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14 Apr 2023
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New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?

growing demand for business to “do more” to address some of society’s most pressing challenges, SPF was designed to explore just what it means for firms to undertake a purpose beyond profit, and the conditions under which they are most... View Details

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Faculty & Research | MBA

inspire. Under skillful faculty direction, classrooms become crucibles for leadership: students test their judgment, explore complex ideas, reflect on their leadership styles, and embrace new models and methods for effective business management. Our high expectations... View Details

06 Nov 2014
News

Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement

as big benefits. But even with the early positive response, Goldstein still sees this as “version 1.0” of the Launch Lab. “We need to better understand the behaviors and needs of the community,” she says. The lab is already undergoing some View Details

21 Nov 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

significant rise in demand for the legacy technology. These findings offer contributions to research on technology cycles, cognition, and incumbent responses to technological change. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Jun 2012
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Leadership: What We Know

with unsubstantiated yet flourishing responses to the seemingly endless demand to grow better leaders. Despite leadership being so central to the core mission of many schools, there is surprisingly little... View Details

Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

respondents. Joseph Butler suggests that "It is the responsibility of corporations and governments alike to share knowledge and to work to educate developing nations ... about consumption, pollution, and efficiency." Mark Cox... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Mar 2022
News

History’s Future

importance is still etched into the sandstone that surrounds this long, narrow strip of lush oasis. “AlUla has 200,000 years of history—and it’s nearly untouched,” says Amr AlMadani (PLDA 18, 2014).As CEO of the government-funded Royal Commission of AlUla, it is... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

very lenient, "permissive" parents who demand little from their children and bestow too much freedom, analogous to the see-no-evil approach so prevalent with global outsourcing. The Authoritative Solution Baumrind's fourth... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

To some degree, this has exacerbated the challenge to those responsible for staffing these activities by creating more frequent peaks and valleys in demands for talent. Are there lessons for human resource... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 2, 2009

their help. This concern is particularly acute when making contributions to organizations that serve heterogeneous populations. While we have considerable evidence that donors are more generous if they know their assistance benefits a preferred group, we know little... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Apr 2022
News

New School

Within a month, Waldron’s far-reaching predictions proved accurate. And Curriculum Associates was ready, not just for the new world of remote work but also with respect to the increased demand for remote learning. The company committed to... View Details

01 Apr 2020
News

What My Time in Vietnam Taught Me About Dealing with Shortages

essay with the Washington Post, which published it on March 27. The concern about shortages of masks, ventilators, hospital gowns, and testing kits got me to thinking about the Vietnam War, when I was the senior civilian official View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Reinventing the Annual Report

types of narratives, and lots of pretty pictures. The amount of detail and the level of complexity in the financial section have grown considerably in response to the increasing onslaught of accounting rules and regulations. What’s more,... View Details

Keywords: Robert G. Eccles

24 Nov 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh; Financial Services

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eligibility & Criteria Awards How to Apply Past Projects Reimbursement grants are awarded on a case-by-case, funds-available basis. For a team with one HBS student: maximum grants will be $1,000 for eligible expenses, based on student View Details

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

in-person operations, sinking demand to near zero. Professional services businesses have fared better, but they have not been spared—just 63 percent say they could weather a four-month public health lockdown. [div class=infogram-embed... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

01 Jun 2009
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Crisis and Creativity

uses. A slowdown in semiconductor demand post-2001 made it possible for the solar industry to take off by using excess polysilicon and silicon wafers. How to Win. In a downturn, getting to the breakeven point for a new venture and then to... View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Karim R. Lakhani, and... View Details