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    Robert S. Huckman

    Robert Huckman is the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, the Howard Cox Faculty Chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative, and the Unit Head for View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; health care; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
      • Case

      IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)

      By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
      Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Moral Sensibility; Policy; Employment; Contracts; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Natural Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues
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      • 01 Dec 2021
      • What Do You Think?

      How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

      (iStockphoto/tolgart) In 1992, the very funny cyberpunk novelist Neal Stephenson brought “the pizza Deliverator,” also known as Hiro Protagonist, to life along with the notion of the Metaverse in his book Snow Crash. Hiro, a “member of... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
      • 2024
      • Working Paper

      Migration, Climate Similarity, and the Consequences of Climate Mismatch

      By: Marguerite Obolensky, Marco Tabellini and Charles Taylor
      This paper examines the concept of “climate matching” in migration—the idea that migrants seek out destinations with familiar climates. Focusing on the US, we document that temperature distance between origin and destination predicts the distribution of migrants across... View Details
      Keywords: Migration; Climate; Immigration; Residency; Weather; Ethnicity; Climate Change; Geographic Location; Policy; United States
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      • 09 Sep 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Boundary Spanning in a For-Profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe

      Keywords: by Christopher C. Liu & Toby E. Stuart; Biotechnology

        Srikant M. Datar

        Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

        Keywords: accounting industry; airline; automobiles; banking; biotechnology; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; health care; high technology; investment banking industry; management consulting; manufacturing; pharmaceuticals; venture capital industry
        • 18 Feb 2020
        • Working Paper Summaries

        A Preliminary Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts

        Keywords: by George Serafeim, Katie Trinh, and Robert Zochowski
        • 10 May 2016
        • First Look

        May 10, 2016

        build a literature more effectively than they could with less diverse approaches to gathering data. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51015 April 29, 2016 Science The Growing Problem of Patent Trolling By:... View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
        • July 2024
        • Article

        How Artificial Intelligence Constrains Human Experience

        By: A. Valenzuela, S. Puntoni, D. Hoffman, N. Castelo, J. De Freitas, B. Dietvorst, C. Hildebrand, Y.E. Huh, R. Meyer, M. Sweeney, S. Talaifar, G. Tomaino and K. Wertenbroch
        Many consumption decisions and experiences are digitally mediated. As a consequence, consumer behavior is increasingly the joint product of human psychology and ubiquitous algorithms (Braun et al. 2024; cf. Melumad et al. 2020). The coming of age of Large Language... View Details
        Keywords: Large Language Model; User Experience; AI and Machine Learning; Consumer Behavior; Technology Adoption; Risk and Uncertainty; Cost vs Benefits
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          Samuel L. Hayes

          Samuel L. Hayes holds the Jacob H. Schiff Chair in Investment Banking Emeritus, at the Harvard Business School.  He has taught at the School since 1970, prior to which he was a tenured member of the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He... View Details

          • 14 Apr 2022
          • Blog Post

          Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)

          didn’t just change the way she thought about fitness, it changed the trajectory of her life and career. Stocks, Storytelling, and Spin Bikes That second spin class, and all the exciting adventures that followed, may never have happened if... View Details
          • 2012
          • Chapter

          The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort

          By: Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani
          Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational enterprises, government agencies, etc.) utilizing varied work approaches. Here we speculate on one possible explanation for this... View Details
          Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software; Product Development; Organizations; Employees; Behavior; Competition; Cooperation; Creativity; Information Technology Industry
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          • 25 Aug 2022
          • News

          GOP Fury Over ESG Triggers Backlash With US Pensions at Risk

          • Web

          Curriculum | MBA

          Curriculum MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Students complete degree requirements over two academic years, augmented by coursework during August at the beginning of the program and during both January... View Details
          • Web

          Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

          Admissions & Financial Aid MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding students who have an undergraduate degree in life View Details
          • 03 Nov 2021
          • News

          Business Leaders Must Take Action on Climate and Voting Rights

          • Web

          Overview | MBA

          Overview MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Harvard offers a joint degree program that confers an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science, Biotechnology: Life... View Details
          • Article

          Making Small Farms More Sustainable—and Profitable

          By: Lino Dias, Robert S. Kaplan and Harmanpreet Singh
          Smallholder farms provide a large proportion of food supply in developing economies, but 40% of these farmers live on less than U.S.$2/day and their deforestation produces environmental degradation. With a rapidly growing global population, it is imperative to improve... View Details
          Keywords: Small Farms; Sustainable Agriculture; Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Environmental Sustainability
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          Faculty & Advisors | MBA

          Faculty & Advisors MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Faculty Amitabh Chandra, Ph.D. Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS, Ethel Zimmerman Winer Professor of Public Policy... View Details