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  • 05 Nov 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?

our choice(s) in life." Henry Kwok commented, "The field of neuroscience and brain scanning will only get more advanced, and thus we can expect better reading However, the job of managing and leading will be evolving in a fast View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 28 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with regards to human capital and View Details
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Turning Point: Tell Me More

jumped in. One day I was running a company, with an office and employees and a grand strategy, and shortly thereafter, I was sitting alone in my home office, interviewing Americans about how they were voting and why, digging into everything from how they grew up to how... View Details
Keywords: politics; communication; voting; demographics
  • January 2011 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Caterpillar, Inc. (A)

By: David F. Hawkins
2010 Healthcare Reform Act eliminates Medicare Part D subsidy and Caterpillar recognizes a $100 million change. View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Employment; Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Change Management; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Activity Based Costing and Management; Business or Company Management; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Understanding and Overcoming Roadblocks to Environmental Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects

By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King and Auden Schendler
This working paper examines key barriers to business sustainability discussed at a multidisciplinary conference held at the Harvard Business School in 2018. Drawing on perspectives from both the historical and business literatures, speakers debated the historical... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Opportunities
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  • 02 Dec 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?

make it happen? There are several kinds of responses to this question. The first is the “do it yourself” response, characterized by Sheryl Sandberg’s now-famous argument in her book, Lean In. Among other things, she challenges women to View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • News

Tapping into Opportunity

likely change and then all of us will be thinking about water a lot. Laura Shenkar (MBA 1992) knows that, and the company she founded, Artemis Water Strategy, is dedicated to finding technologies for companies and View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • Fast Answer

Intraday quotes

Where do I find intraday quotes for various types of securities? In Bloomberg: For Equities: Type the stock's ticker symbol then hit EQUITY, type QR and hit GO . You can change the date and the time interval. For Indices: Type the... View Details
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

consequences of correcting these erroneous beliefs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53126 Surfacing the Submerged State: Operational Transparency Increases Trust in and Engagement with Government By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2010
  • News

Letters to the Editor

business administration cannot change the world. The recourse I see is to establish a level of supervision above the corporate world, either private sector or government. Of the two, only government is... View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Extraordinary People

change the world but intention. “You don’t have to have a lot of money to be involved in social responsibility,” he observes. “You have to have a good mind and a good heart.” View Details
Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
  • 14 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid

some enrollees approach their healthcare. By enabling participants to trade off current expenditures against long-term health status and savings, consumers' behavior changed from "I do it because my health plan covers it" to... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
  • 14 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

capital structure, board of directors, compensation schemes, etc.—which may or may not be appropriate for any particular asset, the firm can create an entirely different governance system that is ideally suited for the asset in question.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Global Harms, Local Profits: How the Uneven Costs of Natural Disasters Affect Support for Green Political Platforms

By: Silvia Pianta and Paula Rettl
Large-scale fires are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. While conventional wisdom suggests that firsthand experiences with natural disasters foster green coalitions by raising awareness of environmental degradation, we propose an alternative... View Details
Keywords: Climate Impact; Politics; Environmental Issues; Environmental Protection; Economic Analysis; Economic Behavior; Economic Geography; Economy; Economics; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Political Elections; Natural Disasters; Green Technology; Environmental Sustainability; Latin America; Brazil
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  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

George: I teach governance and serve on many corporate boards, and I can tell you that once you make the decision to go from a wholly-owned private company to go public, you're getting public money, you're getting investor money, pension... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
  • October 2007
  • Article

Opinion: Place Your Bets on the Future You Want

By: Forest Reinhardt
This piece posits that success in a carbon-constrained world will be determined by innovation and acumen, requiring companies to make bold moves. View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Success; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Competitive Advantage
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  • June 2010 (Revised October 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)

By: Anette Mikes
Teaching Note for 109-001 View Details
Keywords: SWOT Analysis; Risk Management; Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Technology Adoption; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Perspective; Goals and Objectives; Capital Budgeting; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry
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  • 10 May 2019
  • News

Bringing Art to the People It Depicts

“Instead of overthinking it, I thought I could be a part of the change to start supporting our own,” the rapper and record producer told the Harvard Gazette. “We have a hard time supporting our own sometimes because it’s so close to us.... View Details
Keywords: photography; Gordon Parks; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

The Power of Cultural Understanding

Majid Jafar (MBA 2004) Majid Jafar (MBA 2004) sees the global influence of HBS as a key to creating change in the world, a view that is informed by his experiences growing up in the United Arab Emirates, his time at HBS, and his current... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

ranks of forecasters. By 1925, Fisher wrote, "We now have nearly fourscore forecasting agencies to help the business man."   Related Article An Interview With The Author Read The Interview These forecasters emphasized what today we would call the "real... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman