Movement - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

many of its most influential citizens. Yet a small group of opponents catalyzed a local movement that, despite being outspent 1,500 to one by the bid’s boosters, ultimately caused the city to back out in 2015. [DAD can be appropriate for... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

canal as astoundingly well as it has. Omar Torrijos started the destruction of the patronage networks through which the old oligarchy controlled Panamanian politics, and Manuel Noriega completed it. Torrijos launched the attack as part of an attempt to create a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

also co-chairs Harvard Business School’s Digital Initiative. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/ZWjy7QfbBCK6JCH6SIKR][/div] “I was really surprised. It doesn't look like the same market persisted over time. It really looks like wage View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

Minor says. Follow-up study Minor has also begun a follow-up study on the effects of worker physical location on toxic behavior. He is able to track worker movement over several years on a monthly basis to determine how location might be... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

Why in the world would anyone take the time to write complicated software programs for free? It's a good question, one that has piqued the curiosity of a number of economists, who wonder what benefits, if any, lie behind the burgeoning "open source" View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on the horizon, these efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

the benefits of the “work-from-anywhere” movement for both companies and workers. “There’s been brain drain from small towns into large urban clusters, but I don't think we have seen the spatial redistribution that we could potentially... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

It's not a novel concern. In Switzerland, for example, there is a movement to provide a minimum income for everyone. This, of course, requires a bigger role for government. In the United States, negative taxes are intended to address the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Jul 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie X. Chen

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

new but growing movement among employers to hire returning citizens. One good example is the Second Chance Business Coalition. This momentum has been bolstered by firms like JPMorgan Chase that are starting to take a leadership role.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

18 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

marketers are feeling pressure to show ROI.” Still, since those first Facebook ads were posted in 2004, social media has proven itself a valuable tool for helping companies create consumer perceptions about particular brands (Old Spice) and has even sparked social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

01 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

no closer to addressing the underlying causes of systemic racism. Two months ago, a mob of supporters of former President Donald J. Trump stormed the US Capitol, which had a far smaller law enforcement presence than it did during protests led by the Black Lives Matter... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

has an advanced degree." As an alternative way of achieving this objective, Bobby Mackie suggests that faculty development "could include more two-way movement of staff, building communication links, and networking between... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

gets punctured in a spectacular bust. Instead, market averages will not move very much, while value is consumed in the hedge funds as they speculate up and down, long and short, on the movement of prices in the markets. During the bubble,... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

test. They will also affect employment, wages, and union negotiations. Widespread use of temperature screening and tracing of people’s physical movement and health status will generate debates on privacy and data protection. These... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

25 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse

recognizing and overcoming impasse? A: In my book I write about 6 phases in the impasse process. The process is not meant to be rigidly linear because obviously there's back and forth between any 2 of these phases or even between more than 2 of them at a time. But... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Mechanisms of Technology Re-Emergence and Identity Change in a Mature Field: Swiss Watchmaking, 1970-2008

Keywords: by Ryan Raffaelli; Consumer Products; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

Audubon movement specifically. "The Audubon movement is interesting in that it is actually a range of different types of organizations who share the mission of protecting birds and the environment... View Details