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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
countries have at least started to implement it, with several mining-industry countries such as Peru, Ghana, Liberia, and Guinea appearing to make good progress. Anglo was one of the first companies to back EITI, and I would say of all the mining companies, we have... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
provide space for staff and activities housed in Allston and Watertown, and to create more community convening spaces. To satisfy those goals, O’Brien notes, the master plan places significant emphasis on “the way the built environment... View Details
- 30 May 2018
- What Do You Think?
Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?
Summing Up Does IP Ownership Belong in International Trade Deals? Intellectual property (IP) regulation remains an active issue in trade negotiations between the China and the United States. The most straightforward element of the... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
typically isn’t as high as employers—or the CDC—would like. “Whenever you are thinking about promoting these investment-type activities like preventive health care, you need to make it as easy as possible, and the best way to do that is... View Details
- 14 Mar 2007
- Op-Ed
Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity
collaborative practices constituted an anticompetitive conspiracy. The judge observed that activities the government depicted as nefarious were "nothing more nor less than a gradual, natural, and normal growth or evolution by which... View Details
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
To some degree, this has exacerbated the challenge to those responsible for staffing these activities by creating more frequent peaks and valleys in demands for talent. Are there lessons for human resource management in what is being done... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
Congress enacted legislation that had become known as "the Federal Express bill." It was designed to test the idea of deregulation by allowing air freight carriers to fly planes of any size on any routes, without federal price controls. The bill accommodated... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
skills (cyber security, technology, global, social media, modern HR practices, etc.) versus a long-standing board member with dated experience. This can help activate the difficult discussions about board member retirement, which in turn... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
Andrew Carnegie asked a congressional committee: "Do you really expect men engaged in an active struggle to make a living at manufacturing to be posted about laws and their decisions, and what is applied here, there, and everywhere?"... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania
visit local attractions. The optional activities include a spice tour, a snorkeling and scuba-diving excursion, and a walking tour of Stone Town that takes us to several museums, a local meat and produce market, and the disturbing site of... View Details
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
Would their children be interested in being actively involved in the Group? How to manage all that? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/219060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 219-055 Investing in Nature: The Nature... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
information made available to consumers; and on the nature and variety of products being offered. Not surprisingly, competition has heightened activity and stimulated change in these areas." Tufano adds that the proliferation of... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
you how to do it, helping you achieve the mindset shift that will make these activities part of your everyday regimen through assessments, checklists, and activities you can use right away. The strategies... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
door-to-door canvassing increased Hollande’s lead over rival conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy by 1.9 points in the first round and 2 points in the second, accounting for a fifth of his final margin of victory. “A likely interpretation is we persuaded View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
civil society scrutiny that activates these firms' latent vulnerability. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,484 public companies in many industries, headquartered in 38 countries, during 2005-2008, when environmental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
Despite the increasing importance of social and environmental practices, they also had a cost for the firm and its portfolio companies. How could the firm most effectively motivate its portfolio companies to actively integrate social and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
hindrance instead of a help." This observation raises interesting questions for psychologists regarding the effects of luxury. What psychological consequences do luxury goods have on people? In this paper, the authors argue that luxury goods can View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
interests behind their investments. Many SWFs also lacked disclosure or transparency regarding their activities or investment goals. Countries such as the United States felt that some kind of international regulation had to be imposed,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
change, because back in 1997 the number of faculty with a strong interest in health care research was fairly small. Now it's actually fairly big. We have about ten to fifteen faculty who have active research or case writing agendas... View Details
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
stayed important. The service sector was strong. Multinational activity was extensive and persistent. The two countries even shared the ownership of two of the world's largest multinationals, Shell and Unilever. Many allegedly distinctive... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell