Activities - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Business History around the World

stayed important. The service sector was strong. Multinational activity was extensive and persistent. The two countries even shared the ownership of two of the world's largest multinationals, Shell and Unilever. Many allegedly distinctive... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

twice as much per dollar invested as male entrepreneurs, and Saigal said she felt positive that women founders will continue to attract more investors. Both panelists said finding investors who are supportive and actively engaged can go a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 1999
News

Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

model we're looking to replicate." Professor Richard H.K. Vietor, faculty chair of the event, expressed the hope that the School's activities in sub-Saharan Africa, such as the conference, new Executive Education initiatives, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

nonstarter. It is also a mistake to believe that high-end activities will naturally occur in the United States. We are not inherently smarter than other people around the world. So what should be the U.S. strategy? We have to figure out... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

titles such as chief financial officer, chief marketing officer, chief technology officer, and chief human resources officer. “In companies that have more related businesses, it makes sense to have these positions toward the top with the objective of centralizing the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

vanquish a problem, we have to understand it." Start with the question, "How do people eat?" suggested Chu. People develop economic activities that are of worth to someone else, he continued. "That's the source of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

Dodd-Frank. A lot of that is just the Fed driving higher capital requirements for the banks. That has probably been the single factor contributing to financial stability. On the other hand we have seen a lot of migration of activity... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

01 Jun 2000
News

Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

there is a bustle of activity as the premises are readied to receive the three hundred guests who will arrive for an evening reception and book-signing party to celebrate the publication of a handsome new volume, Adventures with Old... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

07 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

remain - and someone in your friend group will remember the ‘takeaway’ you need in the moment.” The HBS network also played a role in Twist landing her first brand management position at Estee Lauder. As a recent graduate, she actively... View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

productivity and employment. There are few significant differences between industries with limited and high private equity activity. It is hard to find support for claims that economic activity in industries with private equity backing is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

describe the new conjoining of responsible environmental practices with sound business principles. Defined in 1984 by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development as business and development activity that "meets the... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

force it through the organization from the senior management level." Unlike Harad, who rose through the ranks of one corporation following his graduation from HBS, Paul Charron, who came to HBS after five years of active duty in the Navy,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

Abstract—Although documenting everyday activities may seem trivial, four studies reveal that creating records of the present generates unexpected benefits by allowing future rediscoveries. In Study 1, we use a "time capsule"... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

preoccupied with how trade could be a form of conquest and how political communities could best nurture and encourage their industries against foreign competitors. In addition to ideas, the economic policies resulting from them in the early modern period will need to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

Perspective on Ambidexterity: Structural Differentiation and Boundary Activities Authors:Sebastian Raisch and Michael L. Tushman Abstract This paper explores the shifting nature of differentiation and integration in organizations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

Mubadala's charge was to develop Abu Dhabi. According to some observers, ADIA was a "sovereign savings fund," while Mubadala was a government-owned investment firm. Mubadala is supposed to invest the wealth of the emirate in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

forward. In practice, if someone figures out a really cool new activity or device, a community of co-innovators will form almost instantly. The emergence of a dominant design will trigger an industry shakeout and consolidation. In these... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

17 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

the perspective of the significant others who have come to campus with their students. Partners are often active members of the HBS community, involved in clubs, section events and may even audit classes. Therefore, students with... View Details

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

exposure to curators and how they work and how exhibitions come together. All of these things just kind of fed into a growing curiosity, spending more and more of my free time participating in these activities on a very limited basis,... View Details

11 Sep 2018
News

Bringing Government Up to Code

basic needs, we're all going to be instead just building armor plates for our Teslas. We're going to be living in a society we don't want to live in. At the same time, being a mother, it activated all of my motherly instincts and the... View Details

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