Western United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
News

Books

The Support Economy by Shoshana Zuboff (Viking) Enterprises shaped by the principles of managerial capitalism have built tremendous wealth in the United States and much of the rest of the world over the past... View Details

23 May 2019
News

Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991

began on a blind date at the Army–Navy game in 1967, endured the long deployments of his early career and yielded two sons, both of whom chose to follow in their father’s footsteps and attend the United View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2009
News

Four New Groups Form

Alumni Clubs The HBS family of clubs and associations grew by four over the past year. New clubs have organized in Birmingham, Alabama, and the United Arab Emirates. Also new are the Green Business Alumni Association and the Lesbian Gay... View Details

Keywords: LGBTQ issues

28 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home

coming off welfare to avert a potentially large national problem (and a political problem for President Clinton). Intermediary organizations such as local and national nonprofits provided training and helped identify job-ready candidates. Participating companies such... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

explains Michel Anteby, an associate professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School who cowrote the paper with Filiz Garip of Harvard University, Paul V. Martorana of Wagner College, and Scott Lozanoff of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

01 Mar 2011
News

Fiscal Year Ends on Upbeat Note

according to the Annual Report 2010. Revenue for fiscal 2010 — July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010 — exceeded the budget by nearly 8 percent, totaling $467 million, only 1 percent lower than actual revenues for the previous year. Two of the School’s business View Details

Keywords: alumni; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Apr 2022
News

Book Smart

global south, amassing more than 2 million users in just five years. Global figures continued to climb, but in the spring of 2020, when schools across the United States were closed due to the pandemic, the... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Setting the Legislative Agenda

shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

11 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 11

Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France Author:J. Gunnar Trumbull Publication:In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer, edited by K. Bruckweh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010 An... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2014
News

Team Players

a great event." What made the New York/New Jersey region a unique challenge was having two of everything—two states and their associated agencies (New York and New Jersey), two host teams (New York Jets and New York Giants), and two sides... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

many aspects of health care delivery in the United States changed—at least temporarily—out of a need to expand access to care. Outpatient care shifted from offices to telemedicine visits. Non-physician... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

THE BOTTOM LINE: TOTO’s ad campaign turned heads. Did it win U.S. customers? Photo courtesy Toto Usa Inc. It’s installed in 63 percent of all Japanese homes but rarely found in the United States: a combination bidet-toilet with an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2003
News

Hail to the Chief

vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM, KeySpan, and Solectria. Speakers included Segway inventor Dean Kamen (OPM 7, 1982), state and federal officials, scientists, and entrepreneurs. “We hope to foster economically viable alternatives to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

16 May 2016
HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

when more than 50 people in 11 states were sickened by an initial E. coli outbreak. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and commitment to test their products for various food safety risks?” The chain... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

Profile

Sekou Calliste

its focus on leadership. Even though I've been in the United States since 2001, I want to return to my home, Trinidad. When I do, I want to exhibit the skills I've honed, to use them for the benefit of the... View Details

15 May 2015
Blog Post

2+2: A "Liberating and Life-Altering" Choice

year on the road, I returned to the United States to join Teach for America, where I worked as a high school Social Studies teacher in Birmingham, AL for two years. After starting a nonprofit group while in... View Details

06 Jan 2020
News

Home Grown

Bauerly (MBA 1996, MPA 1996) and his team know that investing in their own state will only make the state—and Granite Equity, in turn—stronger by contributing to quality jobs, community commitment, and the bottom line. Granite Equity... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Feb 2002
News

Leading Quietly

eight chapters - whose titles include "Craft a Compromise," "Don't Kid Yourself," "Buy a Little Time," and "Bend the Rules" - is gleaned from the quiet leaders Badaracco studied. The book is full of practical advice, but Badaracco cautions that "although the guidelines... View Details