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  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

reaching higher productivity. Attracting FDI, generating jobs, and growing exports are positive implications of higher productivity. But the ultimate test of whether policies are effective is their impact on prosperity. And here... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
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Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

  • Web

Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

Rebecca Henderson Become a purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks, 7-9 hrs/week Pay by August 7 $1,850 Certificate Sustainable Investing Professors Shawn Cole &... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

fuzzy logic, and you have the makings of Nicholas Carr's article. Carr's examples of railroads and electric power played out over eighty years, (not forty, as he suggests), turning society, business organizations, and lifestyles inside out. The deeper societal View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
  • 04 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

new research. In fact, social bonding among men may account for more than a third of the gender gap in promotions, according to the working paper The Old Boys’ Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap. “I’m not surprised the old boys’ club still exists, but I’m disappointed... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Feb 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

goals, past research on these programs' impact has yielded mixed outcomes. Our goal is to understand why this might be the case. Design/Methodology/Approach: We rely on interview, archival, and longitudinal survey data to examine young... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

me to play across these three dimensions: Technology: finding and supporting scientists and engineers to bring solutions out of the lab Capital: marshaling resources to deploy the solutions mature enough to make massive impact within the... View Details
  • February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

Agero: Enhancing Capabilities for Customers

By: Robert Simons and Natalie Kindred

This case illustrates the importance of choosing a primary customer as the basis for organization design. Cross Country Group managers adjusted resource allocation, organization design and performance measures over time to transform Cross Country Group from an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Gap; Entrepreneurship; Auto Industry; Insurance; Performance Management; Performance Measurement; Performance Measures; Performance Pressure; Decisions; Family Business; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Customer Focus and Relationships; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Industry
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  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

their innovation performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51467 Bubbles for Fama By: Greenwood, Robin, Andrei Shleifer, and Yang You Abstract—We evaluate Eugene Fama's claim that stock prices do... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

expressed concerns about decreased "reliability" (a key component of "verifiability," auditing's touchstone) in proposed standards. To benchmark the auditors' assessments of decreased accounting reliability, the researchers relied on independent... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
  • 01 Jan 2014
  • News

To Spot Financial Trouble Early, Use Three Circles: A conversation with Blythe McGarvie of Harvard Business School

  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

group size to vary. We find that children aged 9 and higher are better able to resist selfish impulses in public environments. Younger children, however, display no such effect. Further, we find self-control substantially impacted by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

But this only works well in a school environment with standardized metrics, and completely falls apart in a complex workplace with varied evaluations – perhaps this is why despite the high success rates of Asians in schools, the “bamboo... View Details
  • 19 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

beyond the ivory tower.” The priority paradox So why aren’t more scholars at business schools striving to make their work practically relevant? One reason is that for many, working on relevant problems has little impact on faculty... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 20 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

that people associate with global brands. Then we surveyed 1,800 people in twelve nations to measure the relative importance of those dimensions when consumers buy products. A detailed analysis revealed that consumers all over the world associate global brands with... View Details
Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor
  • January 1994 (Revised May 1996)
  • Background Note

Leading for Integrity: Corporate Purpose and Responsibility

By: Lynn S. Paine
Outlines several differing conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. View Details
Keywords: Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Strategy
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Judging | New Venture Competition

entrepreneurs. Evaluation Criteria All rounds will be evaluated based on: Impact (30% of score) Social impact The social or environmental issue... View Details
  • 06 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

that are thoughtfully resourced and leave a smaller environmental footprint. Investors are paying attention, too, with impact investing hitting $60 billion in 2015. Attention to the negative impacts of work... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
  • Profile

Paul Wang

work with the MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). “They’re a group of economists who use randomized evaluation methodologies, similar to those used in pharmaceutical trials, to assess the View Details
  • 08 May 2020
  • In Practice

Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On

Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School shared advice for nonprofits facing dire financial challenges. How can donors support social impact organizations through a recession? Michael Chu: Support proven organizations with... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost