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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
origin effect getting better across the region – or not? Have there been situations in South Asia where innovation is harmful to company or thecommunity? How should companies deal with innovations which reduce employment? Family Business... View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
says that while the two policemen were different in temperament and appearance, his discussions with them felt "surprisingly similar": "Yarborough and Harms never stop watching, even when they're doing the talking.…... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- Student-Profile
Rowan Clarke
HBS.” Research As part of one research project, Rowan is currently collaborating with the largest FinTech company in South Africa to investigate how small and medium businesses respond to shocks. For example, rolling blackouts are causing significant power outages that... View Details
- 06 Feb 2020
- News
HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China
like Dr. Wenliang, who have been significantly harmed or have died from the outbreak and whose personal stories will be a positive inspiration to a wider community of potential donors or supporters. The funds raised will be restricted to... View Details
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
kickbacks. A 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... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
exploring the determinants of policy change as well,” they write. “We find that even random and infrequent events that account for a relatively small portion of total societal harm in a domain might nonetheless be crucial levers for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal and the harm it can inflict by avoiding certain types of interaction and targeting the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Online Harassment | About
Corporation, makes clear that doxing violates these two bedrock University policies. At the same time, we must acknowledge that policies alone cannot eliminate digital and other harassment or the harms they inflict. To be the Harvard we... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia
Patagonia has been using 100% organic cotton in its products since 1996, it is now part of a pilot program to grow regenerative organic certified cotton and mango for its apparel and food. Patagonia has had a tremendous impact on the apparel and outdoor industry by... View Details
- 10 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum
these learnings in the business context at HBS. Austin: If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that structural racism isn’t just a public policy problem. Changing the policies, practices, and institutions that have harmed and... View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
think I'm being treated the same.’” Even in the best circumstances, many women interpret setbacks as personal failings rather than structural barriers, which harms their self-confidence. Add in a devastating pandemic that has forced many... View Details
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
The COVID-19 pandemic has battered industries around the world, but one sector's prospects aren’t so bleak: venture capital. Startup backers—and private-equity managers in general—say that half of their portfolio companies haven’t been View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
Easterbrook. As he put it, “The board would not reward Easterbrook with a full severance package due to the evidence and very real tangible and PR harm and likely civil suits to endure Of course, the relationship could not continue.”... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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SERVICES: 1. Content that defames, harasses, discriminates against, harms or threatens others; 2. Content that discusses illegal activities, with the intent to commit them; 3. Content that infringes or misappropriates intellectual... View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
paper Does Planning Regulation Protect Independent Retailers? (forthcoming in The Review of Economics and Statistics). "Planning regulation ended up harming independent retailers," she writes. "According to the results... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
the Boston area. [Image: BalkansCat ] Related Reading How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms What do great... View Details
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
antitrust authorities, who fear they could ultimately harm consumers by raising prices above typical competitive levels. It doesn’t seem too long ago when a price change was a major strategic decision for companies, requiring extensive... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
out of keeping with the spirit of America and harmful in the long run. "Outsiders keep our commercial markets vital by offering perspectives that differ from the prevailing view" After all, what is the secret sauce of US... View Details
- 23 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 23, 2007
particular, we let the upstream firm's marginal cost be private information, unknown to the downstream firms. The previous literature has argued that vertical integration is harmful because it allows an upstream monopolist to limit output... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne