Filter Results:
(4,511)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,511)
- People (21)
- News (1,019)
- Research (3,123)
- Events (10)
- Multimedia (22)
- Faculty Publications (2,149)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(4,511)
- People (21)
- News (1,019)
- Research (3,123)
- Events (10)
- Multimedia (22)
- Faculty Publications (2,149)
- June 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Exercise
New Sector Alliance (B)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Louisa Neissa
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Louisa Neissa. "New Sector Alliance (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 305-091, June 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
- Article
From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration
By: Vasiliki Fouka, Soumyajit Mazumder and Marco Tabellini
How does the arrival of a new minority group affect the social acceptance and outcomes of existing minorities? We study this question in the context of the First Great Migration. Between 1915 and 1930, 1.5 million African Americans moved from the U.S. South to Northern... View Details
Fouka, Vasiliki, Soumyajit Mazumder, and Marco Tabellini. "From Immigrants to Americans: Race and Assimilation During the Great Migration." Review of Economic Studies 89, no. 2 (March 2022): 811–842. (Also appears in VoxEU, The New York Times, Broadstreet, the Skepticast, and Oxford University Press Blog.)
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course
born in the first industrial revolution in England has survived for two hundred years. Another case, on Southland Corporation and Seven-Eleven Japan, examines retailing in the third industrial revolution in two very different environments, the United View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 2020
- Working Paper
Mission-Oriented Research in a National Emergency: Lessons from the Office of Scientific Research and Development in World War II
By: Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat
Since the beginning of the present COVID-19 pandemic, policymakers, researchers, and journalists have made repeated comparisons to World War II. In ongoing research, we have been studying the effects of the World War II research effort, which included a major medical... View Details
- November 2006 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Kerr-McGee
By: Robin Greenwood and André Perold
Activist investors Carl Icahn and Barry Rosenstein acquire a stake in Oklahoma-based company Kerr-McGee. They demand two board seats and ask the company to make several operational and financial changes, including the repurchase of equity and divestiture of their... View Details
Keywords: Investment Activism; Restructuring; Equity; Investment; Management; Governance Controls; Corporate Strategy; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Greenwood, Robin, and André Perold. "Kerr-McGee." Harvard Business School Case 207-020, November 2006. (Revised July 2021.)
- February 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Background Note
Note on Contingent Environmental Liabilities
Addresses contingent environmental liabilities that are the result of unforeseen environmental risks where the dollar amount of such liabilities is unknown and depends on future events. In contrast, fines for violating environmental laws are liabilities, but are not... View Details
Keywords: Legal Liability; Risk Management; Natural Environment; Laws and Statutes; Pollutants; Governance Compliance; United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Forest L. Reinhardt. "Note on Contingent Environmental Liabilities." Harvard Business School Background Note 794-098, February 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
immigrants are extremely important to innovation. What is debated is whether that comes at the expense of native Americans." Kerr's recent research indicates that while the program is good for innovation, it has limited overall effect on non-immigrant workers. The... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
children, especially from low-income communities; also a founder of Ashoka University The pandemic has been a disaster for education overall and has exacerbated inequity as well. Unlike in the United States and Europe, all public and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 2012
- Other Unpublished Work
Environmental corporate strategy and advancements in enhanced oil recovery technology among U.S. firms
By: Shon R. Hiatt
This study seeks to address how collective actors can affect technology development and adoption among organizations by creating regulatory uncertainty. Empirically, this paper focuses on the influence of environmental organizations concerned about climate change on... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
What drives policy making in a democracy? The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
Moss, David, and Mary Oey. "The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics." In Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation, edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms of political support. Indeed, many... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
process by getting in the way of Schumpeter's "creative destruction." Read the journal: http://symposium.cshlp.org/content/74 Too Big to Live: Why We Must Stamp Out State Monopoly Capitalism Authors: Niall Ferguson Publication:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Arnon Mishkin (MBA 1989)
on the numbers. The winner is defined by whomever the state certifies. We’re there to report what we’re seeing and to ignore the nonsense that’s going on outside. Black, stale coffee is my beverage of choice on election night. Fox... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
the open source community are often intrinsically motivated. It is important to realize, however, that hackers are a diverse group. I have interviewed hobbyists, students, academics, software professionals, and government workers who... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
role of firms as facilitators of globalization during the nineteenth century and more recently and as preservers of it when governments sought to close it down in the interwar years. However the ability of firms to shape the world was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
misinterpretation to assure that state and local governments can appropriately respond to the digital activities that impact physical realities. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
underpaid and is more pronounced for firms with weak corporate governance and high employee turnover. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52970 The Accounting Rookie Job Market: A Practitioner’s Guide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
depletion of natural resources. He thinks one of the main reasons people in the United States are more concerned about the environment is that incomes are higher. "Although people who think of themselves as environmentalists tend not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace