by Rebecca M. Henderson - Publications - Faculty & Research

It has been said that the note of a Tibetan singing bowl is the sound of inner peace. That’s not something you might expect to hear in the MBA classroom. But it rings through Hawes Hall at the beginning of each session of The Spiritual Lives of Leaders, a second-year... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Illustrations by Victo ngai

01 Mar 2025
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Heartland

Let me tell you what’s fantastic about offal.” Jordan Kraft Lambert (MBA 2016), Colorado State University’s first director of agricultural innovation, is a full-body talker, and the topic of organ meat has her fired up. The parts of the cow typically seen as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

24 Apr 2014
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Understanding how trust impacts delivering superior performance

Why does one company succeed, while another fails? The research of Rebecca M. Henderson (MBA 1985, AM 1988, PhD 1988), University Professor, indicates that a fundamental... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

Professor Rebecca Henderson “Doing well by doing good” has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as business leaders, investors, and stakeholders have deepened their... View Details

26 Mar 2021
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Finding a way forward on climate change

05 May 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she... View Details

20 Mar 2019
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

political community has failed.” These comments were echoed in remarks by guest speaker Roland Hwang, managing director of NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy Program. Drawing on 10 years of research and her hugely successful MBA course,... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

23 Dec 2019
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What weighed on us in 2019? ‘Climate emergency’

14 Mar 2018
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Do the Things You Love

Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985, PhD BE 1988) is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University. In this interview, she discusses the value of money versus personal satisfaction. “Money... View Details

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Architectural Innovation in the Software Industry

How to measure the impact of natural and social capital on a company’s accounts?

Making sustainability part of the business

In Fashion, Social Impact Is the New Black

Harvard makes climate pledge to end fossil fuel use

If You Want to Do Good, Expect to Do Badly

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

Thinking green, and thinking big

Investors line up for the post-pandemic green recovery

Sizing up climate change

Companies must include environmental and social performance measures

Keeping the Faith