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  • February 2024
  • Supplement

Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B5): Detroit Climate Action Snapshot

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
Keywords: Mitigation Policies; Carbon Footprint; Climate Finance; Mobility; Adaptation; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Problems and Challenges; Sustainable Cities; City; Innovation Strategy; Investment; United States; Detroit
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jacob A. Small. "Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B5): Detroit Climate Action Snapshot." Harvard Business School Supplement 324-086, February 2024.
  • October 2015
  • Article

Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes

By: William R. Kerr and Scott Duke Kominers
We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping firm interactions... View Details
Keywords: Agglomeration; Clusters; Industrial Organization; Silicon Valley; Technology Flows; Patents; Networks; Information Technology; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; California
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Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers. "Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes." Review of Economics and Statistics 97, no. 4 (October 2015): 877–899.
  • 2019
  • Chapter

Origins and Development of Global Business

By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. Emerging out of the industrialized Western economies, global firms created and co-created markets and ecosystems through their... View Details
Keywords: Global Business; Multinational; Globalization; Business History; Strategy; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Oceania
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Origins and Development of Global Business." Chap. 2 in The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Christina Lubinski, and Heidi J.S. Tworek, 17–34. New York: Routledge, 2019.
  • January 2015 (Revised January 2018)
  • Technical Note

Note on Comparative Capitalism

By: Clayton S. Rose and Rebecca Henderson
This note draws on academic work, as well as social and economic data across several countries, to provide a basic understanding of some of the differences among capitalist systems. It begins with a description of the system of capitalism, and characteristics that to a... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Global; Economic Systems; Global Range; Japan; Germany; China; United States; Sweden
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Rose, Clayton S., and Rebecca Henderson. "Note on Comparative Capitalism." Harvard Business School Technical Note 315-077, January 2015. (Revised January 2018.)
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay

By: Jillian Berry Jaeker and Anita Tucker
We use two years of inpatient data from 243 California hospitals to quantify the relationship between hospital-level workload and patient length of stay (LOS), and its "spillover" effects across patient types. Patients are categorized as medical or surgical, and the... View Details
Keywords: Workload; Processing Times; Healthcare; Working Conditions; Performance Productivity; Time Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; California
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Berry Jaeker, Jillian, and Anita Tucker. "An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-052, December 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
  • September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
  • Case

Dream: Impact Through Real Estate

By: Michael Chu and John Masko
The Canadian city of Toronto had one of the largest housing affordability problems of any city in the developed world. One company trying to address this problem was Dream, one of the largest real estate groups in Canada. In 2021, Dream had just launched a new system... View Details
Keywords: Impact Investing; Real Estate Development; Renewable Energy; Energy Conservation; Income; Values and Beliefs; Borrowing and Debt; Equity; Private Equity; Public Equity; Financing and Loans; City; Government Legislation; Immigration; Housing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Property; Business and Government Relations; Civil Society or Community; Human Needs; Sustainable Cities; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Real Estate Industry; Canada; Toronto
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Chu, Michael, and John Masko. "Dream: Impact Through Real Estate." Harvard Business School Case 322-041, September 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
  • November 2022
  • Case

GE: A New Way Forward?

By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
One of the most iconic American companies, General Electric (GE) was founded in 1892 in New York state. Named among the original dozen companies on the Dow Jones index in 1896, it was the list’s most tenacious holdout, maintaining its “blue chip” stock status for over... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; GE; Conglomerate; Conglomerates; Corporate Strategy; Management; History; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Transformation; Strategic Planning; Value Creation; New York (state, US)
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Collis, David J., and Haisley Wert. "GE: A New Way Forward?" Harvard Business School Case 723-373, November 2022.
  • 2021
  • White Paper

The Future of Boston's Workforce: The Path Forward from COVID-19

By: Will Dorsey Eden, Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
In response to the unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic on Greater Boston’s economy and workforce, the Boston Foundation, Skillworks, and the Project on Workforce at Harvard partnered to convene workforce leaders from across the region to address how might... View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; Workforce; Pandemic; Labor Market; Health Pandemics; Labor; Employment; Organizations; Cooperation; Strategic Planning; Boston
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Dorsey Eden, Will, Joseph B. Fuller, and Rachel Lipson. "The Future of Boston's Workforce: The Path Forward from COVID-19." White Paper, Boston Foundation and the Project on Workforce at Harvard, Boston, MA, 2021.
  • February 2019 (Revised January 2022)
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The U.S. – China Trade War

