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22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980

processing, and marketing of commodities. By 1980 manufacturing FDI was larger than the natural resource and service sectors combined. In services, while transport and utility investments were no longer... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

09 Feb 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Do Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance?

Keywords: by Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine & Michael W. Toffel

January 2025
Case

A Tiger in The Tank: Exxon Sues Investors

By: Clayton S. Rose, Sarah Sasso and James Weber

In June 2024, investors were trying to make sense of ExxonMobil’s (Exxon) lawsuit against two impact investors, Arjuna Capital (Arjuna) and Follow This, that had just been dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas. Exxon’s suit challenged the rights of two... View Details

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01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

year after graduating from Princeton with a degree in history. As a consultant, she evaluated community development programs throughout Indonesia and helped rural women build microenterprises. The resourcefulness of the women impressed... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Oct 2015
First Look

October 6, 2015

for understanding the multinational firm as a set of relationships. I then apply one key element of that approach—the relationships among firms as a direct source of geopolitical outcomes—to the natural gas trade of Eurasia in three eras... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

widespread and the timing and nature of the end of the virus as we know it so uncertain that it is impossible to know what the parameters of such an end state. Business leaders should, instead, think in terms of a “next normal.” Their... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Guides to Archival Collections – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

documentation regarding his interest in improvements in education and training, the importance of psychology and sociology in personnel management, and the nature of organizational behavior. Western Electric Company Hawthorne Studies... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

institutions, and more. Additional themes included artificial intelligence, DEI initiatives, and career journeys. The diverse audience emphasized the universal nature of the challenges and opportunities facing women in business today,... View Details

19 Sep 2023
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2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Service is a branch of the U.S Department of the Interior, responsible for preserving natural and cultural resources for the American people. Rhea supported the Submerged View Details

04 Feb 2014
Working Paper Summaries

From Crowds to Collaborators: Initiating Effort and Catalyzing Interactions Among Online Creative Workers

Keywords: by Kevin J. Boudreau, Patrick Gaule, Karim R. Lakhani, Christoph Riedl & Anita Williams Woolley

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

occurred early in 1995 that revealed the commitment of the executive leadership team both to the new strategy and to the Balanced Scorecard. The winter (first quarter) of 1995 was unusually warm in North America. Sales of home heating oil and View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

founders or senior partners. Significantly, they are more likely to be penalized than white-owned funds when they underperform, and they are less likely to reach fundraising goals. The opaque, risky nature of private equity—whose American... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

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Planning a Class Session - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Students.) In planning for a specific case session, instructors may be able to draw on published teaching notes and on teaching plans previously developed by others or themselves. They may also enjoy the support of teaching groups and individual colleagues. These View Details

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

identity,” they write. Triage, search, and crystallization Before 9/11, the FBI had a fairly decentralized design, owing to the local nature of most crimes. The Bureau operated 56 field offices in major cities, each focused on solving... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

into account external opportunities and threats, the availability of internal resources relative to requirements, the aspirations and values of senior management, and obligations to stakeholders and society. In the context of TEM, this... View Details

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

organization theory. Theoretical consilience will enable the accumulation of empirical research into a cohesive body of knowledge on entrepreneurial resource mobilization. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Mar 2022
Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

years. That’s a lot of war, natural disaster, and political turmoil to survive. The new book Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind looks at the ingredients of long-lasting businesses in South Asia, focusing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

climate, clean energy, clean cars, and protecting natural resources, most recently as undersecretary of the California Natural Resources Agency (CRNA). Before CNRA, Barranco... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

Amager Bakke, a waste incinerator in Copenhagen, Denmark. The plant was built in 2016 by Amager Resource Center, a management company owned by the five municipalities the incinerator serves. The project replaced an outdated, 47-year-old... View Details

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

lives, in part because they didn’t understand the nature of power, but many of them learned along the way,” says Battilana. "Having once been wary of power is no guarantee that you will be immune to abusing it." Brazilian doctor Vera... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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