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- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 31 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Quantitative Easing Didn’t Ease the Housing Crisis for the Neediest
Another tool to stimulate a distressed economy has made its way into the playbooks of central banks across the world. With quantitative easing, known as QE for short, a central bank makes it easier to borrow money by buying long-term... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2016
- Working Paper
Big History, Global Corporations, Virtual Capitalism
By: Richard L. Nolan
Homo sapiens has mastered its environment so thoroughly that, for the first time in history, a small minority of the population is capable of creating enough food and fuels to support not only itself, but also a growing majority of the 6 billion people now living on... View Details
Nolan, Richard L. "Big History, Global Corporations, Virtual Capitalism." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-116, March 2016. (Revised October 2016.)
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
prices leading to an economic collapse? —Bruce Johnstone (MBA 1966) KIRBY: Unlikely. Prices have fallen considerably in secondary and tertiary cities but are firm in the first tier. Property is, of course, a... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
concerned patriarch finally admitted this to his board. After consulting with them and with me, the father walked into his son's office on a Friday afternoon and said, "Son, nobody can contemplate life with you as CEO. I'm very sorry to View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
commissioning a study and engaging with its results to inform strategic decision making. Trade, Logistics, and Geopolitics: New Realities for Supply Chains Professor Willy Shih No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
information available, history, experience, the number of deciders, and so forth. Nevertheless, several comments reflected an uneasy fondness for a good dose of intuition in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
Photography by Craig Hall Like many people who work for change in struggling urban neighborhoods, John Majors (MBA 2000) believes that high-quality education for all children is a vital link to future success. He’s also convinced that education alone can’t transform... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Research Summary
The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management
In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
firms, including Asian Paints, Burberry, Caesars Entertainment, Codelco, Lloyds Banking Group, Nike, and Pernod Ricard. Faculty Books The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See by Max Bazerman Simon & Schuster This is a guide to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
James McKenney Remembered
MCKENNEY: The first information systems expert at HBS, he led its early IT efforts. HBS professor emeritus James L. McKenney,an expert in management information View Details
Keywords: Information
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
economic terms is a certain kind of transaction cost or tax or another one of those market imperfections. Q: How are these trends reflected in your teaching? A: All View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
What will change about how they do their work? What are the key priorities now? Who needs to do what? You might not be able to make predictions, but you can still offer informed interpretations, that is, why certain measures are sensible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Paulson Speaks on China at HBS
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson (MBA 1970) told an HBS audience in May that in addition to China’s economic influence, its energy and environmental policies will have a far-reaching global impact for years to come. He also spoke View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
spending that cash, the economy could benefit from a significant stimulus that, unlike stimulus measures relating to government spending, would stem from decentralized actors responding to private information and incentives. Consider the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
looks at the emergence of capitalism and democracy as systems of economic and political governance and considers how they may be both mutually... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
goal is to gauge the integrity and empathy of these young men and women. We need to learn about their values and judgment; we want to find out if they're warm, honest, and sincere. All of this is critical... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
won’t urge you to always tell the truth or to reveal all of your information to your negotiation opponent. Instead, we’ll use the word “ethics” similarly to how utilitarian philosophers use the term: to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
the Harvard Gazette about China’s economic woes and how they may affect global markets and investors going forward. Christina Pazzanese: Why were so many caught off-guard by this crash? Weren’t there warning signs that this might happen?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
and no one should get a tax refund if one pays no taxes. Let’s get rid of this Rube Goldberg tax system and put some sanity to work. Jim Werner (MBA 1973) Mount Airy, MD It’s All about Access I agree with... View Details