Commerce - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

participants’ health care costs by 60 percent on average over five years. Taking first steps Some businesses, especially smaller firms, may feel less ability or need to invest in community health. Working in a coalition with other local companies through chambers of... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

hospitals. It seems inevitable Bhargava would start an enterprise aimed at creating social change, having come from a family with a rich history of public service. His father founded the Commerce College in their home state of Rajasthan;... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

was simply too vast to be controlled in any meaningful way. Others thought differently—including Mitchell and Herbert Hoover. Hoover, who was Secretary of Commerce from 1921 to 1928 (when he began his successful campaign to become... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

exacerbating urban sprawl, clogged highways, and polluted air. Says Bart Harvey, "The Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, California, one of the wealthier areas in the United States, has approached the Enterprise Foundation for... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

and commerce to a global audience,” Wu and Clough write, noting the similarity to metaverse proponents’ aspirations. Illustrations by Ariana Cohen-Halberstam using images generated in Midjourney Wu and Clough know they’re far from the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

Web

Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

The Photographic Illustrators, Inc. sponsored the exhibit to promote an importance of design in commerce and industry, demonstrate that beauty and sales values were complimentary to civilization, and to emphasize a trend toward a national... View Details

19 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The Road to Impact

applicable skill set. As he was finishing his MBA, he interviewed at Lehman Brothers and learned that many people at the company had worked in government, notably former US Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson. Offensend thought... View Details

04 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

and recovering from a crisis, increasing close rates, the efficiency of a sales model, and its segment focus are strategic issues, not only sales management tasks. Consider: when commerce resumes, what’s the impact on your business from... View Details

Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes

22 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights

explicitly mention LGBTQ people, as with Arkansas’ Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act. On their own, businesses are less likely to have the expertise to recognize and thoroughly analyze these bills and connect them back to their economic... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

What is deep support, in a nutshell? How will concerns for privacy affect the use of deep support? A: Deep support, as we describe in our book, is an entirely new way of thinking about commerce. In the support economy, the very purpose of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2000
News

No Place Like Home

air. Says Bart Harvey, "The Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, California, one of the wealthier areas in the United States, has approached the Enterprise Foundation for help with affordable housing. They are concerned about a range of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

PublicationsAdverse Selection in Online 'Trust' Certifications and Search Results Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (June 2010) Abstract Widely used online "trust" authorities... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

of the spectrum, British newspaper The Independent recently reported that ExxonMobil contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to "anti-climate change think tanks." Similarly, the US Chamber of Commerce spent US$132 million... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

Web

2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland where she spoke about the role of confidence in women's economic empowerment. In 2012 and 2013, she partnered with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to study a decade of gender in the... View Details

15 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

electronic commerce than in the B2B segment, since industry standards for characterizing color and fabric are more familiar forms of communication for business partners than for individual consumers. Compounding the difficulty in... View Details

Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

for example, Kanter worked with the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts on a forum held at HBS in April 1994, which helped stimulate the formation of the Alliance for the Commonwealth, a... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

funds, and their locations. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-076 Eve Hall: The African American Investment Fund in Milwaukee The case highlights the role of minority chambers of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

coaxial, twisted pair, microwave, cellular and more—and an equally dizzying array of networked appliances, content and commerce sources and industry players. What will the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure look like 10 years from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

01 Mar 2013
News

A Healthy Profit

ensures an intervention reaches all those who need it, at the lowest price and in the shortest amount of time." Could a similar, market-driven approach be enlisted in the world's fight against disease and illness? As Chu notes, commerce... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

government should regulate or encourage commerce will be a central debate. How does your research help us think about this question? A: History is a mirror that is both reflecting and distorting, and can very seldom offer us easy answers... View Details