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- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
ventures. “Successful women entrepreneurs that I know have lots of great ideas, and are super skilled at creating a compelling vision that moves people to action,” she says. “They are also extremely capable of getting lots done with very... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment
experiencing more extreme temperatures, increasing droughts and floods, more violent storms, and new plant diseases and insect pests. The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will grow by more than two billion... View Details
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HBS - Key Metrics
and chilled water plant cooling tower needs. In addition to the reduced occupancy impacting the % reduction, CY2021 was extremely rainy so irrigation needs were significantly down. We had nearly double the inches of rainfall we typically... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
Leadership and Organizational Behavior Leadership essentials that can't be taught: "Passion, courage, attractiveness, and sincerity." Leader he admires: "Nelson Mandela. His leadership has evolved across an extreme range of situations. He... View Details
Keywords: Management
- Article
Exploring the Duality Between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis
By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Y. Baldwin and John Rusnak
A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that the organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details
Keywords: Organization Design; Architecture; Modularity; Open Source Software; Communication; Design; Governance; Management Practices and Processes; Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Software
MacCormack, Alan, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and John Rusnak. "Exploring the Duality Between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis." Research Policy 41, no. 8 (October 2012): 1309–1324.
- 31 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World
with what we call civil Society.” Our own time, extreme in its own way, can reduce Franklin’s maxims even further, Reinert says. The shorthand “no pain, no gain,” for example, jumps to rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s “Get Rich or Die... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 2022
- Working Paper
Small Campaign Donors
By: Laurent Bouton, Julia Cagé, Edgard Dewitte and Vincent Pons
In this paper, we study the characteristics and behavior of small donors, and compare them to those of large donors. We first build a novel dataset including all the 340 million individual contributions reported to the U.S. Federal Election Commission between 2005 and... View Details
Keywords: Campaign Finance; Campaign Contributions; Small Donations; ActBlue; WinRed; TV Advertising; Political Elections; Finance; Demographics; Advertising; Analysis; Analytics and Data Science
Bouton, Laurent, Julia Cagé, Edgard Dewitte, and Vincent Pons. "Small Campaign Donors." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30050, May 2022.
- 13 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets
on Facebook and Twitter that fuels political extremism and hate crimes. Given the appeal of negative rhetoric, there are no easy solutions. “Although people produce much more positive content on social media in general, negative content... View Details
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
identity, however, is extremely difficult when an organization’s environment changes. Following a profound external shock, an organization’s design must change, as must elements of its identity. But how do they do so? Do they both change... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
retention when compared to competitors. It was fun to find a virtuous cycle within a business model that has nothing to do with the network effects of a tech platform. The case was extremely important in highlighting why we should look... View Details
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
entrepreneurs when his firm invests in their companies. He tells them, “If I ever come into your office and find you looking out the window with your feet up on the desk, I’m going to double your salary.” The CEO was sending two messages, and we all need to hear them.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Events - Business & Environment
Events Events Apr 23 Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience + Networking Reception Organizers: Business and Environment Initiative; The Salata Institute for Climate and... View Details
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Home Economics
provides financial and business education, monetary investments, and coaching to women who live in extreme poverty. “We are very proud and happy to be able to save,” says Anita Aguilar Cruz, a shop owner in the community, as each peso is... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 2017
- Working Paper
Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies
By: Kris J. Ferreira, Joel Goh and Ehsan Valavi
Problem Definition: Farmers face several challenges in agricultural supply chains in emerging economies that contribute to extreme levels of poverty. One common challenge is that farmers only have access to one channel, often an auction, for which to sell their crops.... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries; Agricultural Supply Chain; Intermediation; Multiple Cahnels; Walrasian Auction; Developing Countries and Economies; Supply Chain; Distribution Channels; Profit; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Ferreira, Kris J., Joel Goh, and Ehsan Valavi. "Intermediation in the Supply of Agricultural Products in Developing Economies." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-033, October 2017.
- February 2016
- Case
Banking and Politics in Antebellum New York
By: David Moss and Colin Donovan
After a long period of solid Democratic control, Whigs secured a majority of seats in the New York State Assembly in 1837, the same year that a major financial panic had crippled the banking system and shaken public confidence in the state's governance. The next year,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Five Lessons From My First Year at HBS
protagonists to make critical decisions in the face of conflict, uncertainty, and ambiguity. There are some cases where I come to class extremely confident that my viewpoint is the only right one. In class, however, my stance swings like... View Details
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
as its CEO through a tough time when troubles with the manufacturing of optical systems capable of handling extreme ultraviolet radiation held the business unit and their partners back. Aware of how dangerous hesitant business decisions... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In
National Grid and as founder and president of National Grid Partners, directing $400 million in startups and internal innovations that offer unique approaches to managing supply and demand, increasing ef ciency, improving response during View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg