Communication - Publications - Faculty & Research

July 2004 (Revised July 2020)
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Hines Goes to Rio

By: Arthur I Segel and Ricardo Reisen De Pinho

The Torre Almirante office tower, Hines' newest project in Rio de Janeiro, was a 36-story, Class AA office tower with an adjoining 420-stall parking structure and a preserved 14-story historic facade. It was completely different from anything that had previously been... View Details

Keywords: Property; Design; Construction; Buildings and Facilities; Risk Management; Problems and Challenges; Real Estate Industry; Brazil; New York (city, NY)

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The Drivers of National Innovative Capacity: Implications for Spain and Latin America

By: Michael E. Porter, Jeffrey L. Furman and Scott Stern

In the past decade, both academic scholars and policymakers have focused increasing attention on the central role that technological innovation plays in economic growth. There are at least two distinct reasons for this increased interest. First, though economists have... View Details

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09 Nov 2022
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COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

years of construction of the Panama Canal proved to be a management foul-up of the first order. The Isthmian Canal Commission tried to supervise construction from Washington. This would have been a bad idea with the communications... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

program through trusted word-of-mouth channels (senior influencers on social media, and WhatsApp and community groups). For Laryea, who has worked around the world, the biggest takeaway was the importance of refining one’s global... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Find Past & Upcoming Events - Alumni

Careers Find Past & Upcoming Events Careers Find Past & Upcoming Events Explore events both virtual and near you. The HBS Community is a global entity. Browse events, regional clubs, and more. Webinars Jul 09 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 09 Jul 2025... View Details

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About Us - Research Computing Services

packages provided to the research community for free. ARCGIS Mathematica MathType MATLAB SAS SPSS Stata Stat/Transfer Compute Cluster & Data Storage If your desktop or laptop is overheating when trying to work with your data, taking days... View Details

24 May 2018
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Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet

this way, rich offline communication might make online communications more valuable, suggesting complementarity between face-to-face and digital communications.” The book chapter, “How Geography Shapes—and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

resource-related innovation, and building values-based and people-centric businesses. Gordon Jones President, College of Western Idaho (CWI) Gordon Jones President, College of Western Idaho (CWI) Gordon Jones leads Idaho's largest comprehensive View Details

11 Dec 2023
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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

provides, but also opened my way of thinking to see all the different types of career paths that there might be.” HBS also added to the rich fabric of relationships Leahy has built over the years that have helped her continue to learn and grow. “At HBS I built lifelong... View Details

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Disadvantaged Communities (DACs): communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[1] Environmental Racism: “racial discrimination in environmental policy making, corporate decision... View Details

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

with your classmates, broaden your perspective, and challenge your worldview. Social Join a global community of business professionals. Learn from and network with peers before, during, and after your course. Ask questions, collaborate,... View Details

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David Velasquez

Traveling across the world, while sitting in a classroom and roaming the halls of Spangler. You learn about discounted cash flows, strategy, and leadership at HBS – while also enhancing your understanding of others' values and cultures. Being part of the HBS View Details

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

sessions to explore career goals and examine the factors that may be holding them back, among them perfectionism (“We have an epidemic,” Kostova says) and self-sabotaging behaviors that her clients often struggle to recognize in themselves. Kostova also connects them... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

investors have to say—and how they behave—not on gut feel or instinct. Continually fine-tune your strategy based on changes in the marketplace—for example, a new technology, a social trend, a government regulation, or a competitor's breakaway product. Clearly View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

01 May 2020
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5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

community has been on full display. In the last three weeks alone, clubs have hosted community-wide virtual events with Gabrielle Union, LL Cool J, Rich Gotham (President of the Boston Celtics), and Joe Maddon (Manager of the Los Angeles... View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

unofficial student center for Executive Education. While it is primarily used by Executive Education participants, we encourage MBA students and the wider campus community to use the space and to connect with participants. Our Bridge Café... View Details

W. Earl Sasser

Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Organizations and professionals from around the world participate in our Executive Education programs, access our research publications, and interact with our students and alumni through field-based projects, recruitment activities, and View Details

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

so many images from going to visit factories. And then, Cleveland was a real melting pot. So almost every community that fled Europe after the First World and Second World Wars, and then also the Great Migration from the South when... View Details

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