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  • 08 Nov 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

  • 12 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 12

sensible and do reduce some risks that could severely damage a company. But rules-based risk management will not diminish either the likelihood or the impact of a disaster, such as Deepwater Horizon, just as it did not prevent the failure of many financial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

research with Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp and Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp of Turkey’s Bilkent University; L. A. Paul of Yale University; Joshua Tenenbaum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Tomer D. Ullman, an assistant professor in... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 2016
  • Book

Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development

By: Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman
During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism... View Details
Keywords: History; Development Economics; Ethics; Social Issues; United States
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  • 24 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 24

S&P 500 index and are only marginally higher than the risk-free rate as of the end of 2008. The combined impression from these results is that the return experience of hedge fund investors is much worse than previously thought. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM)

By: Michael E. Porter, Willis M. Emmons III and Christian Fenner
Le Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique S.A. (CSEM)--the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology--was a major nonprofit research institution located in Neuchatel, Switzerland, with roots in the Swiss watch industry. CSEM maintained close links to... View Details
Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Performance Productivity; Innovation and Invention; Nonprofit Organizations; Electronics Industry; Switzerland
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  • 2020
  • Chapter

Ethical Business, Corruption and Economic Development in Comparative Perspective

By: Janet Hunter and G. Jones
This chapter contextualises the drivers of corruption in Turkish business through comparisons with Japan and India in the late 19th century. It identifies the developmental state as a common driver of corruption. Catching up by using extensive state intervention had... View Details
Keywords: Corruption; Crime and Corruption; Economic Growth; Turkey; Middle East; Central Asia; Japan; India
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  • Program

Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

presented jointly by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative and The Hauser Institute for Civil Society at Harvard University. Key Benefits With a stronger performance management strategy in place, your organization will be better positioned... View Details
  • Web

Creating Emerging Markets

business and social enterprise. India Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Chairperson and Managing Director, Biocon Limited Morocco Mostafa Terrab Chairman and CEO, OCP Group Argentina Laura Catena Managing Director, Bodega Catena Zapata; Founder, Catena View Details
  • Teaching Interest

Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact (MBA)

Health, and development more broadly, is not something we give to people: it is something they produce themselves, interacting with supply-side and institutional factors. This course trains students to see through the lens of the end-user and to use the levers of... View Details

  • June 12, 2023
  • Article

How AI Will Accelerate the Circular Economy

By: Shirley Lu and George Serafeim
Despite living on a planet with finite resources, our economy remains largely linear and full of single-use products. The shift toward a circular economy, where companies recover or recycle resources, has hit roadblocks, including low value of used products and high... View Details
Keywords: Recycling; Materials Management; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; AI and Machine Learning; Operations; Industrial Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
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  • Web

Research Areas - Doctoral

environment in which businesses operate. Drawing from perspectives of economic theory, political science, and history, they examine the “rules” and policies established by government and other non-business institutions that affect... View Details
  • 08 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 8

http://people.hbs.edu/evandensteen/OnlineDocs/PP10_MS_EVdS_Culture%20Clash.pdf   Working PapersThe Role of Institutional Development in the Prevalence and Value of Family Firms Authors:Raphael Amit, Yuan Ding, Belén Villalonga, and Hua... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017

George Serafeim Abstract—We examine if, and under what conditions, disclosure of sustainability information identified as investor relevant by market-driven innovations in accounting standard setting is associated with stock prices... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Research Community - Doctoral

Research Community Innovative Research, Lasting Relationships Harvard Business School invests more than $140 million in research annually—more than any other school. These funds give researchers at the School the freedom, flexibility, and... View Details
  • April 2017
  • Case

China Construction Bank's Transformation

By: Krishna G. Palepu and Nancy Hua Dai
On March 29, 2017, Wang Hongzhang, Chairman of China Construction Bank, was considering the next steps in the bank’s transformation. In the challenging backdrop of economic slowdown, deep structure adjustment, interest rate liberalization, entry of financial players... View Details
Keywords: Banking; China; Financial Institutions; Strategy; Transformation; Banks and Banking; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; China
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  • 02 Nov 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law

  • 11 Oct 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Sen Chai, Post-Doc Labor & Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and NBER

  • 22 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 22, 2016

popularity of carryout orders, which poses a threat to the service experiences of customers and the sustainability of the operation. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-020 The CRISPR-Cas9 Quarrel... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

with Christian Catalini, a research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Alexander Oettl, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Scheller College of Business. Over 200 startups under one roof The team drew... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand