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- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
power in the region. An explanation, rather, lies in nationalism: in the degree to which these countries constructed and embraced their own concepts of national identity and allowed such concepts to influence economic policy. As Abdelal... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
widespread data about companies’ climate risks, rising insurance costs offer a valuable bellwether, said Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners, during a panel discussion. If the cost to insure a construction project, say, on... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
something? Based on my experience as a real estate and construction CEO and my academic research on urbanization, new cities, and the finance of sustainable infrastructure, I propose these simple ABCs (actually A-F) for business leaders... View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
notion of being an active patron is important, especially when you have been a fortunate person,” Joyner says. “You do have an obligation to give back, and I had to construct a roadmap to do that.” She charted a plan, taking a business... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
implementing a fleet management system in the construction industry. Fleet management would involve a shift from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. For Hilti, it represented an entirely new business model, which would... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
benefits of the strong economy." The initiative, which some activists viewed as a challenge for other universities and institutions to emulate, will not only help local nonprofit housing groups directly but will also leverage far greater amounts of federal funding and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
- Course Overview Note
The Sustainable Core: Operations Management
By: Michael W. Toffel and L. Beril Toktay
This note is designed to help faculty embed environmental sustainability content into their core Operations Management course at the MBA or undergraduate level. It can also be used to identify cases with environmental content that can be used in operations electives... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Management; Operations Management; Sustainable Operations; Environmental Regulation; Operations; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Construction Industry; Forest Products Industry; Retail Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and L. Beril Toktay. "The Sustainable Core: Operations Management." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 616-022, January 2016. (Revised February 2016.)
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
very polarized” That said, our research revealed that offshoring and constructing global supply chains is really complicated—it is challenging to accurately figure out the total costs of locating in China or another country versus in the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to a sample of emerging markets. We obtain that the reserve accumulation does not play a quantitative important role in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy - MBA
are learning, teaching, research, and scholarship. By accepting membership in the University, an individual joins a community ideally characterized by free expression, free inquiry, intellectual honesty, respect for the dignity of others, and openness to View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
winning, a line (rope) suddenly snapped that could have put us out of the race. You don’t get to bring a toolbox on your boat with you, but there are enough other lines on the boat that you can almost always construct a makeshift fix, if... View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
based on a large panel dataset of countries between 1950 and 2014. We instrument actual trade with predicted trade constructed by estimating a time-varying gravity equation similar to Feyrer (2009). We find that economic integration has a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
between immigration and innovation. We construct a measure of foreign born expertise and show that technology areas where immigrant inventors were prevalent between 1880 and 1940 experienced more patenting and citations between 1940 and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
anticipation of the holiday season, the retailer introduced a $115 leather wallet on its website that came in five colors. In an effort to promote sales after the holiday, the retailer included an infographic graphic on each product pages that presented the cost of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
skyward above the flattened landscape left behind, giant construction cranes, clustered over the site’s several acres, accentuate its emptiness. It is here that Harvard University is putting down a big bet on the future — and on a... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games By: Davies, Andrew, and Ian Mackenzie Abstract—Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
11 million in interior China. The case covers Hang Lung Properties' due diligence and thought process with respect to anticipated rental income, construction costs, and land costs. The auction includes many other well-capitalized firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
As Stan is indicating in that quote, there's a big difference between experienced and inexperienced entrepreneurs. SS: Does that mean that if you're constructing a mentoring program that you don't want a master teaching a novice? DL:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
and the design and construction of leading-edge buildings. I have identified the leadership practices that make successful cross-industry teams work: fostering an adaptable vision, promoting psychological safety, enabling knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne