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- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
someone across the negotiation table might respond to a particular proposal becomes easier.” That’s good news in a society that often seems to be grappling with intractable partisanship on every issue. While some issues may still present...
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by Michael Blanding
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
themselves. Now more than ever, American society needs this kind of exchange of ideas.” Bill added, “All it takes for evil to flourish is for good people to remain silent.” Jesteeleconsult commented, “Looking the other way in times of...
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by James Heskett
- 20 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light
Harvard Business School; Umit G. Gurun, of University of Texas at Dallas; and Scott Duke Kominers, of the Harvard Society of Fellows, attempts to answer that question by studying which firms NPEs target in litigation, when the litigation...
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- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
energy business, for instance. In the end, the class did not come up with a clear solution—because there isn't one. Societies persuade institutions to solve one set of problems. If the institutions are successful, more prosperity is...
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- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
costs; create options; protect and enhance the realizable value of knowledge assets and certain other resources; and convert regulatory constraints into opportunities. Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases Author:M. H. Bazerman...
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Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
of society depends on trust. So the zone of sustainable action for a business should be the overlap between ethics and economics. The role of the organization is to ensure that all activity occurs within that overlap; the role of...
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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Collection at Baker Library (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School, Baker Library, 2006). 44 “Industrial Pictures and Their Relations to Business History,” Bulletin of the Business Historical Society 8, no. 3 (May 1934): 42. 45 J....
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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Theater Foundation, the nation’s largest modern dance organization, and the Film Society of Lincoln Center. He has also been a board member of the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Sundance Institute, and The Public Theater. Raymond J. McGuire...
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- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
interest of society most often does not coincide with the self-perceived interests of the leading institutions. The second key lesson is that disruption rarely happens piecemeal, where stand-alone disruptions are plugged into the existing...
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- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
in places with greater poverty and lower levels of economic development. Violence is higher in locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests. We find weaker evidence that caste divisions in society are correlated with the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
at HBS for confronting environmental challenges like climate change? It’s increasingly evident that challenges in food, climate, and society are inextricably linked, disproportionately impacting those on the fringes and in poverty, and...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
with programs related to strengthening education, the parliamentary system, job creation, and investment. But as the top part of society is going one way, things can still slip in the other direction if problems on the Moroccan street...
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- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B11): Salt Lake City Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Praveen Kumar and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an...
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- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B4): Columbus Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin P. Scibetta and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an...
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- March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
- Case
Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)
By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2008, Andres Velasco, Chile's Finance Minister, was under mounting criticisms over his fiscal policy. As the world's largest copper producer, Chile was benefiting from the rise in copper prices, which had more than tripled since 2003. Copper revenues translated into...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Economic Growth;
Metals and Minerals;
Investment Funds;
Policy;
State Ownership;
Wealth;
Chile
Alfaro, Laura, Dante Roscini, and Renee Kim. "Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-019, March 2010. (Revised May 2013.)
- December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N....
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Investment Funds;
Food;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Business and Government Relations;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Poverty;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Africa
Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
hard to quantify (the whole society might get cleaner air, faster transit, more dependable electricity, a more robust economy, but these aren’t all cash flow to the promoter). Why, then, can Africa teach the United States about making...
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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
leader–one who made significant contributions to society and the economy. Gupta notes that Doriot taught students, "Businesses exist because they serve a larger purpose, not simply to make money. And those [students] who failed to...
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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
facing society and the economy, and this is one of them. We feel we have an ability to make a positive difference, and an opportunity to learn in the process. Porter: This really starts with the idea that the School has a unique platform...
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