Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

United Kingdom are used as instruments. We find evidence to support each mechanism. Our results suggest that input-output dependencies are the most important factor, followed by labor pooling. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

holdings relating to Georges Doriot include correspondence, reports, speeches, lectures and diaries of Doriot principally associated with the United States Army during and after World War II. Digital... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Five Bright Ideas

17, 1991) Its schools are found in some of the world's toughest neighborhoods—in Iraq, India, and the United States—because SABIS and its president, Carl Bistany, believe every child deserves a chance. SABIS is a for-profit education... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

in the United States for nearly 20 years. "We're looking to companies to create a global cadre of people who are comfortable operating anywhere in the world," George concludes. "That's where... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Nov 2021
News

Strength in Numbers

attention to mental health, it was data that shaped the Goodness Web itself: One in five adults in the United States suffers from a mental health illness each year, and 46 percent will have a mental health... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

center of everything I pursue” Little did Nadella know that Microsoft would become caught up in the controversy concerning the treatment of immigrant families crossing the southern border of the United View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

movement from jobs in the United States to developing countries, in a process known as offshoring, has become quite a controversial topic. Managers not only need to decide which activities, if any, to move... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2014
News

Private capital, public good

new meaning to the notion of shared value,” says Palandjian. “They provide a structure to unite an uncommon set of partners— government, investors, philanthropists, and nonprofits—in pursuit of a common goal.” (Published April 2014) View Details

17 Jun 2016
News

Minding God’s Money

“Financial management in churches is stewardship over money that really belongs to God,” says Adrienne Thomas (MBA 1991), who has held fast to that perspective in a 20-year career in top financial posts at some of the largest Christian-related ministries in the View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

A bold experiment in education

city after the first year, on track to move the school from an “F” to a “C” in two years. London’s Sunday Telegraph declared NOCP “part of the boldest experiment in education reform seen in the United States.” Says Kleban: “We are part of... View Details

Web

Art Nature Business

United States and Mexico. Cabeza de Baca—whose ancestry is Spanish, Mexican, Apache, and Zuni—describes his paintings and process: "Last time I was in New Mexico the idea of working in abstract circular... View Details

17 Sep 2015
News

Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

the impact of HBS alumni and faculty in organizations and communities around the world. The effort to engage alumni began in Boston on April 26, 2014 and has extended around the world in the months since, as Dean Nohria and select faculty continue to travel to alumni... View Details

Profile

John Speer

retail worked.” But after weeks of studying comparable customer-loyalty programs in the United States, John and his team thought they had some solid ideas. They were wrong. “We were way off the mark,” John says. For example, the... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: John Doerr

returns based on innovation and intellectual property. It's more than the Internet, more than Silicon Valley. At the moment, we're in a full-fledged tech recession in the United States, with scary implications for the global economy.... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

07 Oct 2011
News

Tea’s Time

Rawdon relates by phone. “But we were united by our vision of what the company could be.” The two spent the following months pulling together a business plan and fund-raising pitch. “My one-year anniversary at Siebel was the same day we... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2012
News

Capitalism’s New Agenda

School’s centennial celebration a few years ago, we convened groups of business leaders in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States to consider the future of the global market system. In keeping... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine; social activism; Occupy Wallstreet; Corporate Services; Finance

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

has indeed increased at certain workplaces, particularly ones dominated by white workers, as more minorities have been hired at these firms over time. But as Koning and Ferguson zoomed out and looked at a large number of workplaces across the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

error in judgment? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311063-PDF-ENG The Export-Import Bank of the United States C. Fritz Foley and Matthew JohnsonHarvard Business School Case 211-032... View Details