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- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
Cases & Course MaterialsAdvanced Energy: Programs for Energy Conservation Harvard Business School Case 508-003 Describes the dilemma facing Advanced Energy (AE), a $6 million nonprofit engaged in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 3, 2009
when compared to defense and healthcare expenditures, not to mention the costs incurred recently rescuing failing banks and automakers, among others. But the picture changes when we consider the long-run consequences of policies that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
political will to push for alternative energy sources. Yet even in the midst of gridlock in Washington, economic anxiety around the world, and government liquidity crises in Europe, technology marched on, seemingly impervious to global... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
reorganization of the bureaucracy, and (c) an increase in monitoring by both the government and the general public. Correspondingly, we advance managerial implications that stem from these recent changes, illustrated by recent MNC and Chinese domestic firm successes.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 19
almost all other products and services. This was a match of ambition with capability that can be replicated in other fast growing, semi-informal cities in the developing world. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Kumbh-Mela-January-2013-Ephemeral/dp/3775739904 ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food system in evaluating the various... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire specialist outside advisors to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
CSOs are of critical importance in successful sustainability efforts, but ironically become less central as sustainability efforts blossom. Although often linked with environmental issues such as water and energy use, a growing number of... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008
of Wall Street rather than developing nations. And the crisis raises questions about the development policies of Asian nations: Did too-close "crony" relations between politicians and owners of major banks or firms pave the way... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
1946, Christensen began working with Business Policy chair George Albert Smith to encourage students to examine companies' policies and strategies in relation to the requirements of their competitive... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Critics have accused Gazprom, the world's largest natural gas producer, of eschewing market principles in favor of the foreign policy priorities of the Russian government, ever since the energy giant cut off... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 16, 2010
"truth in giving" policies are highly responsive to recipient heterogeneity and biased against more generous giving. Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
pursue her passion in technology and risk not seeing her family for a long time; or visit her family in Canada or the U.K., and risk losing her livelihood. The question she posed: Would I be willing to sign the ‘no-to-immigration-ban’ petition? “It is a lazy person’s... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
are relevant in moral psychology and have public policy implications. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-079.pdf Dishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
by maintaining a relatively large balance sheet, even when policy rates have moved well away from the zero lower bound (ZLB). In so doing, it can help ensure that there is an ample supply of government-provided safe short-term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
stimulate private-sector demand for similar products and the supply of complementary inputs. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
"stakeholder" view of corporate governance. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209090 Buildings and Energy Harvard Business School Case 708-024 Presents data on opportunities to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy reforms were hampered by several... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
people intuitively discount the future to a greater degree than can be rationally defended. Second, positive illusions lead us to conclude that energy problems do not exist or are not severe enough to merit action. Third, we interpret... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne