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- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
reclamation projects beginning in the late 18th century. As sea levels rise and extreme weather events become more frequent, this historical development process has left Mumbai particularly vulnerable to climate risks. All three site... View Details
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
oversaw the combined departments of production, materials conservation, and design specification of new products and equipment. The Military Planning Division's contributions to wartime products included water-repellent fabrics, cold View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
studying climate change as a high school student, taking classes at the Cincinnati Zoo. She joined the Peace Corps after college. During the winter of 1997-98, she witnessed first-hand the impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon on... View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
individuals, recruited through a network of local Community Partners organizations. Trainees are paid $20 per hour to learn - on actual job sites - solar installation, weatherization and Wi-Fi installation. Keith explained: “They become... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
a sense of purpose, then it is very difficult to see beyond today's controversy. CEOs of vanguard companies know this sense of purpose helps them even when the stock price is down. They have a longer-term vision that keeps them focused and helps them View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
Unsurprisingly, then, Jakarta underwhelms in comparison to other world centers. Last year, in its annual liveability index, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Jakarta 116—below Almaty, Kazakhstan, and New Delhi—out of 140 cities. Residents call Jakarta, with its... View Details
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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
are disproportionately affected by climate change. Her project in Nepal brings together technology, government, and electric utilities to determine how rural, isolated communities—and their citizens and businesses—can increase the resiliency of their economies as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
a few big hospitals or financial services firms. Think of it as a private LinkedIn group or a Google circle. “Another analogue is a weather map,” says Bonaparte. “We’re allowing you to get ahead of the pattern.” Sharing is also common... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Spangler Effect
to put the study rooms in the library instead of Spangler, and how many seats to put in the auditorium.” Ultimately, Spangler got 29 study rooms and a 350-seat auditorium. Essential Spangler: Warm weather always draws a crowd to the... View Details
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
in emerging markets must be adept at navigating these diverse funding sources and developing resilient financial strategies to weather the uncertainties inherent in such economies. The fourth module examines differences in legal and... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
company's crowdsourcing weather-forecasting service in Japan. It changed the face of weather forecasting in Japan. Bashi and LeStage wondered whether the experience could be applied to the U.S. market. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
yourselves. About the Authors Boris Groysberg is the Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Gamze D. Yucaoglu is the assistant director of the School's Middle East and North Africa Research Center. Robin Abrahams is a... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works What are you doing to weather the pandemic? Share your insights below. View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
the data support our model over alternative explanations such as recession-induced reduction in agency costs (due to managerial fears of bankruptcy) and changing coordination costs. Countries with more decentralized firms (like the U.S.) View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
essentially is the gathering of the global community to discuss climate. I think all those things combined with the experience that humans are having, living in the world with changing weather patterns, with rising sea levels and changing... View Details
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who don't compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. Fortunately, such leaders do exist. Their insights can help other organizations weather the current crisis,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
School Case 218-090 The Fidelity Growth Company Fund No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218090-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-050 Big Apple Circus: Time to Fold the Tent? By 2016, the Big Apple Circus has View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the Office of the Quartermaster General, Doriot led a revolution in the military by applying science to the art of war. Under his command, the U.S. Army found substitutes for critical raw materials, and developed dozens of innovative items such as water-repellent... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
shocks and crime is similar to the observed relationship between rainfall shocks and crime. Our results thus identify a causal effect of poverty on crime. They also lend credence to a large literature on the effects of weather shocks on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
Supplement 411-027 To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their advisory board that their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne