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07 May 2024
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Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

they offset emissions? Carbon credits are one tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). They are an investment in projects that reduce GHG emissions to counteract the emissions produced by the purchaser. These projects sell carbon... View Details

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports provide positive externalities and thus should be encouraged by government, the policy question is how to do so most effectively. One large body of thinking is devoted to identifying general barriers to exports that reduce trade below its View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

dislikes. It’s hard for computers to compete with that." Where did that computer recommendation come from? Besides, product recommendations that seem to pop up out of nowhere in a social media feed or email may come across as confusing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

can create for you and your business from a strategic standpoint Assess the impact of macroeconomic, political, and social indicators on business decisions Discover the short- and long-term impact of interest rates, inflation, trade, and... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

innovations that connect it to a larger management literature. The Limits of Nonprofit Impact: A Contingency Framework for Measuring Social Performance Over the past 20 years, there has been an explosion in methodologies and View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

require. “Without a soul, without human insight, the capabilities of the machine will be limited,” a group of 13 marketing scholars write in their working paper, Soul and Machine (Learning), which takes a high-level view of the present and future role of machine... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

COVID-19 has made virtual work the new normal. In a few short weeks, meeting tools like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat, and Slack have gone from a useful supplement to the primary enablers for daily interactions with co-workers.... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

ventures I was advising as the senior advisor for social entrepreneurship at the Harvard Innovation Labs. They said: “Hey, we’d like to learn more about that solution, and we think our colleagues might too.” So they set up a pitch day for... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

activity every three to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community... View Details

05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

Working PapersTo Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts Authors:Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract We examine the profitability and implications of online discount vouchers, a new marketing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

Management That Works: How to Sell in a World That Never Stops Changing, Cespedes, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, offers research-based insight and context, and presents sales productivity not only as a core way to increase profit and value, but also as... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

board performance even more difficult. Effective boards are those that take the initiative to design clear and focused forward-looking agendas, concentrating board energy on a company's specific value drivers, and then employing tools and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

strategies, and techniques. The course content is well designed and helps investors get a basic understanding of what sustainable finance is, its challenges, the path forward, and its key players. Akanksha Davera Sustainable Investing Participant Gain frameworks and... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

and applying your knowledge through group exercises and an individual final paper. Description of silent animated video above: Learner completes an interactive question by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get View Details

12 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 12

let people pay their bills online, and airline apps let them check in and monitor the status of their flights. (2) Offer unique value. In South Korea, commuters can use an app to order groceries while waiting for their trains. (3) Provide View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

on video calls throughout the day and therefore professional dress is most appropriate. Changing into your work clothes in the morning also helps to set the tone for your day and promotes productivity. Equipment – Make sure you have the View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

have much money to begin with can make savings more feasible or more fun, or both. Given the diversity of financial conditions, social settings, and personal circumstances of families, and against the backdrop of consumerism in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

06 Sep 2016
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September 6, 2016

Final-Offer Arbitration Challenge Gives Negotiators a Valuable New Tool By: Bazerman, Max H., and Daniel Kahneman Abstract—In legal disputes, contested insurance claims, and similarly adversarial negotiations, one party is likely to open... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Industry Information - Alumni

industry. Reuters: Markets News Coverage of the international financial markets from Reuters, including news on fund managers , and screening tools for investment funds (from Lipper) and stocks . + – Manufacturing IndustryWeek As a part... View Details

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