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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Explains Fields, “Especially since the recession, to be more competitive, we’ve looked beyond things like labor costs when deciding where to locate new business.” He believes that the United States can often... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
trail running, hiking, surfing, skiing, or mountaineering,” she says. “My husband and I have climbed many of the world’s most beautiful mountains together, including the highest mountain or molehill in each of the 50 states and four of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
The Last Frontier
Booth Gardner (MBA ’63), the popular two-term governor of the state of Washington in the 1980s and ’90s, has embarked on his last campaign, “the biggest fight of my career,” he told the New York Times Magazine (December 2, 2007). Gardner,... View Details
- 15 Jul 2025
- Blog Post
Outrage at the Death of a Tree
Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, reflects on creativity, innovation, and inclusive economic systems. You can subscribe to his Substack newsletter here: https://tarunkhanna.substack.com/ During a recent family visit to St Louis... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
The Power of Philanthropy
heretofore incurable affliction that affects some 30,000 children and young adults in the United States. The O’Donnells founded The Joey Fund and worked tirelessly with the other organizations. Almost singlehandedly, O’Donnell created “a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Outtakes with Russ Wilcox
have 150 issued patents in the United States. You definitely need them, but you can’t rely on them alone. As a small company, we can’t pursue millions of dollars in patent lawsuits. At the end of the day, you have to stay ahead with your... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Japan would approach the ratios of the US. Even assuming that all such long-term projections are never accurate, is it possible that a country could fall into bankruptcy? What does national bankruptcy mean? Years ago economists told us that the national debt in the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
outgroup victims after a natural disaster, and whether these inferences predict intergroup helping. Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the southern United States, White and non-White participants were asked to infer the emotional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
best model for humanity and nature living together” and revels in sharing the region with visitors. Adirondack Park is the largest publicly protected area in the continental United States, comprising 6 million acres, of which 45 percent... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
extend over an institutional abyss between the jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important attempt to span this abyss. IGOs are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
examples drawn from take-back regulations promulgated in Europe, Japan, and the United States governing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Download the paper:... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
question we now invite you, our readers, to ponder as well: “What is it about these cases that makes them so enduring?” Saki, Sizzle, Sayonara Case: Benihana of Tokyo Written: 1972 Copies Sold: 269,584 Touring the United View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
cancer at age 87 on June 2, 1987), all of the strands of Doriot’s life connect to form something quite profound. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States experienced a historic... View Details
- 16 Feb 2022
- News
Holding Business to Account
Photo courtesy Geeta Aiyer In the early 1990s, company leaders for Albertsons, a rapidly expanding supermarket chain, flew to Boston to meet with Geeta Aiyer (MBA 1985),a young analyst and portfolio manager at the United View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Advancing Racial Equity
Illustration by Jon Krause The murder of George Floyd and others in 2020 and the racial justice movement across the United States sparked the recognition that Harvard Business School needed to clearly reject... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
The United States housing market is tight and expensive and shows no signs of easing. Existing home sales hit a 15-year high in 2021, with 6.12 million sold, a jump of 8.5 percent, according to the National... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
members arrived at Kenya’s State House in Nairobi to meet with the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, as part of the School’s faculty immersion in Africa. “Business and entrepreneurship are ingrained in the Kenyan psyche, whether it is... View Details
- 23 May 2016
- Blog Post
Advice for Prospective Students from Africa
I was born and raised in Nigeria and moved to the United States 12 years ago to pursue my university education. Growing up, I was very independent and ambitious and upon graduating from high school, I... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
New Releases
United States in order to identify key factors for successful collaboration. Three of the consortia in Corey's study - Texas-based SEMATECH and Microelectron-ics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
firms employ to evaluate opportunities. Cathy Hughes, founder and chairman of Radio One, the largest African American– owned and operated broadcast company in the United States and the subject of an HBS case... View Details