Internal Security - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

forthcoming Journal of International Business Studies Organizational Innovation in the Multinational Enterprise: Internalization Theory and Business History By: da Silva Lopes, Teresa, Mark Casson, and G.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2013
News

Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Raymond James Financial 1983 Raymond James Financial IPO, NYSE 1987 Appointed Trustee, Salvador Dalí Museum 1992 Named Chairman, Securities Industry Association 1994 Establishes Thomas A. and Mary S. James Foundation 2007 Named Chairman,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Sep 2004
News

Whit Sears (MBA 1959)

after my father-in-law pointedly mentioned the difference in earning power between teaching and business. Although I wasn’t especially interested in a business career, when I secured admission to HBS, I could not pass up the opportunity.... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

the chain—failures of mobilization—occur when leaders recognize and give adequate priority to a looming problem but fail to respond effectively. When the Securities and Exchange Commission tried to reform the U.S. accounting system—well... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

set out to surmount the Soconusco's geographical isolation. He sent surveyors to assess the region, he negotiated the approval of an international port, and he arranged for an international shipping company... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

01 Sep 2017
News

City of Dreams

Mawilmada helped secure a $1.25 billion investment for the line from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, with two other 25-kilometer corridors prepped for public-private partnership funding. Buses... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

had dropped significantly. Adversaries contended that Facebook had misled investors and violated securities laws. Were the allegations legitimate, and did the litigation pose a serious threat to Facebook's share price? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

visions of what it means to retire. (We didn’t come up with a better word, although one member of the Class of 1958 referred to a state of “re-inspirement” in his 45th Reunion book.) What the five seem to have in common — aside from a level of financial View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

productivity, because productivity involves so many different factors. Among the nine foundations for a healthy building (see graphic) is “security,” a term the authors expect will take on a broader meaning in a post-pandemic world. Building View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

their founding, they netted out destroying jobs in years two through five as most of them failed, suggesting less job security than in larger organizations. At the international level, economists Rafael La... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Climate Finance in Africa: Health, Self-Interest, Avoided Future Cost

and national security issues worsened in part by migration out of newly unlivable situations. How can investors, businesses, and global society face these issues? Governments and development finance institutions (DFIs) clearly don’t have... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

the Air Force's Exceptional Civilian Service Award. Christenson also participated in the development of the U.S. Army's first cost-based budgetary control system. His publications include Strategic Aspects of Competitive Bidding for Corporate View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

necessary arrangements with the next-of-kin of the simulated victims. This was not a one-time exercise; it is carried out periodically. Ironically, the mythical crash had occurred at the New Orleans International Airport. Another was a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention

found that 79% of retail investors are interested in sustainable investing. The Federal Reserve calculates that some 9 million households under age 45 have $3.4 trillion in investable assets. The Security and Exchange Committee has... View Details

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Instagram Takeover Policy | About

discussed with the HBS Social Team and agreed upon prior to the Stories Takeover time period. ___ Share images or videos of inappropriate, un-safe, or illegal behavior. ___ Post personal information about yourself, or others, that could lead to safety and View Details

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

creating social value. As long as an organization creates significant social value, we don't care how it sustains itself—with internally generated surplus or with donor funds. Americans give roughly $300 billion a year to nonprofits, yet... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

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Jeremy Andrus

finance, and ethics. I also spent some time at Lehman Brothers in London learning about international finance and business. I can’t say enough about the people I met at the School. During the IPO road show, for example, at one of the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media

01 Dec 2007
News

Rediscovering America

American strengths. As the country approaches the 2008 presidential election, America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again (Crown) offers a nonpartisan agenda for change that Kanter urges U.S. leaders to pursue “at a time when our... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

international markets, they’re developing ambitious plans for their producers.” Lack of infrastructure makes follow-through on those plans challenging in Haiti, the third-poorest country in the world and the site of a catastrophic... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

drove the rise in importance and prestige of American beauty brands. In the more recent past, L'Oréal has fostered a new pluralism in beauty by acquiring American and other international brands and offering global consumers a portfolio of... View Details