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- 22 Feb 2017
- News
Funding Solar’s Future
40 acres, with more than 80,000 panels—costs upwards of $10 million. And such projects have a huge need for capital. “Solar isn’t just cleaner, smarter energy, or good American infrastructure, it’s also a component of our national... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
cofounded and implemented — at a December event at HBS at which she introduced the ALI’s first cohort of fourteen fellows. Ranging from a former U.S. astronaut and a former Venezuelan health minister to a former IBM international executive, the fellows — all in their... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
When the stakes are high - in business, politics, or everyday life - it pays to take a page from the playbook of the world's greatest negotiators. And if you want to learn how to be a world-class negotiator, consider how Richard Holbrooke... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
system function when it's implemented in the real world? For the exercise, the class is divided into groups of five students. Several days before the exercise, each student receives private information regarding his or her role in the... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Alumni and Students Take On the Climate Crisis
Talking About Climate Change in the MBA Classroom Cause or solution? Risk or opportunity? How business leaders should own up to and tackle climate change is at the forefront of the MBA classroom at Harvard... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
With many of today's entrepreneurs starting ventures simultaneously in several countries, it is critical for the global businessperson to understand the financial and business environments in different countries and to accurately assess... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
to which the trend is a product of nature (declining employee motivation, changing aspirations, shorter-term planning, etc.) or nurture (such things as leadership, hiring policies, organization, incentives, and the job View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
was in anointing loyal followers to succeed them rather than new visionaries. “They could have looked for new leaders more attuned to the next generation of technology, customers, and competitors, or encouraged a more competitive... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
not to recommend to management that it switch accountants. Why has the likelihood of this situation arisen? Consolidation within the "industry" has been underway for the past decade or more. But... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A Modern-Day Classic
and “integration” to help managers grasp how an organization is an entity made up of so many modular units, and that the ideal structure of that entity depends on its way of adapting to the features of its chosen environment. “Contingency theory” showed that changes in... View Details
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
includes practical details on how to facilitate the course, templates for grading class participation and the course paper, and conceptual overviews of topics such as how "morality" is defined in the course. "My goal is for instructors in a university... View Details
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2.3.7 Physical Violence | MBA
2.3.7 Physical Violence HBS strives to maintain a safe and secure environment for all members of the community and thus does not tolerate physical violence or threats of physical violence. Students are... View Details
- 06 Aug 2008
- News
Caution to the Winds
Maybe there’s nothing to those predictions that the end of oil is near, or the allegations, such as those by oil-industry veteran Matthew Simmons (MBA ’67), that Saudi petroleum reserves are way less than what is believed. But something’s... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
from others who might provide counsel, and then we redouble those efforts” He made his remarks at a recent presentation to HBS staff about how to respond to sticky situations with resilience. The discussion included a step-by-step... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
In the debate over whether to increase or decrease the stringency of environmental regulations, the possibility that government agencies might use purchasing to stimulate market demand for "green" products and services is often... View Details
- 16 Feb 2011
- News
Healthy Growth
the customer and to innovation” than he was in his previous job as president of Carrier Corporation, a division of United Technologies. He also relishes being “pure play” in one industry—animal health—which he describes as “a target-rich View Details
- January 1992
- Teaching Note
Gulf Oil Corporation-Takeover TN
Teaching Note for (9-285-053). View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Clark Bids Farewell to HBS
students. As an individual, I believe I’ve become less quick to speak and more inclined to listen. In many ways, I’m more confident about grasping situations but also a lot more aware of my own limitations. I’ve learned to multitask and... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
grocery-shopping system that grouped cold cereals by their main ingredients (rice, corn, or wheat, for example). Many shoppers had trouble finding their favorite brands because they didn't know the ingredients. Lesson 6: Study The Effects... View Details