By: Alberto Cavallo, Mariana Cal and Anne Laski
On December 1, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Leader Xi Jinping faced each other across a dinner table during a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After what Trump called an “amazing and productive meeting,” the two leaders announced a truce in the... View Details
Keywords: Trade War; Trump; Current Account; NAFTA; Balance Of Payments; Intellectual Property Protection; Trade; Macroeconomics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; International Relations; United States; China
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Cavallo, Alberto, Mariana Cal, and Anne Laski. "The U.S. – China Trade War." Harvard Business School Case 719-034, February 2019. (Revised January 2022.)
  • August 2008 (Revised January 2014)
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Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity

By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Creo
Roberto Charvel is a young MBA graduate making his first personal real estate investment in his native Mexico City. Charvel is planning to purchase and renovate a nine-unit apartment building. Is the market good? Should he sell or lease the units? How should he handle... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Housing; Leasing; Property; Real Estate Industry; Mexico City
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Segel, Arthur I., and Ben Creo. "Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity." Harvard Business School Case 209-012, August 2008. (Revised January 2014.)
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

this country. If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that America has the strongest defense forces in the world and that we are prepared to fight two major wars at a time. If elected, I will do everything possible to protect... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
  • March 2013
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Why 'Fair Value' Is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support

By: Karthik Ramanna
For the past two decades, fair-value accounting—the practice of measuring assets and liabilities at estimates of their current values—has been on the ascent. This marks a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. It also has... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value; FASB; Finance; Politics; Financial History; Accounting; Fair Value Accounting; Financial Reporting; Accounting Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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Ramanna, Karthik. "Why 'Fair Value' Is the Rule: How a Controversial Accounting Approach Gained Support." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 3 (March 2013).
  • September 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

Cathy Benko: WINning at Deloitte (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Deborah M. Kolb and Cailin B. Hammer
Jim Quigley, CEO of Deloitte and Touche's consulting practice, asks senior partner Cathy Benko to lead Deloitte & Touche's much publicized Initiative for the Retention and Advancement of Women (WIN). Benko, already the Lead Client Service Partner on one of Deloitte's... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Leadership Development; Talent and Talent Management; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Consulting Industry; United States
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McGinn, Kathleen L., Deborah M. Kolb, and Cailin B. Hammer. "Cathy Benko: WINning at Deloitte (A)." Harvard Business School Case 907-026, September 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
  • August 2017
  • Case

Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital (Abridged)

By: Robert S. Huckman and Nikolaos Trichakis
The case explores the challenges facing Massachusetts General Hospital concerning the adoption of a new infection control policy, which promises to improve operational performance, patient safety, and profitability. The new policy requires coordination between... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Health Industry; Boston
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Huckman, Robert S., and Nikolaos Trichakis. "Infection Control at Massachusetts General Hospital (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 618-018, August 2017.
  • December 2008
  • Article

Technology Usage Lags

By: Diego A. Comin, Bart Hobijn and Emilie Rovito
We present evidence on the differences in the intensity with which ten major technologies are used in 185 countries across the world. We do so by calculating how many years ago these technologies were used in the U.S. at the same intensity as they are used in the... View Details
Keywords: Technology Adoption; Global Range; Economy; Relationships; Performance Productivity; United States
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Comin, Diego A., Bart Hobijn, and Emilie Rovito. "Technology Usage Lags." Journal of Economic Growth 13, no. 4 (December 2008).
  • May 2022 (Revised June 2022)
  • Case

Proposing to Redesign a Global Investment Bank

By: David G. Fubini
A major, NYC-based, global investment bank is looking to rethink its Systems strategy amid a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Your firm has served the client across most of its major geographies on a range of substantial Systems and IT efforts, but is facing... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Professional Services; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Digital Strategy; Presentations; Competitive Strategy; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)
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Fubini, David G. "Proposing to Redesign a Global Investment Bank." Harvard Business School Case 422-096, May 2022. (Revised June 2022.)
  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

applies across almost all sports, not just those associated with prep schools, such as rowing, squash, lacrosse, and equestrian. Using sports popular among the affluent as a proxy for wealth, the researchers found those players tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

"Bank of America is interested in accessing innovative digital technologies that will help it redefine how banking is done," Sato says. "The bank sees this as an opportunity to fuel its continued competitive presence in a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Auto; Pharmaceutical
  • 21 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 21

across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with significant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

knowledge and value creation are distributed across many actors. We propose a theory of IP modularity based on value maximization net of transaction and agency costs. We then use case examples to extend the theory into practical settings... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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