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01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

offer these benefits. Even getting consumers with some of the highest electric bills in the country to turn off the lights can be challenge, as California found out with a failed discount program. Why some incentives spur action while... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

three-year value-creation plan 6-8 hrs Module 5 Project Week Identify a performance or opportunity gap within your division, unit, or organization and develop an action plan to address it. Identify personal leadership development... View Details

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

and limit ‘globalization’ to commercial terms To me, ‘globalization’ means increasing knowledge of how other people in the world live and think.” Doug Kinsey set forth a view shared more or less by many discussants when he said, “Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

guarantees, and direct lending to nonbank financial institutions. My own view is that while he inevitably made all sorts of mistakes (especially in the lead-up to the crisis), his extraordinary actions in the heat of the crisis may well... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

you can use to focus organizational attention on emerging threats and uncertainties Apply course-wide knowledge by proposing a set of solutions to strategy execution challenges at a growing consulting firm Capstone activity: develop an... View Details

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Our Mission & Team | Institute for Business in Global Society

leaders to make an impact on societal challenges. 3. Catalyze action by turning research into practice. Our Team Debora L. Spar Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor Business Administration Senior Associate Dean for Business in Global... View Details

03 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

But while corporate political actions such as lobbying can have a greater impact on environmental quality, they are ignored in most current sustainability metrics. It is time for these metrics to be expanded to critically assess firms... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 May 2024
News

HBS After October 7

On Friday, May 17, 2024, Dean Srikant Datar, HBS Alumni Board President Andreas Stavropoulos (MBA 1997), and members of the School’s leadership held an online forum for alumni to learn more about the School’s activities and actions since October 7, 2023. Stavropoulos... View Details

25 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Is Baseball Ready to Compete for the Next Generation of Fans?

attracting younger fans. Gazette: The product on the field is just too slow and boring for younger fans compared to, say, the NBA? Greyser: I’m not saying that it’s slow and boring, especially to knowledgeable fans. I’m saying the pace is... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Media & Broadcasting; Sports

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

consistent with better audit quality from knowledge spillovers due to the joint offering of audit and consulting services. Events related to the repeal of these NAS disclosures in 1982 are associated with a small positive stock price... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

a lot. It’s one of the reasons Aphrodite supports 50 currencies now. Daniel Dietzel CEO of Aphrodite at Aphrodite Gain the skills and knowledge needed to grow your business internationally and more effectively manage global teams. "The... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

experiences, but most were financial industry professionals located in the U.S.. More than 80% of the participants listed investment management, real estate, private equity, or banking as their industry. Figure 1: Share of Respondents by Industry The respondents... View Details

12 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

issue, the loss of a job." The midcareer professional may have a desire to go deeper. Or may recognize that their accumulated knowledge and experience can open previously unavailable options. Whatever the motivation, Butler believes,... View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

this article, I outline an agenda for strengthening the links between key institutions. Leaders, I argue, should focus on four goals: 1) linking knowledge creation to venture creation to speed the conversion of ideas into market-ready... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

the organization and its world. "If they are not trained the right way, they can spend the next twenty years building deeper and deeper skills in a narrow aspect," Narayandas says. "What they might not be asking themselves, or pushing themselves to ask,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

More about what you earn Syllabus 3 Modules, 20-25 Hours Download full syllabus 8 hrs Module 1 The Business Case for Action Understand the business case for change and how to analyze and assess industry disruptions to develop business... View Details

01 Feb 2021
What Do You Think?

Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

educating first generation college students and moving away from prioritizing candidates coming from more privileged backgrounds.” Measurement was on the minds of several respondents. Steve Hopkins said that diversity “needs to be an intentional View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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