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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Brazilian small business development agency, Sebrae, on May 21 and May 22, 2014... 13 May 2014 Presentation Creating Shared Value: Becoming a Movement (Video) Creating Shared Value: Becoming a Movement... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

revolutionizes manufacturing Space shuttle Influence: Medium-High 90 1990 s Boom in connectivity Cloning, stem cell research DVDs Influence: Medium 1900 s 19 Progressivism The Jungle sparks food and work safety movement Influence: Low 10... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

many of its most influential citizens. Yet a small group of opponents catalyzed a local movement that, despite being outspent 1,500 to one by the bid’s boosters, ultimately caused the city to back out in 2015. [DAD can be appropriate for... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

Minor says. Follow-up study Minor has also begun a follow-up study on the effects of worker physical location on toxic behavior. He is able to track worker movement over several years on a monthly basis to determine how location might be... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

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Our Curriculum - Business History

increasingly industrial, urban, and technologically advanced. The course covers changes in the strategy and structure of institutions, especially corporations, and shifts in the nature of competition between businesses. The development of the workplace and labor View Details

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

[2]. However, this lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for electric heat pumps is not standard across the U.S.– we will cover an overview of electric heat pumps and main drivers that will likely impact U.S. adoption patterns. The “Electrify Everything” View Details

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

also co-chairs Harvard Business School’s Digital Initiative. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/ZWjy7QfbBCK6JCH6SIKR][/div] “I was really surprised. It doesn't look like the same market persisted over time. It really looks like wage View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on the horizon, these efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

canal as astoundingly well as it has. Omar Torrijos started the destruction of the patronage networks through which the old oligarchy controlled Panamanian politics, and Manuel Noriega completed it. Torrijos launched the attack as part of an attempt to create a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

long-term rates By: Samuel G. Hanson , David O. Lucca & Jonathan Wright APR 2021 The sensitivity of long-term interest rates to movements in short-term rates is a central feature of the term structure. It plays a crucial role in the... View Details

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Resources - Creating Emerging Markets

upcoming editions. Additional Archives Links to eleven additional history archives that feature interviews with prominent business leaders and entrepreneurs around the world. In both English and local languages. Global Maps Resources include historical maps, data... View Details

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

the benefits of the “work-from-anywhere” movement for both companies and workers. “There’s been brain drain from small towns into large urban clusters, but I don't think we have seen the spatial redistribution that we could potentially... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Demonstration Policy | About

the work of the School is carried out; or other places where demonstrations would interfere with the normal activities of the School. When a demonstration occurs, demonstrators may not: Inhibit the freedom of movement of members of the... View Details

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

Why in the world would anyone take the time to write complicated software programs for free? It's a good question, one that has piqued the curiosity of a number of economists, who wonder what benefits, if any, lie behind the burgeoning "open source" View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

It's not a novel concern. In Switzerland, for example, there is a movement to provide a minimum income for everyone. This, of course, requires a bigger role for government. In the United States, negative taxes are intended to address the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

30 Apr 2020
Book

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 learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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