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- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
also examine the strategic and organizational barriers that corporations face in making more efficient use of natural resources or deciding to invest in sustainable technologies. There are four major barriers: The first is that companies... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
the most important to me is that life expectancy in New York City has grown three years since I took office in 2002 and is now 2.2 years greater than the national average.” As an entrepreneur, Bloomberg took particular interest in New... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
institutions of global governance and, compared to others—such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, various United Nations agencies, and other multilateral development banks, to name just a few—one of the most... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 2013
- Article
Immigration and Employer Transitions for STEM Workers
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We analyze the career trajectories of STEM workers and firm-level hiring of immigrants using the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) database of the US Census Bureau. We find STEM career adjustments during periods of abnormally high immigration into the... View Details
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigration and Employer Transitions for STEM Workers." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 103, no. 3 (May 2013): 193–197.
- 02 Mar 2012
- HBS Seminar
Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University
- Web
Students on the Job Market - Doctoral
Trade policy in the shadow of conflict: The case of dual-use goods Policymakers increasingly use trade instruments to address national security concerns. This paper studies optimal policy for dual-use goods, items with both military and... View Details
- Web
The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
government. Photography would come to play a pivotal role in the corporation’s PR campaigns. Introduction The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion: Footnotes 1 George F. Baker was director of the... View Details
- March 2024
- Case
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)
By: N. Louis Shipley and Stacy Straaberg
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
Shipley, N. Louis, and Stacy Straaberg. "Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)." Harvard Business School Case 824-057, March 2024.
- October 2022
- Case
Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South
By: Debora L. Spar and Julia Comeau
The majority of vaccines used on the continent of Africa (99%) are produced offshore. This makes African nations reliant on the West for major health care needs, a problem which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrigen Biologics (in partnership with the WHO)... View Details
Keywords: Vaccination; Vaccine; mRNA; COVID; COVID-19; Inequity; Hub-and-spoke; Health Care and Treatment; Health Pandemics; Production; Social Issues; Business and Government Relations; South Africa; Africa
Spar, Debora L., and Julia Comeau. "Afrigen Biologics: Vaccines for the Global South." Harvard Business School Case 323-030, October 2022.
- 21 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Europe Wrote the Rules of Global Finance
research project began in the classroom during my first year as a professor at HBS. In the winter of 2000, my students and I were discussing the financial crises that erupted in Asia during 1997 and 1998. Unlike its neighbors, the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 16 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The International Politics of IFRS Harmonization
- Research Summary
Overview
The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
Kalda, and Vincent W. Yao of Georgia State University. The paper shines a light on a student debt crisis that Democratic presidential hopefuls have called a national emergency. Sen. Elizabeth Warren has proposed forgiving student loan... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- March 2024
- Supplement
Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)
By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn
In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina
Shipley, N. Louis, Stacy Straaberg, and Tom Quinn. "Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 824-148, March 2024.
- Web
Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Exchange. 1887 Lehman Brothers becomes a member of the New York Stock Exchange. 1899 Lehman Brothers takes on investment banking activities, issuing its first public offering for the International Steam Pump Company. 1901–1925 Philip... View Details
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Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research
account data linking small businesses to their owner households, we examine how business owners’ consumption responded to changes in business revenues during the COVID-19 crisis. In the first two months following the View Details
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
goods? If so, why? I study these questions in the context of the first wave of the Great Migration (1915–1930), when more than 1.5 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States. Black inflows and the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
and has spent the last 15 years scaling a national logistics and digital infrastructure platform for resale. In this episode James describes why the company decided to handle physical goods rather than act as a pure marketplace, how... View Details
- 08 Mar 2018
- Video
11-Day 1-Green Taylor Berthoud-1080p-1.5GB
- Research Summary
Overview
The Information Age has introduced well recieved opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands show individuals their own performance; service companies including Uber and leading hospitals help pick from drivers or doctors based on how others rate them;... View Details