Richard H.K. Vietor

Professor Vietor is Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He teaches courses on the international political economy. Before coming to the Business School in 1978, Professor Vietor held faculty appointments at Virginia... View Details

Keywords: energy; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; railroad; shipping

• 14 Aug 2018
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing. This book explores this culture of psychological safety and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 30 May 2007
• Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

learning a new surgical technique. Recent books by faculty have also challenged how we understand the health care system. Within the last three years Herzlinger authored Consumer-Driven Health Care and the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

• 06 Dec 2010
• Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

protections has done little to manage the risk in many of these politically unstable environments. Professor Louis T. Wells, coauthor of a new book on making foreign investment safe, discusses the current landscape. Key concepts include:... View Details

• 06 Dec 2016
• First Look

December 6, 2016

2016 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development By: Beckert, Sven, and Seth Rockman, eds. Abstract—During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 30 May 2017
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

2017 Advances in Strategic Management Geography, Location, and Strategy By: Alcácer, Juan, Bruce Kogut, Catherine Thomas, and Bernard Yin Yeung, eds. Abstract—Changes in both technology and global political economy have vastly accelerated the pace of globalization in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 07 Nov 2017
• First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Fall 2017 Business History Review The Alternative Business History: Business in Emerging Markets By: Austin, Gareth, Carlos Davila, and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This article suggests that the business history of emerging markets should be seen as an alternative business... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

• 16 Apr 2019
• First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

forthcoming The Creativity Reader The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—The Creativity Reader is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the historical roots of contemporary ideas about creativity,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

• 01 Apr 2020
• Blog Post

The Product Design Sprint - 5 Things I Learned in Launch Lab 1

Ventures, who invented the Sprint process, and popularized it in the book of the same name.  Jake ran the first two days, then handed over to faculty co-chairs Alan MacCormack and Russ Wilcox.  The pressure... View Details

• 19 Feb 2019
• First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary data through an unsupervised... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 10 Oct 2005
• Research & Ideas

Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

sustainable basis? Should firms sacrifice profits for positive environmental impacts? And do firms at least sometimes behave this way? Striving to find authoritative insights into those questions, three Harvard faculty members hosted a... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls