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Podcast - Business & Environment

closes by offering advice to circular economy entrepreneurs about how to align impact with profit. Carbon Credit Ratings and Market Integrity: A Conversation on the Calyx Global Case 09 APR 2025 | Climate Rising In this bonus episode of... View Details

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Courses - Entrepreneurship

including entrepreneurial management. The Entrepreneurial Manager Entrepreneurial managers transform opportunities into companies and institutions that make a difference in the world. In their successful “pursuit of opportunity without... View Details

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Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

skills strategy for tech transformation Can the shareholder-owned discount brokerage giant parlay its investments in enterprise and cloud infrastructure into an AI-enabled expansion into new markets while improving productivity and... View Details

Richard L. Nolan

Professor Nolan earned his B.A. from the University of Washington in Production and Operations Research in 1962, and his M.B.A and Ph.D. in 1963 and 1966, respectively. Upon graduation in 1966, he joined Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as an Information... View Details

Keywords: aerospace; information technology industry; internet

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

International and Historical Perspective By: Rafael Di Tella , Franco Nuñez and Pablo Ottonello 2025 Working Paper Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs By: Alberto Cavallo , Paola Llamas and Franco Vazquez This paper... View Details

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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

personal and organizational effectiveness. Although specific research interests span a wide range of subjects, the faculty share a problem driven, interdisciplinary, multi method approach that has led to significant impact on theory and... View Details

February 2018
Case

Earlham College Basketball: Turnaround Strategy

By: Juan Alcacer and Anne Marie Knott

Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, is in the heart of basketball country. Yet its record for the 2013/2014 basketball season was a dismal 5–20. The school recruited Jason Polykoff from the University of Pennsylvania’s coaching staff to reinvent the program. By... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Sports; Sports Industry; Indiana

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

influenced by social factors. Companies are recognizing that there is a large market at the "bottom of the pyramid" and marketing to these consumers may require a new framework. These and related developments provide great opportunities for the marketing faculty to... View Details

03 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

course. His research and consulting work focus on the fundamental transformation of the energy industry in light of rapid technological change and climate change-related pressures. Professor Weiss is a faculty affiliate of BEI. In this... View Details

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Creating Shared Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

of capitalism with the full potential to meet social needs. The Solution: Creating Shared Value The next transformation of business thinking lies in the principle of shared value: creating economic value in a way that also creates value... View Details

11 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

gesture won‘t have inconvenienced or offended anyone. Alternatively, identify an investment that costs little but impacts everyone positively. For example, you could replace the worn out, old-fashioned carpeting in all the public spaces... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Middle East & North Africa - Global

provides a unique research and teaching resource on business leadership in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East over recent decades. At its core are over 180 interviews by Harvard faculty with high impact leaders in business... View Details

03 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

Is the economic downturn affecting the willingness and readiness of companies to look at the economic, social, and environmental impact of their business practices? Or is this a perfect time to reassess current programs and adapt them to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

2020
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Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: What's Up? Is It Real?

By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt

The two components of the advertising industry—the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various media—have each been greatly affected by advances in creative design and communications... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Advertising; Spending; Media

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Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

organizational learning, and change management. 8 weeks, 4-7 hrs/week Pay by July 24 $1,850 Certificate Organizational Leadership Professors Joshua Margolis & Anthony Mayo Elevate your leadership skills to drive organizational success and effectively implement View Details

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Latin America - Global

expanding equity ownership, poverty alleviation, and fostering deeper community collaborations. October 2024 EVENT Entrepreneurship Event in Mexico City LARC hosted a breakfast in Mexico City, bringing together a diverse group of social View Details

05 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 5, 2006

leverage. Multinational firms with above-average exposures to politically risky countries have 8.4 percent less domestic leverage than do other firms. These findings illustrate the impact of risk exposures on capital structure. Paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Asia Pacific - Global

children throughout Southeast Asia with nutrient-rich treats, received the Best Investment Award and will represent APAC at the Global Finale. Turmerik and VoxPop AI were honored with the Best Innovation and Best Social Impact Awards,... View Details

14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015

big hype. As is usually the case, the truth is somewhere between these two extremes. This article highlights the potential impact of big data on business practices in three broad areas: applications, methods, and infrastructure.... View Details