Local Economic Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

their time considering the implications of a set of global standards. My work, and that of others in the area, shows that global differences in accounting have important economic impacts. For example, in my peer-reviewed research I have... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

Howard, Fitzhugh joined Pepsi in 1965, where he developed the first marketing efforts directed at African Americans. Credited with creating the concept of targeted marketing, he also attracted and mentored black executives and created two... View Details

30 Mar 2017
News

Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

This thing that you helped to build, you just laid out the fact that it's very unique and that it won't necessarily work then everywhere. Why did it work there? Eamer: It worked here because the key power players all had very significant interests. And I think the key... View Details

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

the case with the other spans, senior managers can adjust the span of influence to promote desired behaviors. They can widen the span when they want to stimulate people to think outside the box to develop new ways of serving customers,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

21 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

India's economic prospects looked bright for a developing country—it had a well-trained government bureaucracy bequeathed by the British, a secure legal system, national railroads, and more advanced industry... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

midst of starting Valiente College Prep, a Los Angeles charter school set to open in August 2015. “In America, we have millions of jobs that will need to be filled in engineering, science, and technology. We absolutely need to access and View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

transaction prices and bank deposits — that carry stiff penalties if violated. What are the attitudes overseas about U.S. enforcement efforts? The perception is widespread in developing and transitional economies that the West, including... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

Heese Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 The Arts of Communication General Management Candace Bertotti Spring 2026 Q3Q4 1.5 Authentic Leader Development Organizational Behavior Robin Ely , Monique Burns Thompson Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Avoiding Startup... View Details

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

in research and development going forward,” Cohen said. Congress has considered more than a dozen bills that seek to control patent trolling by slamming companies that are found to be initiating frivolous suits with higher fees after the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

falling profitability left it perilously close to violating key debt covenants, he had to move quickly. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213142-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Note 413-122 Crafting a Career Narrative for New Professionals This note suggests an... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition

helped me develop the pattern recognition to identify opportunities and risks when evaluating investments. The technology classes gave me some subject matter expertise on the industries in which North Island invests. The general... View Details

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

pattern of actions guide it. He is attempting to give you that philosophy and pattern of action, and to help you develop your own." George E. McCown (HBS MBA '62), Research Assistant to Georges Doriot, 1962 11 George E. McCown (HBS MBA... View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

is bringing everyone else along, having them contribute to make the strategy stronger, and then having the buy-in that leads to execution.” Pathipati: “I constantly use takeaways from HBS. The investing, finance, and strategy classes helped me View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

past. Now the big strikes lie elsewhere. The wildcatters of today travel the globe from Angola to Kazakhstan to the deep waters off the coast of Brazil in search of "elephant fields" with flow rates measuring in the thousands of barrels per day. Finding and View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

26 Feb 2020
News

Phoenix Rising

presides over the epicenter of Athens—looking out over Hellenic Parliament on one corner and Syntagma Square on the other—has been witnessing the capital’s highs and lows since 1842. Protesters took hammers to the hotel’s white marble steps in 2015 and hurled hunks of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

developing AIDS, which has made him a subject of great medical interest. With his wife, Anne, Massie feels enormously grateful to be able to look to the future of his three children, as well as to his own (a return to the ministry or to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

generated during the boom, and since that time, they've continued to lose share. The second problem is related to the underlying economics of one of the core components in the Macintosh—the operating system. The last generation of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

November 2024 (Revised July 2025)
Case

Polish Agro: Where Do We Grow From Here?

By: Willy C. Shih, Lena Duchene and Daniela Beyersdorfer

By July 2024, Polish Agro had grown into one of Poland’s fastest-growing agribusinesses, with €230 million in revenue, 82 employees, and operations across Northern Poland. The company supported farmers with essential agricultural inputs like fertilizers and seeds,... View Details

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02 Nov 2020
News

The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

Julianne White (MBA 2017) is vice president for food acquisition at the Greater Boston Food Bank. How did you become interested in the food industry? “I grew up with a lot of ties to agriculture. I was raised in a small community where much of the View Details

31 May 2016
First Look

May 31, 2016

additively separable in its state variables, leading to conquering the curse of dimensionality and the opportunity to manage the supply chain using independently acting managers. We develop conditions under which myopic policies are... View Details