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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

of this sort could be a valuable addition to many if not most companies in at least five ways: as a source of knowledge and expertise, as a sounding board and constructive critic, as a driver of accountability, as a stimulus for... View Details

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

no-barrier-to-entry open mic night. Message delivery. Brands and other organizations hire influencers to use the platform to distribute a message, particularly on fashion, cosmetics, and food. To them, it is just another form of paid... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

thoughts and feelings. People varied considerably in whether they saw the open space of time before them as a blank canvas they were excited to paint—or a dark, scary void. “When you work, you are a kind of tenant in a really settled life... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

coordination that resulted in their developing self-regulation programs were sparked by crises, including the chemical industry after the Bhopal accident and the nuclear power industry after the Three Mile Island incident. We also examined new forms of collaboration,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Events - Business History

was a roundtable on future directions for U.S. regulatory policy in public utilities and antitrust law. The roundtable discussants integrated themes from the day with their own insights and opened up a discussion with the audience. Nov 6... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

manufacturing and financial activities around the globe prior to WWI. The British trading companies played a significant role in opening new markets and developing new sources of supply in resources in the... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

08 May 2023
Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

whites, according to Federal Reserve data, potentially driving some to alternative sources of capital, like Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites. The pullback in support noted in Kerr’s research is national in scope, taking place in... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

unmet need and grow it into a purposeful entity. The i-lab, the original component of the now three-lab ecosystem, opened in 2011 in Batten Hall with the vision of offering a “One Harvard” learning and convening space where venture teams... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Birth of the American Salesman

and services that supported sales managers, including trade journals and popular magazines about salesmen and sales management. The creation of methods of sales management also opened up new branches of academic inquiry, such as... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

09 Feb 2021
News

Investing in Entrepreneurship

jewel. It is a source of innovation, invention, and cooperation that serves the broader Harvard community.” Noting that this year is the i-lab’s 10th anniversary, Crisp said, “The i-lab has already proven to be a very valuable resource.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

interoperability or efficiency. Openness multiplies options and expands diversity, thus increasing the platform system’s value. The last two decades of the 20th century saw the rise of three distinct types of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

Every year the WSA hosts a Women in Business conference. It’s open for all to attend, and traditionally was held in person, on the HBS campus, although for the past few years the conference has been virtual because of the pandemic. Most... View Details

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Investing in Emerging Industries | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

came to serve as a major source of short-term financing. In 1958, the investment house launched the One William Street Fund, a mutual fund of diversified holdings funded by shareholders. Expanding their global reach in the 1960s, Lehman... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

your boss. That's not the deal. You have to figure out the sources of power you have to influence the boss. You also have to see the boss as human and fallible in all the ways that you're human and fallible, and figure out how to deal... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services

can I request an account on the HBSGrid? Please fill out this form . If you have any questions or your needs are not captured by the form, please contact RCS (research@hbs.edu or 5-6100). How can I request research software? Please review the information about research... View Details

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

several arguments. Individual pay transparency would eliminate a source of distraction (Srishti Mehra) and "would do more to eliminate gender and racial pay inequity than any other action," according to Miki Saxon. Will Quandt... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

I started believing that entrepreneurship might be the path for me. After graduating, I joined up with Tim to build and launch ZipBooks—modern accounting software for small businesses. While Tim and I haven’t built a lunch-time soccer... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

soon became the electoral kiss of death for Panamanian politicians. Q: What has happened since the transfer of control? A: After the United States removed Noriega, the Panama Canal underwent a management revolution. Once the political conditions were met to prevent the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

2017
Other Book

Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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13 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 13

strong brand, robust growth in international and domestic markets, and premium price and margins, Natura was consistently rated as one of the preferred places to work in Brazil. Its focus on social and environmental responsibility was a View Details