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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
Reforms Set the Stage for Growth When Deng Xiaoping came to power in 1978, he set China on a new course by making economic growth a top priority, even if that meant relinquishing state control over markets. It was the realpolitik thing to... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
so that vast amounts of data can be captured and analyzed in order to improve the allocation and use of natural resources. Working with Microsoft and Cisco, Living PlanIT is doing this through its Urban Operating SystemTM—a unified, distributed, real-time View Details
- 06 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?
on such shifts is available. They also controlled for conditions during the Great Recession, to see if the pattern held even in recession. It did. Three fewer people move into a region for each robot added versus an area where local... View Details
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
do with how to get control of our work lives and our personal networking technologies hit my desk within a matter of days. Two were of particular interest. The first, iDisorder: Understanding Our Obsession With Technology and Overcoming... View Details
- 05 Aug 2010
- What Do You Think?
What Is Customer Opinion Good For?
Jacoline Loewen pointed out that "Asking the customer's opinion is great for quality control check(s), but for creative strategy get beyond the client." Gerald Nanninga commented that "consumers are very good at explaining frustrations... View Details
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
long-term effect because they are so complex, a manager's information so incomplete, the competitive environment so complicated, analytic techniques so inadequate, and the number of things over which a manager has control so limited, that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 May 2002
- Book
Bringing the Master Passions to Work
accounts is also the telltale sign of the desire to impress by expressing—to control other minds through erudition, wit, and eloquence. We can seize others "by their minds" with our justificatory strategies. We get them to see... View Details
Keywords: by Mihnea C. Moldoveanu & Nitin Nohria
- 30 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career
this kind of intentionality is essential in a complex and ambiguous business world as well, where you cannot control the outcome. Even if you satisfy everything that you should be doing and make sound decisions, you can still encounter a... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
greenhouses providing eight different climatic zones, which enable it to grow microgreens from around the world in controlled conditions. The plants themselves are grown in cellulose, which is not only highly absorbent (ideal for roots to... View Details
- Web
Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Americans reaped tremendous profits, after the First Opium War they also risked being a target as Westerners came to usurp the control the Chinese once maintained over their own trade. Fires, sometimes arson related, broke out. Episodes... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
fraud? What kinds of internal control levers, employee training programs, or perhaps even internal (nonfinancial) rewards and recognitions lead to a greater number of internal whistleblower reports? Subject to data availability, we would... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
new logo, website, and mission statement to reflect the broader vision for the waste-to-energy business. “Combusting garbage to produce electricity in an environmentally controlled manner keeps waste out of the landfill and creates... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
its own idiosyncratic preferences. The CEO controls the company culture. One key, I think, is to listen broadly, with an open mind. The board of directors is an important sounding board, but the CEO is in a position to gather and... View Details
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
target firms and their 150,000 establishments before and after acquisition, comparing outcomes to controls similar in terms of industry, size, age, and prior growth. Relative to controls, employment at target establishments declines 3%... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2011
- Working Paper
Quantity vs. Quality: Exclusion by Platforms with Network Effects
By: Andrei Hagiu
This paper provides a simple model of platforms with direct network effects, in which users value not just the quantity (i.e., number) of other users who join, but also their average quality in some dimension. A monopoly platform is more likely to exclude low-quality... View Details
Keywords: Multi-sided Platforms; Exclusion; Quality And Quantity; Cost; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Network Effects; Market Participation; Digital Platforms; Monopoly; Quality; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy
Hagiu, Andrei. "Quantity vs. Quality: Exclusion by Platforms with Network Effects." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-125, May 2011.
- September 2009 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Genzyme Center (A)
By: Michael W. Toffel and Aldo Sesia
Genzyme Corporation is in the midst of planning its new corporate headquarters, which incorporates many innovative green building features. After learning that the building as planned would likely earn a LEED Silver rating, an intermediate score in the LEED green... View Details
Keywords: Green Building; LEED Rating System; Economic And Environmental Performance; Program Evaluation And Assessment; Tradeoffs Between Process- And Performance Standards; Buildings and Facilities; Business Headquarters; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Improvement; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Green Technology Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Aldo Sesia. "Genzyme Center (A)." Harvard Business School Case 610-008, September 2009. (Revised September 2010.)
- January 2009
- Background Note
Financial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity
By: Elisabeth Koll
Provides an analysis of why informal financial networks and institutions still play an extremely important role in China's economy in the 21st century. Although China has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, it still suffers from a weak... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Private Equity; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Networks; China
Koll, Elisabeth. "Financial Networks and Informal Banking in China: From Pawnshops to Private Equity." Harvard Business School Background Note 809-111, January 2009.
- September 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul
Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used their professional and leadership experience to... View Details
Keywords: Gun Violence; Guns; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Innovation; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Social Change; Social Responsibility; Leadership; Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leading Change; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Innovation and Invention; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Joseph Paul. "Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 320-004, September 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- February 2012
- Article
Management Practices across Firms and Countries
By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
For the last decade we have been using double-blind survey techniques and randomized sampling to construct management data on over 10,000 organizations across 20 countries. On average, we find that in manufacturing American, Japanese, and German firms are the best... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Competency and Skills; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizations; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Sectors; Performance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Private Equity; Multinational Firms and Management; United States; Germany; Japan; China; India
Bloom, Nicholas, Christos Genakos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Management Practices across Firms and Countries." Academy of Management Perspectives 26, no. 1 (February 2012): 12–33.
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
Brigham and Women's Physician's Organization (BWPO) and its corporate parent disagree over who has jurisdiction over significant legacy funds. Are they controlled by the BWPO or do they belong to BWPO's corporate parent? The BWPO and its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne