Economic Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

psychologists describe groundbreaking research from disparate work settings, and cross-cultural psychologists reveal the variety of ways that envy can emerge as a function of cultures as wide-ranging as the Japanese school system to the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711452-PDF-ENG BlackRock Solutions Kenneth A. Froot and Scott WaggonerHarvard Business School Case 211-082 The BlackRock Solutions case examines the different functions and economics of a global... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

tradeoffs, by the very definition of maximizing. Unless you see the fallacy of this approach and are sensitive to how many cultural and economic reinforcements are making it seem inevitable, you make yourself all the more vulnerable to... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

University Press and ‘The Banker Ladies’ by the University of Toronto Press. Prior to becoming an academic, she worked for more than 16 years in a number of global organizations in economic development. Follow The DISE Collective at... View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

1933-1945; the Federal Republic (West Germany) or German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 1945-1989. In terms of political or economic history, these divisions make a lot of sense, but in terms of individuals' experiences or business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

Supplemental Financial Information Financial Overview Harvard Business School’s economic model is designed to support the School’s mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Prudent management of financial resources... View Details

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

these "common good" kinds of items, which use resources more productively. In the winning situations, this makes these cities more economically competitive at the same time. This article further argues for investments grounded... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Business Review Press You’ve shed antiquated systems and processes. You went all-in on digital. Your teams settled into new, often better, ways of doing things. But did your organization change enough to stay competitive in the... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

susceptible to everything from intellectual property theft to uneven product quality. But the novel coronavirus created chasms. “One thing that COVID-19 revealed is the extent to which business systems were predicated on global supply... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

computer club, and the use of an interactive computer system to help place students in jobs. A 1979 article announced two new elective courses: Introduction to Computing for Managers and Management in a Computerized Environment. Personal... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

24 Sep 2020
News

The Race for a Vaccine

becoming increasingly apparent, the economics of the sector made fighting the virus a less-than-obvious business choice. The market size for a vaccine was unknown, and the paths for financing such research—which could have a price tag in... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

Campus Martius Park. The city’s mile road system originates here; 8 Mile is eight miles away. In the 1990s, when the park was first conceived, it was a signal of a future for the neighborhood; Cummings sat on the board that designed it.... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

replies, "When I see the film clip of gymnast Mary Lou Retton at the 1984 Games receiving her gold medal, I think: 'The flowers left the refrigerator 20 minutes before she got them; the medal left the vault 45 minutes ago and was carried by an armed guard.' In other... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

30 Jul 2025
News

Play with Purpose

marginally different, but in US sports, everyone generally in basketball and football and hockey, there's a system approaching a cap in terms of what you could play. It's all different, but everyone can spend the same amount of money and... View Details

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Art Nature Business

School, 2008.10 Kevin Cooley works with elemental forces of nature to question systems of knowledge as they relate to our perceptions and experience of everyday life, and to delve into our complex, evolving relationships to nature, to... View Details

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