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- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
declining thereafter. During this period, English and European contributions declined somewhat in magnitude. “Recent trends may be a warning flag.” The increased contribution by Asian ethnicities is evident within many institutions,... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit
points to a conviction that debt leads inexorably to immorality. The aristocrat bedeviled by dunning creditors is another popular theme, suggesting the moneylender's power to upset the established social order. Later prints take a more instrumental approach, View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
once warned that “convictions [can be] more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” This year’s conference engages inherent contradictions and complications about who gets to speak, about what, to whom, and with what consequences. The... View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
once warned that “convictions [can be] more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.” This year’s conference engages inherent contradictions and complications about who gets to speak, about what, to whom, and with what consequences. The... View Details
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
with, and research inside the corporate and financial sectors, know firms’ operations and industry practices well. They have a pretty good hunch where the corporate O-Rings are located — those potential pressure points that could explode without View Details
- 29 Jan 2010
- News
Back to Glass-Steagall?
Financial System, warns that “reinstatement of Glass-Steagall would increase the likelihood that the government would bail out a large financial institution in the future.” Meanwhile, the proposed Volker Rule has its weaknesses. Chiefly,... View Details
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How to Post | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
violence is high and the infrastructure to support travelers in the region is weak or overtaxed. In order to be considered for Fellowship or grant funding, students who are traveling to countries on the U.S. State Department Travel View Details
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Strategy Execution - Course Catalog
that motivates people to help others achieve shared goals. Adapting to change: You will learn how to identify the strategic uncertainties that could upend your strategy, build early warning systems, and adapt current strategies to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham on September 11
have told her that Haines’ quiet insistence made them take the warnings to evacuate more seriously. “Unfortunately, we all have this mindset that we’re on the phone or we’re writing an e-mail, and that we have to finish whatever it is... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
A New Ecosystem for Business and Society
decidedly mixed reviews. In those days, he said, people were warned of "the immense dangers of prolonged silent reading. Most of all, it was feared that excessive reading would make people socially disfunctional…and could well... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Books: Winning the Influence Game
"Managers who ignore the actions of government do so at great risk," warn the authors of Winning the Influence Game: What Every Business Leader Should Know about Government. HBS associate professor Michael Watkins, former congressman and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Curb Your Overconfidence
bargaining weaknesses, and you’ll increase the odds of proposing an offer that is acceptable to the other side. Curb Your Overconfidence Overconfidence can make the best negotiators overestimate their chances of success — and underestimate the value of wise tradeoffs,... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
for America and proposes federal policy priorities that can form the core of such a strategy. Further, it identifies corporate and personal tax reform as promising first steps in the strategy. However, the authors warn that it will be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
field of critical thinking. Just think back to the 2008 financial crisis, when a group of experts ignored the warning signs and arrived at an uncritical consensus. The consequences were disastrous, Bouygues reminds us, but the best... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
something to lose. Myth #7: Every company needs an Internet strategy. Not according to Bezos. "The Internet is an enabling horizontal layer that is causing broad disruptions across a big part of the economy," said Bezos, but warned that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
our HBS professors had always warned that if we spent $5,000 today, we would be giving up a fortune ten or twenty years down the road, given the stock market’s rate of return. A famous futurist of the day was predicting that U.S.... View Details
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
warnings that it was dangerous for foreigners to enter the township. Along with good food, camaraderie, and jazz, she discovered some fabulous wines with an added, rare distinction: they were produced by black South African vintners.... View Details
- 24 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
protectionist tariffs, and demand their own national referendums. Meanwhile, opportunistic EU businesses will warn continental customers to shift their purchases away from British suppliers. British business will more than ever look... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
their established physical intensity targets. It will certainly not be easy, but our brands are committed and up to the challenge.” The global scope of textile emissions overall is daunting. A 2020 BBC report warned that “textile... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Consumption Is America’s Competitive Advantage
In the saber-rattling and highly influential 2007 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the National Academies warned that America’s technology and scientific leadership was being surpassed by a number of Asian countries, threatening... View Details