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- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
adamant about making an active effort to come out to my parents, I attribute much of my courage to the formation of self-acceptance. I view my self-acceptance as the deep and fundamental belief that my sexuality does not make me less of a... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Demand: Model and Estimation Methodology Authors:Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius, and Ananth Raman Abstract To set service levels, firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supply learning is a process whereby customers use past supplier... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
this case is defined as patient outcomes per dollar spent; the goal is to achieve the best possible outcome at the lowest possible cost. In contrast, today's American health care system tends to emphasize billing for individual... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, discuss this development and its effect on democratic societies. What is populism? Rafael Di Tella: There are so many different definitions, but at its core, populism is not about being on the left or on the right; it’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
evolving structure of corporate debt markets—and given rise to new questions about the private and social costs and benefits of leverage and, in particular, the role of leverage in affecting the likelihood and extent of systemic financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics X-CAPM: An Extrapolative Capital Asset Pricing Model By: Barberis, Nicholas, Robin Greenwood, Lawrence Jin, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—Survey evidence suggests that many investors form View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
them — were needed to stem internal bleeding caused by even mild stress on his joints. His blood-filled knees and ankles left Massie unable to walk and brought on “interminable nights when pain banished sleep,” he later wrote. His parents battled an unresponsive... View Details
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
In 2006, the entire region celebrated the opening of the Wild Center, a 54,000-square-foot, interactive museum experience. The center includes live wildlife exhibits, a movie theater, an art studio, a large system of trails, and... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
business analysts who "tend to be lower level employees and have a high turnover," creating a "losing battle" through the loss of "institutional data knowledge." (Kim Kraemer) Avoid the belief that "whatever is new will solve their... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking E-Leadership
a labor-intensive commitment to instilling in people "a strategy of preeminence"—the belief that they can make a difference in their industry or in the lives of their customers. Such coaching and mentoring take time; even so,... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
catastrophe, suggests that the failure to acknowledge the risks posed by climate change means that the entire financial system is riding on a carbon “bubble” that will cause havoc when it bursts. Why have we been so slow to respond? Even... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
Astronaut, Apollo 13 Lovell Read complete profile. In 1970 the world watched as Commander James Lovell and his crew scrambled to convert their lunar module into a lifeboat when their cryogenic oxygen system failed. It was Lovell who... View Details
- March 2021 (Revised January 2024)
- Case
Ayn Rand: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the life of Ayn Rand from Russia to Hollywood to New York City. The case describes how Rand fled communist Russia and, in reaction to the deprivations she experienced under communism, developed a philosophy idealizing free will and personal... View Details
Keywords: Writing; Values and Beliefs; Economic Systems; Society; Mission and Purpose; Success; Work-Life Balance; Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Publishing Industry
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Ayn Rand: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-070, March 2021. (Revised January 2024.)
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
individual shopper-specific propositions, loyalty systems are no more than an expensive gadget. Convexity Of Rewards It is necessary but not sufficient to offer substantial rewards to generate more loyalty from shoppers. If competing... View Details
- 28 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Meeting China’s Need for Management Education
firms have chosen to hire people with local experience and to often partner with a variety of key local firms. In PCMPCL, one of our reasons for choosing the top eighteen universities as our target audience is the belief that over time,... View Details
- Web
Mental Health Awareness Month | Baker Library
of Figure 1—a model that considers relationships among business problems; one specific appraisal factor (locus of control, or an individual's beliefs about their ability to control what happens in their life); coping behaviors (patterned... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
Environmental Protection Agency, illustrating the widespread belief that environmentally conscious corporations should respond to climate change by striving to yield net-zero carbon emissions. But just a few months before the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their education View Details
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna
Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes... View Details