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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a model intellectual, a scholar's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to early adopters of technology. Read... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
kicking off a panel discussion at Cyberposium 2000. "But I think it's fair to characterize the incubator space as rather a sleepy one." Until now, that is. Once largely the domain of universities and public economic development... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
“Fast Breaking Paper” in Economics and Business. A Fast Breaking Paper is “a very recent scientific contribution that is just beginning to attract the attention of the scientific community.” Boris Groysberg... View Details
- 10 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces
at an urban charter school, where over 95 percent of the 500 students were minorities and more than 75 percent were low-income. They focused their attention on tutors—the employees with the closest and most extended contact with students.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
Chapter 11 can be very expensive. The expense includes not only legal and investment banking fees, but also economic losses suffered by the business as management’s attention and time are consumed by the... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
one way or another, grieving. According to David Kessler, an author and grief expert quoted in a recent HBR article, “The loss of normalcy; the fear of economic toll; the loss of connection. This is hitting us and we’re grieving.... View Details
- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
more effective negotiator, and motivating great work from others. Here are the Top 10 articles and Top 10 working papers that appeared in HBS Working Knowledge in 2010. Now turn your attention to 2011 and tell us in the Comment section... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
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Harvard Business School
office and retail space in downtown Framingham. Two years later he oversaw a joint venture to develop a 56-unit affordable housing development in Dorchester. Richard America Jr. MBA 1965 Richard America has published on economic... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
before, the heady boom was followed by a sharp correction—at least for entrepreneurs in all arenas except for artificial intelligence. What happens next, however, is unclear. This talk seeks to understand the implications of these recent events for the future of... View Details
- 13 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm
lead during a crisis such as the global economic crisis of 2008-09. I found that many failed to follow seven universal lessons for leading in crisis. I believe the root cause of the recent financial crisis was leaders who practiced... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
as brand ambassadors, thought leaders, and storytellers. During a time of widespread unemployment and economic uncertainty, the people who have jobs are talking a lot about how their companies are handling the crisis and the transition to... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
At the start of the pandemic, the uncertainty primarily concerned health issues—the diffusion of the virus and its effective threat. As the virus expanded from China to other countries, the uncertainty extended to the economic domain. For... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
between bundling and indirect network effects, we find that they act as substitute strategies, with a lower relative effectiveness for bundling when network effects are stronger. 2013 pub From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
dovetailed nicely with my role as senior associate dean for Planning and University Affairs. Q: It would seem that the timing was perfect given the many consumer credit and debt issues that played key roles in the economic crisis that hit... View Details
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
column. Addressing that question, David Wittenberg presented the argument for the negative when he commented that, “That idea (that government acquires an ownership interest in IP created within its borders) is inimical to our legal and View Details
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
reviews, and three books, including the brilliant Theory of Economic Development (1911; English translation, 1934).1 Schumpeter struggled mightily with the research and writing of Business Cycles. As he told his friend and fellow cycle... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
very little attention to the impact of organizations on society. We suggest that the study of organizations could be even stronger if the increasing focus on economic performance were accompanied by... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
HISTORY LESSONS: Ferguson shares his views on the global financial crisis with an attentive crowd at the Harvard Book Store in Cambridge. Professor Niall Ferguson, born in Glasgow and educated at Oxford and Cambridge universities, argues... View Details
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
question is: are you going to raise rates or cut them?" Rajan said at the beginning of his lecture. "The answer is: I'm not going to tell you. But what I will talk about is the state of the Indian economy." Rajan said that many are quick to blame India's... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel