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  • 8:30 AM – 6:45 PM EDT, 11 Aug 2020
  • Virtual Programming

Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead in an Era of Disruption

HBS Professors Joseph Bower and Lynn Paine, coauthors of Capitalism at Risk, outline the disruptive forces that are threatening business and societyfrom rising income inequality, climate change, and mass migration to terrorism and failed states. Join them for a... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

four primary trends driving the development of innovative solutions: The first is the world's population growth, forecast by the United Nations to reach roughly 9 billion by 2050, and the mass View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 06 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

final wave of migration after the Vietnam War in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Under the Amerasian Homecoming Act (AHA), some 25,000 children of Vietnamese mothers and US... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Capitalism at Risk

    The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before and raised living standards to new heights. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 came within a hair’s breadth of triggering another Great... View Details

    • 2011
    • Book

    Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business

    By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
    The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful... View Details
    Keywords: Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Leading Change; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy
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    • 23 Oct 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey

    Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr
    • February 2020
    • Technical Note

    Talent Management and the Future of Work

    By: William R. Kerr and Gorick Ng
    The nature of work is changing—and it is changing rapidly. Few days go by without industry giants such as Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions of dollars towards retraining nearly half of their respective workforces for jobs of the future. What changes... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resource Management; Human Capital Development; Human Resource Practices; Talent; Talent Acquisition; Talent Development; Talent Development And Retention; Talent Management; Talent Retention; Labor Flows; Labor Management; Labor Market; Strategy Development; Strategy Management; Strategy Execution; Strategy And Execution; Strategic Change; Transformations; Organization; Organization Alignment; Organization Design; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Management Challenges; Management Of Business And Political Risk; Change Leadership; Future Of Work; Future; Skills Gap; Skills Development; Skills; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Investment; Capital Allocation; Work; Work Culture; Work Force Management; Work/life Balance; Work/family Balance; Work-family Boundary Management; Workers; Worker Productivity; Worker Performance; Work Engagement; Work Environment; Work Environments; Productivity; Organization Culture; Soft Skills; Technology Management; Technological Change; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Technology Diffusion; Disruptive Technology; Global Business; Global; Workplace; Workplace Context; Workplace Culture; Workplace Wellness; Collaboration; Competencies; Productivity Gains; Digital; Digital Transition; Competitive Dynamics; Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Data Analytics; Data; Data Management; Data Strategy; Data Protection; Aging Society; Diversity; Diversity Management; Millennials; Communication Complexity; Communication Technologies; International Business; Work Sharing; Global Competitiveness; Global Corporate Cultures; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Management; Intellectual Property Protection; Intellectual Capital And Property Issues; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Inequality; Recruiting; Hiring; Hiring Of Employees; Training; Job Cuts And Outsourcing; Job Performance; Job Search; Job Design; Job Satisfaction; Jobs; Employee Engagement; Employee Attitude; Employee Benefits; Employee Compensation; Employee Fairness; Employee Relationship Management; Employee Retention; Employee Selection; Employee Motivation; Employee Feedback; Employee Coordination; Employee Performance Management; Employee Socialization; Process Improvement; Application Performance Management; Stigma; Institutional Change; Candidates; Digital Enterprise; Cultural Adaptation; Cultural Change; Cultural Diversity; Cultural Context; Cultural Strategies; Cultural Psychology; Cultural Reform; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Management; Performance Evaluation; Performance Appraisal; Performance Feedback; Performance Measurement; Performance Metrics; Performance Measures; Performance Efficiency; Efficiency; Performance Analysis; Performance Appraisals; Performance Improvement; Automation; Artificial Intelligence; Technology Companies; Managerial Processes; Skilled Migration; Assessment; Human Resources; Management; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Retention; Demographics; Labor; Strategy; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Working Conditions; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Disruption; Economy; Competition; Globalization; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Transformation
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    Managing the Future of Work

    without a college degree. The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society By: William R. Kerr MAY 2020 The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing... View Details
    • 29 Oct 2019
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Crowdsourcing Memories: Mixed Methods Research by Cultural Insiders-Epistemological Outsiders

    Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Karim R. Lakhani, Shubhangi Bhadada, Nabil Khan, Saba Kohli Davé, Rasim Alam, and Meena Hewett
    • 04 Aug 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

    a new business case called Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance. Shackleton, who died in 1922 at the age of forty-seven, never achieved... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • Web

    New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

    Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links New Levels of Capitalism: Finance The rapidly growing industry required an extraordinary amount View Details
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    to northern cities Influence: Medium-High 20 1920 19 Population of urban centers overtakes that of rural communities Tight immigration restrictions Increase in divorce rates Influence: Medium-Low 30 1930 19... View Details
    • March 1998 (Revised November 1999)
    • Case

    USA TODAY Online

    By: John A. Deighton and Anthony St. George
    How should USA TODAY use its brand franchise to build a publishing business on the World Wide Web? Advertising Age described the first steps as "a case study in how not to do it," but by the end of 1997 USA TODAY Online is the most visited news site on the Web. Now the... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Marketing; Design; Profit; Revenue; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Industry
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    Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

    The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy, & Society . Research Use Purpose to Transform Your Workplace , Harvard Business Review, 2022. With Leena Nair, Nick Dalton, and Patrick... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

    two or three parameters like attitude and sincerity towards work; it should also measure domain knowledge, soft skills like leadership and managerial quality, creativity, and the ability to learn and adapt to the changing environment." As for the implications that... View Details
    Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
    • 02 Oct 2018
    • News

    How Companies Can Tap Into Talent Clusters

    • 16 Nov 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    The Times Captures History of American Business

    coincided with the creation of the modern corporation, the mass market, and America's economic preeminence. Given this vast sweep of time, Koehn's narrations—in a series View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

      Reshmaan N. Hussam

      Reshmaan Hussam is an associate professor of business administration in the Business, Government and International Economy Unit, a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a faculty affiliate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty... View Details

      • 16 Dec 2020
      • News

      A Creator in the Era of Disruption

      or service that was previously not available in the economy, or at least not the formal one. Two is they are often offering a product or service for the mass market, not just the top of the pyramid, and... View Details
      • 23 May 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      What Could Bring Globalization Down?

      preoccupied by the similarities between our own time and the pre-1914 period. That the years 1880–1914 were the "first age of globalization" is now quite a widely accepted idea among economic... View Details
      Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell