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  • September 2018
  • Article

Asset Price Dynamics in Partially Segmented Markets

By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson and Gordon Y. Liao
We develop a model in which capital moves quickly within an asset class but slowly between asset classes. While most investors specialize in a single asset class, a handful of generalists can gradually reallocate capital across markets. Upon the arrival... View Details
Keywords: System Shocks; Asset Pricing
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  • January 2010 (Revised August 2010)
  • Background Note

Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Rakesh Khurana
Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Global Range; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Complexity
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  • 06 Mar 2025
  • HBS Seminar

Vivek Farias, MIT Sloan

  • October 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Supplement

Michael Ku and Global Clinical Supply at Pfizer Inc.: Bringing Hope to Patients (C)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
This case is the third installment in a series about the 10-year cultural and digital transformation of Pfizer’s Global Clinical Supply organization. In 2011, Michael Ku became Pfizer’s Vice President of Global Clinical Supply (GCS) after the company had undergone... View Details
Keywords: Clinical Supply Chain; COVID-19; Vaccine; Agile; Innovation and Invention; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Transformation; Leadership; Corporate Strategy; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Health Care and Treatment; Supply Chain Management; Digital Transformation
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  • Research Summary

Overview of Research

My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details

  • 2019
  • White Paper

Impact-Weighted Financial Accounts: The Missing Piece for an Impact Economy

By: George Serafeim, T. Robert Zochowski and Jennifer Downing
Reimagining capitalism is an imperative. We need to create a more inclusive and sustainable form of capitalism that works for every person and the planet. Massive environmental damage, growing income and wealth disparity, stress, and depression within developed... View Details
Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Background; Economic Systems; Economy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Measurement and Metrics; Financial Statements
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  • 03 May 2016
  • First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." That's what this book is about—innovation far more audacious than a new way to find a restaurant or a smart phone you can wear on your wrist. Amy C. Edmondson and Susan Salter Reynolds explore View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2018
  • Book

American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with regulators to... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Competition; Policy; Fairness; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

explore the feasibility of implementing large-scale reskilling programs within a reasonable time frame, leveraging new research on the topic. Attendees will delve into the challenges and opportunities associated with such initiatives for... View Details
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

codes of ethics that addressed the unique problems of defence procurement. In my work for the initiative, I learned about the origins of these problems and saw that, contrary to public belief, they could not be chalked up simply to unethical individuals—they were View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 May 2010
  • Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

your field? Aldo Musacchio: When I wrote the book, most of the discussion on corporate governance was focused on the legal system and the corporate laws of countries. The conclusions were a bit deterministic. If a country followed the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Op-Ed

How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model

potential, it commissions a small order from one of its factories, often just a few dozen pieces, which it floats on its channels to see if consumers are interested. If they are, the company reorders more products. It calls the system... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton; Fashion; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

certain types of transactions. Bitcoin is of interest to economists in part for its potential to disrupt existing payment systems and perhaps monetary systems, and also for the wealth of data it provides about agents' behavior and about... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work

latest report, Hidden Workers: The Case for Caregivers. Worker welfare: From theory to tangible good 09 OCT 2024 | Managing the Future of Work Good Business Lab cofounder Anant Nyshadham on demonstrating the ROI of better worker conditions and getting from academic... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest

demonstrates a more holistic approach to learning from large-scale organizational failures. It suggests that we cannot think about individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis in isolation. Instead, we need to examine how... View Details
Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto

    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine

      Nitin Nohria

      Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

      As Dean, building on... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; arts; biotechnology; emerging market private equity; energy; executive search; financial services; green technology; health care; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; investment banking industry; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services
      • Web

      Podcast - Business & Environment

      and beverages. Fabian shares how Vytal is tackling packaging waste by building a reusable container system for restaurants, canteens, and major events. He explains why deposit-based systems often fail, how... View Details
      • 19 Dec 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

      Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message? It takes more than grit to succeed in a world rife with systemic inequity. So why don't we tell children that? Research by Ashley Whillans and colleagues shows how honest talk... View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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      Compute Cluster and Data Storage - Research Computing Services

      Foundation's Allocated Production Compute/Storage/Cloud (ACCESS) is an advanced cyberinfrastructure system providing advanced computing and data resources. Access to large-scale computing systems, storage,... View Details