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HBS - From The Dean

development for the School has been the announcement of the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS). Business has long been an engine for prosperity in the world, but more is needed (and expected) if we are to address... View Details

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

proved that each generation perceives its actions as rational but to (the) next it may appear irrational. This is the path to growth and development of civilization." Frances Pratt said, "What is normal and rational is framed by... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2008
News

Reimagining China and India

on economic development in the two countries? Yes. In China, whenever there is a conflict between societal interests and private property rights, government will err on the side of society’s interest. In... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management; Retail Trade

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

Here then are our most-read stories in 2006. Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win? Using formal economic modelling, professors Pankaj Ghemawat and Ramon Casadesus-Masanell consider the competitive dynamics of the software wars between... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

Beijing is America’s largest foreign creditor. But how long will the Chinese continue to finance U.S. deficit spending? Illustration by Stuart Bradford In his new book, The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, HBS professor and View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

May 2016 (Revised December 2016)
Case

Camposol

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

With $289 million in 2015 revenues, Camposol is a Peruvian grower, exporter, and marketer of fruits and vegetables, with a focus on the high-growth, high-margin blueberry category. Camposol aspires to become Peru’s first multinational branded produce company. It... View Details

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03 Apr 2018
News

Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level

opportunities for positive social impact. “I came to HBS from the Marine Corps. In my Marine Corps experience, I spent several years in Iraq working in counterinsurgency, and from those experiences I became very interested in economic... View Details

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

Professors Ananth Raman and Roy Shapiro are two members of the HBS faculty team that developed the new Executive Education program, Managing the Supply Chain: The General Manager's Perspective. In this conversation with the Executive... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Profile

Mi Zhou

had little time for strategy. I helped him delegate authority and develop reporting relationships that would allow him to focus on the big picture.” Testing interests After five years with McKinsey, Mi found “what I really enjoy –... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter

of the nonprofit developer Hello Housing, points out that these people are critical to healthy communities: “Some portion of the housing market has to be free from speculation to ensure there’s a place for the people who are supporting... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

more as a consumer—a purchased good versus an experience that will transform their life.” RM: If I just think about the economics of the expenses—at least here at Harvard—about 70 percent of the expenses are fixed costs in people and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

16 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

people, rotating them, developing them, putting them in challenging assignments. Those are things you can actually do something about. What I am saying is that companies should clone the processes in View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

novel measure of debt misvaluation. Download working paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/mrhodeskropf/Financial_Buyers_v51.pdf Profits and Economic Development By: Schwab, Dan, and Eric Werker Abstract—Are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

innovations generate heterogeneous innovation qualities, and firm size affects innovation incentives. This framework allows us to analyze how different types of innovation contribute to economic growth and how the firm size distribution... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Lucerne; Roland Rüppell, of Simon-Kucher & Partners; and John, of Harvard. What could possibly go wrong? To better understand how temporary sharing affects whether and what... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Oct 1998
News

Merton Named University Professor

in Economic Sciences for his work on the valuation of stock options, had held the George Fisher Baker Professorship of Business Administration at HBS since 1988. The John and Natty McArthur University Professorship was established after... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance

The Balanced Scorecard, an influential book on strategic performance management and control. 1997 Robert Merton and Myron Scholes win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for a new method to determine the value of derivatives.... View Details

Keywords: Professor Elton Mayo: Professor Fritz Roethlisberger; George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Professor Emeritus Ray A. Goldberg; Professor Abraham Zaleznik; Professor Alfred Chandler; Professor Michael Porter; Professor Robert S. Kaplan; Professor Michael C. Jensen; Professor C. Roland Christensen; Professor Robert Menton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2011
News

An Economy Undermined

became securities-trading companies more than money-raising companies. Meanwhile, an ideological war was developing in the country between those who believed government was largely the cause of the economic... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

01 Mar 2016
News

The HBS Fund for Leadership and Innovation

advancing the next big idea. The School relies heavily on annual gifts to the HBS Fund for early-stage support of breakthrough projects, courses, programs, and other initiatives.” As ventures like Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership View Details

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