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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers

companies hoping to do business across the southern tier of Africa. With the emergence of New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Growth and Opportunity Act, the overall climate for trade and investment in Africa is definitely improving. Botswana is... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711026-PDF-ENG Energy Security in Europe (B): The Southern Corridor Rawi Abdelal and Sogomon TarontsiHarvard Business School Supplement 711-033 Nabucco natural gas pipeline, initiated by a group of European energy companies,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

teaching the second-year MBA courses on investment management and capital markets. Later in the decade, he took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of investment and financial policies for the Ford Foundation, returning in... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education
  • 23 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

he added, Africa really needs the investment of its own people in order to attract healthy global investment. Utomi said countries cooperating on a regional basis would also be a step forward for Africa. Kibuka noted that other countries'... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
  • 03 Oct 2024
  • Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen

everything from temperature to light intensity and humidity. Machines assist a small production team that cuts and bundles roses for sale. Image source: the authors Once cut, the flowers are handled differently depending on the tastes of the customer. For example, some... View Details
  • August 2002 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Italy: A New Commitment to Growth

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Examines Italy's efforts to comply with the Maastricht Treaty and become integrated with Europe in the European Union. By 2002, Italy has achieved macroeconomic stability, but slow growth threatens the country's future competitiveness. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Economic Growth; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government and Politics; Globalized Economies and Regions; International Relations; Alliances; Italy; European Union
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  • 25 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 25

Sector from 'Preventing Regulatory Capture: Special Interest Influence, and How to Limit It' Authors: Daniel Carpenter, David Moss, and Melanie Wachtell Stinnett Publication: Chap. 3 in The Making of Good Financial Regulation: Towards a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Letters to the Editor

people often don’t have the financial wherewithal and broad general skills to leave behind a job where they are intimidated. Working in fear is a terrible way to live, and a secret ballot can ameliorate much of that fear. Michael A. Petronino (MBA ’64) Stratford, CT... View Details
Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 17 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

competitiveness of firms in one sector can have implications for the competitiveness of firms in another. Industries and the suppliers of capabilities to the industries need each other. Kill a critical industry, and the suppliers probably will not survive for long;... View Details
Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing
  • 14 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism

Lithuania, the government and political parties agreed that, despite the costs, they should reorient toward Europe and reduce their dependence on Russia. It was clearly the most rational thing to do, the most prudent policy choice. In... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 1, 2016

Abstract—The “net neutrality” principle has triggered a heated debate, and advocates have proposed policy interventions. In this paper, we provide perspective by framing issues in terms of the positive economic factors at work. We stress... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

assessments of corruption such as enforcement actions, independent directors, and more rigorous auditing. Furthermore, relative to firms with high anticorruption rankings, firms with low rankings had higher sales growth in regions... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

an asymmetric market structure, with a few large P firms and many small OS firms. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-149.pdf Anticommons and Optimal Patent Policy in a Model of Sequential Innovation Authors:Gastón... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

Zealand, Australia, and Chile, and approximately 400,000 acres of prime farmland in major agricultural regions of North America and Australia. As a responsible steward of agricultural and forest holdings, and a producer of sustainable... View Details
  • 13 Feb 2020
  • News

Honoring a Legend

Scottsdale-area HBS alumni More than a dozen HBS alumni in the Scottsdale area convened at the Mountain Shadows Resort to hear about the business of ridesharing from Drena Kusari (MBA 2008), General Manager for the Southwest Region of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 31 May 2016
  • First Look

May 31, 2016

units up to the contract quantity selected in the previous period. We prove that in each period and at each such stage, there are three base-stock levels that characterize an optimal policy, two for the inventory policy and one for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

important if the no-action side wins. Grassroots support for actions that benefit cities and regions will help creative local leaders move forward even when national or state policies are unfavorable. 2.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

behavior; (3) a top-down or laissez-faire style by the leader, which prevents honest conversation about problems; (4) a lack of coordination across businesses, functions, or regions due to poor organizational design; (5) inadequate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne