative to prison. The Fog of Negotiation: What Negotiators Can Learn from Military Doctrine Authors:Wheeler, Michael A. Publication:Negotiation Journal Abstract On the surface, warfare and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
mission, and meeting the expectations of a demanding capital market. Additionally, Compartamos' Co-CEOs must decide how to face the highly polarized reactions in the microfinance industry to its IPO. In the process, the case examines the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
partisanship will continue to cloud economic judgment around the 2024 election. For managers and finance professionals, these insights highlight two important aspects of operating a business today: In a polarized political environment,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
on these issues. We are stuck now, not only in the United States but in many European countries, in a polarized polemic in which pundits and politicians alike suggest to us that the essential question of political economy is one of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2023 Commencement Remarks | About
meant when he said, “ He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. ” In an increasingly polarized world, open-minded listening can be challenging. When everyone’s beliefs seem set in stone, you can feel reluctant to... View Details
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
about “content moderation”—not for the easy topics like spam or copyright material—but for the hard things revolving around political points of view, hate speech, polarizing perspectives, etc. How will Facebook strike the balance between... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
essentially treats them as means to an end. Why is that? Among other things, Pfeffer speculates that one reason is that we assume correctly that polar bears can't do much to affect their own well-being. Humans, on the other hand, can take... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
result, write the authors, is a polarized government unable to compromise to solve the nation's greatest problems or realize its highest aspirations. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne