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Beacon and Warning: Sherman Kent, Scientific Hubris, and the CIA's Office of National Estimates

By: J. Peter Scoblic
Would-be forecasters have increasingly extolled the predictive potential of Big Data and artificial intelligence. This essay reviews the career of Sherman Kent, the Yale historian who directed the CIA’s Office of National Estimates from 1952 to 1967, with an eye toward... View Details
Keywords: National Security; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; History
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  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

deforestation campaign in order to make its supply chain more socially and environmentally responsible. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907414 Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2003
  • Report

UK Competitiveness: Moving to the Next Stage

By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels

In October 2002, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) appointed Professor Michael Porter and his team to conduct a brief, three-month review of the existing evidence on UK competitiveness. The effort was funded jointly by the ESRC and the Department of... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Economics; Performance Productivity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Research and Development; Competency and Skills; Investment; Assets; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; United Kingdom; United States
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  • October 2019
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Making Sense of Recommendations

By: Michael Yeomans, Anuj Shah, Sendhil Mullainathan and Jon Kleinberg
Computer algorithms are increasingly being used to predict people's preferences and make recommendations. Although people frequently encounter these algorithms because they are cheap to scale, we do not know how they compare to human judgment. Here, we compare computer... View Details
Keywords: Recommender Systems; Artificial Intelligence; Interpretability; Information Technology; Forecasting and Prediction; Decision Making; Attitudes
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    Connect, Then Lead (by Amy Cuddy, John Neffinger, & Matt Kohut)

    Is it better to be loved or feared?

     Niccolò Machiavelli pondered that timeless conundrum 500 years ago and hedged his bets. “It may be answered that one should wish to be both,” he acknowledged, “but because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it... View Details

    • 29 Jul 2021
    • Blog Post

    Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

    abnormalities. The natural and social sciences are interconnected, and I am fascinated by how their intersection shapes health and treatment of disease. This summer has reaffirmed my commitment to using my... View Details
    • 29 Apr 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Richard Freeman, Harvard University & NBER

    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My research is at the intersection of organizational strategy, global sustainability governance, and social change. It explores the diffusion of sustainability standards to non-traditional sectors (e.g. jewelry, cannabis, plastics, pets) and the relationship between... View Details
    Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Extractive Industries; Luxury; Gold; Institutional Change; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Hybrid Organizations; Governance; Policy; Consumer Behavior; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pollution and Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Diversification; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Latin America; Europe
    • October 2001
    • Case

    TIGR and ILRI: Solving Problems with Genomics

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
    Discusses nonprofit institutional leadership applying advances in genetic science to solve health and animal problems in industrial countries and the developing world. View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Emerging Markets; Genetics; Non-Governmental Organizations; Technology Adoption; Biotechnology Industry
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    • March, 2023
    • Article

    Academic Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial Advisors and Their Advisees' Outcomes

    By: Maria P. Roche
    The transfer of complex knowledge and skills is difficult, often requiring intensive interaction and extensive periods of co-working between a mentor and mentee, which is particularly true in apprenticeship-like settings and on-the-job training. This paper studies a... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Higher Education; Training; Personal Development and Career; Knowledge Dissemination
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    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    The Impact of Professionals' Contributions to Online Knowledge Communities on Their Workplace Knowledge Work

    By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf and Frank Nagle
    Knowledge work is becoming increasingly challenging as pace of change in the knowledge frontier is increasing. Organizations have created multiple mechanisms to minimize knowledge gaps and increase learning such internal training, mentorship programs as well as... View Details
    Keywords: Open Source; Future Of Work; Software Development; Knowledge Work; Online Community; Learning; Knowledge Sharing; Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Performance Productivity
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    • 21 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club

    Amid the greatest economic, geopolitical, and social uncertainty in years, there is one thing we can be sure about – real value creation and innovation are enduring. This is why we founded the Harvard Builders Club, an alumni community... View Details
    • 12 Mar 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

    successful dual-purpose companies build a commitment to creating both economic and social value into their core activities. This approach, which they call hybrid organizing, includes: setting and monitoring View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government

        Nien-he Hsieh

        Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

        • 23 Oct 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: October 23

        paper: http://www.whatworksforamerica.org/ideas/inflection-point-new-vision-new-strategy-new-organization/ Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices Authors:Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Article

        Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an Information Civilization

        By: Shoshana Zuboff
        This article describes an emergent logic of accumulation in the networked sphere, 'surveillance capitalism,' and considers its implications for 'information civilization.' The institutionalizing practices and operational assumptions of Google Inc. are the... View Details
        Keywords: Surveillance Capitalism; Big Data; Google; Information Society; Privacy; Internet Of Everything; Rights; Economic Systems; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics
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        • March 22, 2016
        • Article

        The Globalization of Corporate Environmental Disclosure: Accountability or Greenwashing?

        By: Christopher Marquis, Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou
        This article is a layman summary of "Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing," published in Organization Science 27, no. 2 (March–April 2016): 483–504. View Details
        Keywords: Reporting; Environmental Performance; Civil Society; Corporate Disclosure; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Civil Society or Community; Environmental Sustainability
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        • 19 Oct 2015
        • Research & Ideas

        Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

        to fill little gaps in the literature, and I continue to think that was excellent advice.” Just as researchers in the life sciences often target their work to tackle the most dangerous diseases, so argues Moss, View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding
        • January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
        • Case

        Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard

        By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
        Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water... View Details
        Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Strategy; Construction Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Latin America; Brazil
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