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  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

which buyers can screen suppliers based on their participation in voluntary programs requiring public commitments and public reporting. In particular, we theorize that stakeholder scrutiny can effectively... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

up here. Prof. Greg Greenough of the Harvard School of Public Health is directing researchers interested in everything from the pH of the Ganga to the quality and quantity of toilets to the structure of the medical response teams in... View Details
Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Real Estate; Real Estate
  • 15 Mar 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice

    Myra M. Hart

    Myra Hart's research focus is high potential entrepreneurship.  She has taught MBA and executive programs, co-chaired the entrepreneurship unit, and led several HBS initiatives. As a founding memberView Details

    Keywords: real estate; real estate; real estate; real estate; real estate
    • 22 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

    salaries and compensation calculation formula to the public, and the public reaction was greater and more positive than they would have imagined. The company experienced both an increase in volume and a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 06 Nov 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: November 6, 2007

    Author:Robert C. Pozen Publication:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007) Abstract As the dust settles on the recent frenzy of private-equity deals (including transactions topping $20 billion), what lessons can companies... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
    • Case

    National Storage Affiliates: The REIT IPO Decision

    By: Charles F. Wu, Max de la Bruyére and Gregory D. Himmel
    In 2015, two years after founding National Storage Affiliates (NSA), Arlen Nordhagen and Tamara Fischer had an important decision to make. Should they proceed with NSA’s IPO? Although they had targeted to receive $15–17 a share, it was now apparent that the figure was... View Details
    Keywords: Initial Public Offering; Problems and Challenges; Decision Making; Real Estate Industry
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    • 18 Jun 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: June 18

      Publications 2006 Emotion Review The Power of the Cognition/Emotion Distinction for Morality By: Bazerman, Max H., Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
    Keywords: Anna Secino
    • 20 Feb 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

    As entrepreneurial rocket companies come closer to shooting the first space tourist into the void, perhaps even this year, another reality is dawning: The business of space is no different than new industries everywhere else. It’s tough... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation
    • 27 Mar 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

    this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718496-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-430 Redfin: Redefine Real Estate Founded in 2004, Redfin envisioned a light-touch model in which clients... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 15 Jul 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: July 15, 2008

    there is financial data available in the years before and after their initial public offering (IPO), I differentiate between those that have private equity sponsorship (PE-backed firms) and those that do not (non-PE-backed firms). The... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Jul 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

    training typically doesn’t yield the return on investment in improved organizational effectiveness and performance that companies expect. “Individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the... View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education
    • 06 Sep 2005
    • What Do You Think?

    What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

    with limited terms. (The irony of this is that the average tenure of the CEO of a large company today is shorter than that of the typical U.S. president.) The real tragedy will be if we learn nothing from... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 09 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

    their own revenue contributions and business expenses in Will. Four times a year, the balances of individual P-Will accounts were converted to real currency and paid out as bonuses. In the last couple of years, about 10 companies,... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 14 Jul 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

    When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region of the United States in August 2005, it destroyed homes and lives. A paradoxical effect, however, is that the storm's aftermath created an opening in New Orleans for school leaders to consider anew the direction... View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
    • 16 Mar 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

    on how it is implemented—what regulations the SEC develops and how it actually is done—we easily could see a law implemented in a way that will exclude small companies from the public capital markets.... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
    • 15 Oct 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: October 15, 2008

    Harvard Business School Case 909-010 Pat Fili-Krushel has agreed to take on the job of first executive vice president of administration for AOL Time Warner, leading corporate human resources, internal communications, real View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 25 Sep 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

    Cadre Late in 2017, CEO Ryan Williams and his team debated whether Cadre should become not only a technology-enabled investment manager, but also an online trading exchange providing high levels of liquidity for investors in commercial View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 22 Jul 2019
    • Book

    How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

    century? Today, the world’s largest taxi company (Uber) owns no cars; the world’s largest provider of accommodations (Airbnb) owns no real estate; and the world’s largest retailer (Alibaba) owns no... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace