Harm - Publications - Faculty & Research

Research Summary

Overview

Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details

1993
Book

The Rise of Multinationals in Continental Europe

By: G. Jones and Harm Schroter

This book examines the historical growth of Continental European multinationals over the previous 100 years. It includes new research on the evolution of multinational firms in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden and oter countries, and the book... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development; Books; Research; France; Germany; Netherlands; Sweden; Switzerland

Citation

Find at Harvard

Mar 2015
Report

Tax Complexity and the Importance of Simplification

Complexity in the tax code has negative redistributive and growth consequences that have only accelerated over time as more and more policy goals are now implemented through the tax system. This testimony outlines the harmful effects of... View Details

30 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Looking Behind Bad Decisions

for leaders who want to make wise decisions, rather than simply beat the other party. Which would you prefer? Most people choose Option A—the benefits of the tradeoff are quite clear. Yet the U.S. government, yielding to what psychologists term omissions bias, the... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century

managers to prevent harm to society. They begin with a controversial definition of managerial responsibility. Managers must first act to protect individuals, employees, and society from the mistakes made by managerial decisions and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; oil spill; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Web

Teams | New Venture Competition

(MBA 2025) Pearle is a luxury vegan caviar brand, offering the taste and feel of caviar without harming sturgeon, the most endangered species group on the planet. After building a reputation in the greater than $2 billion caviar market,... View Details

Web

5.4 Sample Community Standards Violations | MBA

Illegal Activity Excessive alcohol resulting in complaints or harmful behavior Loud/disruptive parties Disrespect to staff or faculty Offensive or threatening behavior or comments (verbal or written) based on gender, race, religion,... View Details

Web

Statement from Dean Srikant Datar on Anti-Semitism | About

contradict our values, undermine our mission, and harm our community. Respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others is our collective responsibility. Let us ensure we live up to those principles at Harvard Business School... View Details

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

capitalism. By market capitalism we mean a system where decisions about what to produce and at what price are made by private firms operating in free markets. We wanted to know in what ways forces within capitalism itself might create conditions View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2008
News

Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?

might create conditions harmful to its progress. In addition, we wondered what forces, largely or completely unrelated to capitalism, might challenge it from the outside. And if capitalism is threatened, what can be done to protect it,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

27 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

for customers? Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution? Millions of people have been harmed by cigarettes, defective merchandise, pollution, addiction and other business by-products. now,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

12 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

the same way at every school—single tie breaking—in a student-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism. Any inefficiency associated with a realized tie breaking cannot be removed without harming student incentives. Finally, we empirically... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Demo Day | New Venture Competition

systems in industrial seafood processing facilities, converting waste into natural, high-value biopolymers that can replace harmful chemicals and petroleum-based materials using green, scalable technology. Kyra Health Lucas Hearn (MBA... View Details

Web

2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA

possession or use of marijuana would be permitted under Massachusetts law, it remains prohibited on campus. Health Concerns Substance abuse is potentially harmful to health. In particular, synthetically-produced drugs often have... View Details

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation

to remedy the information-sharing glut that is slowing health care innovation and harming patient care, according to panelists discussing "Digital Health: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation" at the Digital Initiative Summit held... View Details

Keywords: Re: Karim R. Lakhani; Health

01 Oct 2021
News

Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations

case raises the question of how to address historic injustices. Ratajczak steered the conversation away from past harms to the Black community to current issues that stem from them. He wondered how payments could address modern inequities... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

and Indian scientists and engineers have made an unexpectedly large contribution to U.S. technology formation over the last thirty years, according to new research by Assistant Professor William Kerr. But that trend may be ebbing, with potentially View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Dec 2017
News

The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

I cause a problem that harms you, my neighbor, now, we might find a way to negotiate so that I don’t harm you as much, and I’d compensate you for the harm I’ve done. But our... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

KPMG for Mayor!

corruption scandal in Lagos could harm KPMG’s reputation in New York or Shanghai. Moreover, foreign firms are bound by many laws of their home country and by international laws, notably the antibribery convention of the Organisation for... View Details

Keywords: Eric Werker; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

Publications