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- 30 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA
to be developed and prioritized. A great attention to detail Being meticulous with detail aids not only in attaining a better appreciation of the nuances of each situation, but also in gaining the capacity... View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
HBS Prospective and Admitted Student Military Webinar
This online information session is designed for prospective and admitted students from the military who want to learn more about HBS and the military community here. The... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai View Details
- 14 Jun 2023
2+2 Program and Admissions Virtual Information Session
Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more about the MBA program at... View Details
- December 2013
- Article
Land Politics and Local State Capacities: The Political Economy of Urban Change in China
By: Meg Rithmire
Despite common national institutions and incentives to remake urban landscapes to anchor growth, generate land-lease revenues, and display a capacious administration, Chinese urban governments exhibit varying levels of control over land. This article uses a paired... View Details
Keywords: China; Land Politics; Urban Planning; Local Government; Northeast China; Property Rights; Urban Development; Property; Government and Politics; China
Rithmire, Meg. "Land Politics and Local State Capacities: The Political Economy of Urban Change in China." China Quarterly, no. 216 (December 2013): 872–895.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in business and in public education
grades 6 through 12 to pursue a college education. “Involvement in the community has always been part of my family’s DNA,” says Tisch. After graduating from Cornell University, Tisch got his start at Loews Corporation, which developed out... View Details
- 2014
- Article
Executive Compensation and Human Capital Investments Through Industry Selection
By: Boris Groysberg and Eric Lin
We use proprietary data capturing compensation levels of executives placed by a global search firm to investigate how executives evaluate rewards and risks of human capital investment choices. Our findings suggest that more isolated industries with lower opportunity to... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Eric Lin. "Executive Compensation and Human Capital Investments Through Industry Selection." Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (2014).
- 2010
- Working Paper
Course Materials For: 'Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership - An Ontological Model'
By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger
This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression - rather than attempting to learn the characteristics, styles, and skills of noteworthy leaders, and then trying to remember and apply them... View Details
Erhard, Werner H., Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, and Kari L. Granger. "Course Materials For: 'Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership - An Ontological Model'." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-038, October 2010.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Investment Timing with Costly Search for Financing
By: Samuel Antill
I develop a dynamic model of investment timing in which firms must first choose when to search for external financing. Search is costly and the arrival of investors is uncertain, leading to delay in financing and investment. Depending on parameters, my model can... View Details
Keywords: Real Options; Search And Bargaining; Time-varying Financial Conditions; Investment; Venture Capital; Mathematical Methods
Antill, Samuel. "Investment Timing with Costly Search for Financing." Working Paper, December 2017.
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
in developing countries where laying fiber just doesn’t make sense, although there are real questions about cost and sustainability. Apart from the hard-core mobile gamers, though, what will the average... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Web
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
organization. "HBS Online courses are excellent for anyone who wishes to learn more about a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at... View Details
The 4 Types of Cities and How to Prepare Them for the Future
The prospect of urban innovation excites the imagination. But dreaming up what a “smart city” will look like in some gleaming future is, by its nature, a utopian exercise. The messy truth is that cities are not the same, and even the most innovative approach can... View Details
- Web
Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the... View Details
ULI Report Provides Wildfire, Energy, and Economic Resilience Strategies to Sonoma County
Sonoma County, Calif., can enhance its ability to withstand and recover from wildfires by re-envisioning its land use, energy, and housing policies through a cooperative... View Details
- May 2009
- Article
On the Integration of Growth and Business Cycles
By: Diego Comin
Comin, Diego. "On the Integration of Growth and Business Cycles." Empirica 36, no. 2 (May 2009).
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
China has announced its plans for a “New Silk Road” (NSR) and is developing its higher education and research systems at speed. In this book, an international View Details
- 2015
- Published Proceedings
Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Proceedings of the Michigan Meeting, May 2015
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, Kirsti Ashworth, Chase Dwelle, Peter Goldberg, Andrew Henderson, Louis Merlin, Yulia Muzyrya, Norma-Jean Simon, Veronica Taylor, Corinne Weisheit and Sarah Wilson
What is the role of the academic scholar within the discussions of the global challenges that are relevant to society, such as sustainability, health care, gun control, fiscal policy, and international affairs? How do scholars engage in a world in which knowledge is... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J., Kirsti Ashworth, Chase Dwelle, Peter Goldberg, Andrew Henderson, Louis Merlin, Yulia Muzyrya, Norma-Jean Simon, Veronica Taylor, Corinne Weisheit, and Sarah Wilson, eds. Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Proceedings of the Michigan Meeting, May 2015. Michigan Publishing Services, 2015. Electronic.
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
over $10 trillion. Board Service HBS Community Partners of Northern California alumni volunteers participate in a brainstorming session with leaders of a nonprofit organization that helps low-income youth in San Francisco succeed in college View Details
- 2008
- Report
Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices
By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
This document provides a summary of the results of a survey on Environmental Management Practices (EMP) conducted by the University of California at Santa Barbara during October and November 2003. The survey was sent to 3255 facilities in 8 industrial sectors: pulp,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Sectors; Surveys; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Non-Governmental Organizations
Delmas, Magali, and Michael W. Toffel. "Survey Questionnaire on Environmental Management Practices: Summary of Results by Industry and Practices." Report, 2008. (2008. University of California, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research.)