Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (4,350) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (4,350) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 152 of 4,350 Results →
  • 11 Aug 2022
  • News

Why Companies Aren't Living Up to Their Climate Pledges

  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

practitioners. Researchers have built upon the work in behavioral decision theory, examining the ways in which negotiators may deviate from rationality. The 1990s brought a renewed interest in social factors, as work on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2020
  • Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Schlesinger I have just begun Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case and Nobel Prize-winner Angus Deaton. This book represents a well- crafted effort of social science research applied to the urgent matters of life... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • November 2023
  • Case

Nourishing Communities: Brighter Bites Approach to Childhood Nutrition

By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
In September 2023, Brighter Bites, a Houston-based non-profit that distributed fresh produce and nutrition education in underserved communities across 11 cities and 5 states, grappled with identifying the best path forward for continued growth. Brighter Bites proved... View Details
Keywords: Nutrition; Growth and Development Strategy; Logistics; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Poverty; Houston
Related
  • September 2008
  • Article

Firm Heterogeneity and Credit Risk Diversification

By: Samuel G. Hanson, M. Hashem Pesaran and Til Schuermann
This paper examines the impact of neglected heterogeneity on credit risk. We show that neglecting heterogeneity in firm returns and/or default thresholds leads to under estimation of expected losses (EL), and its effect on portfolio risk is ambiguous. Once EL is... View Details
Keywords: Volatility; Credit; Investment Return; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Loss; Diversification; Complexity; United States
Related
  • September 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Supplement

Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (B)

By: Boris Groysberg, Christopher Marquis and Ayesha Kanji
Supplements the (A) case. The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge relationships with key decision makers. Includes reflections and lessons learned from all parties and Keller's... View Details
Keywords: Projects; Management; Leadership; Organizations; Situation or Environment; Competition; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
Related
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

made up 46.7 percent of the US labor force, and filled more than half of management, professional, and related occupations. If the strategy was to get more women in the workplace and let them naturally ascend to positions of upper... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 18 Apr 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

earn from coal. This article first appeared in the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society's Weekly Insights. You Might Also Like: COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now? What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?... View Details
Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining
  • 06 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

strategies for the social media age, and launching a startup for a targeted audience. Students learn to analyze macro and micro economic data of an industry, synthesize consumer demographics and purchase... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

app targeted at millennial customers that would include a novel proxy voting feature that allowed clients to vote on shareholder resolutions with a simple swipe. With this technological addition, OpenInvest was well on its way towards realizing its mission of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

arising in clusters, including knowledge, skills, and input-output linkages. August 2013 Harvard Business Review Mastering the Intermediaries: Strategies for Dealing with the Likes of Google, Amazon, and Kayak By: Edelman, Benjamin G.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

have the resources, ideas, and ability to quickly pivot the deployment our sales strategy in a new format? How are we going to differentiate when our new mode of communication is the same as everyone else?” Skills needed now: Making... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • February 2004
  • Article

How Subgroup Interests and Reputations Moderate the Effect of Organizational Identification on Cooperation

By: J. Polzer
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Interests; Reputation; Organizations; Cooperation
Related
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

to talk with him about things I hadn't talked with anybody about." Thomas's experiences had been giving him "a sense of risk and marginality," he said. By discussing it with the older professor, the two of them were able to create a better View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

increase the impact of a mailed communication on conversion rates to lower-cost, therapeutically equivalent medications, even when the testimonial is presented as coming from a more socially proximate peer. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Making a Difference

Bridgespan Group — Jeff Bradach (PhDOB ’92) and Tom Tierney (MBA ’80) — pioneers in the application of data-driven strategy and consulting services to enhance the effectiveness of nonprofits and foundations. Founded a decade ago,... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; meta
  • Web

Departments | Employment

orientation Analytical thinking Comfort with ambiguity Applied expertise Measurement-focused What makes it challenging to work in Baker Library? Constant evolution in the information industry and scholarly publishing A shift to a more global View Details
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

distribution. The new strategy paid off-Durex condom sales increased threefold in China, and market share increased by over 10%. RB now wanted to generate the same results for its other brands in the country and needed to decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 2020
  • Other Teaching and Training Material

Leading the Charge: A Podcase about Product Management at Opower

By: Jeffrey Rayport and John J. Lafkas
The Opower podcase materials contain audio from professor Jeffrey Rayport's interview with Ben Foster, the former vice president of product management at Opower, and more recently the co-founder of Prodify. In the podcase, Ben discusses how product management works in... View Details
Keywords: Product; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Conflict Management; Software
Related