Professor Charles Williams - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

In 26 seasons under Ferguson, United won 38 domestic and international trophies-giving him nearly twice as many as any other English club manager-and became one of the valuable franchises in sports. In 2012, during Ferguson's final season before retiring, Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

visiting professor at HBS who teaches in the School’s FIELD (Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development) global immersion course, which sends groups of students all over the world to get first-hand experience doing business in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

Beer, the School's Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration and an expert on organizational behavior. "Quite simply, without a sense of purpose, we become alienated from our work and find it harder to motivate... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

originated. “We are using data from regulators, writing studies, but seldom going back to the regulators to say, ‘This is what we learned,’” says Harvard Business School Professor Michael W. Toffel, whose research examines companies’... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

Ross to write the paper "Performance Pricing in Tough Times." Shapiro, an authority on marketing strategy and sales management, is the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Ross is a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

MacCulloch Publication:In Populism and Natural Resources, edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger, manuscript Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Publications