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Cost of doing business

U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: Prices and costs for energy, including electricity, petroleum, natural gas and more. U.S. Foreign... View Details

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

09 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 9, 2008

organizational theory, less explored is how these effects may depend on other external environmental factors. We focus on how policy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to understand the growth of banking in the U.S., 1896-1978. Three characteristics of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Jan Pianca

Jan (MSc, International Management, Bocconi University) is the Educational Programs Assistant Director Europe at the HBS Europe Research Center in Paris. He focuses on European employer outreach to develop and manage the School’s... View Details

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

California consumers who rely on gas to heat their homes and cook their food. On the other hand, directors negotiating the sale of a Delaware corporation to a company controlled by a single individual would... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

18 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 18, 2007

Synthesis Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract This paper constructs a unified theory of the location of transactions and the boundaries of firms. It proposes that systems of production can be viewed as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

businesses outperform both single-unit firms and multi-unit firms composed of unrelated businesses. Explanations for this relationship between focus and firm performance have largely centered on economies of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

production and "customization" of materials. The engineering or applied science-based culture of many German firms kept power and authority closer to the factory or... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

opportunities. While most of the IRA takes the form of incentives and tax credits, there are also some sticks and penalties in it. The most important one is probably the first-of-its-kind fee on methane... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Action Plan: Net Proceeds

Philippines are a few countries where they operate, ensuring chain of custody of materials and ethical collection, with no child or forced labor. OceanCycle has worked with Patagonia, Herman Miller, and Dell... View Details

Keywords: April White; recycling; corporate social responsibility; waste management; water; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

30 Jun 2008
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Rethinking Retirement Planning

Many of us are sailing toward retirement with the hope that Social Security, personal savings, and money saved in an employer's 401(k) or 403(b) plan will add up to the magic sum required to enjoy our remaining years in reasonable style.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

estimator is available in Stata. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ate_clustering_text_20110228_FINAL.pdf Work, Ownership, and Productive Enfranchisement Author:Nien-hê Hsieh Publication:In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

aid only in the crowdsourcing of designs, Rogers balked. “We need a microfactory,” he said. Unless GE bought into the whole model, Local Motors wasn’t interested. Immelt agreed, and Comstock suggested the View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

Institute, which advises managers in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, says that as organizations increasingly ask customers to play a more active role in transactions, saving money shouldn't be the sole guiding force.... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

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India - Industry specific research

must be requested. Energy Ministry of... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

product that they know will resonate. Photo courtesy of Eric Grosse Photo courtesy of Eric Grosse “Starting a new company is the ultimate test of passion, determination, and persistence. Passion is an... View Details

18 Nov 2020
News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

labor, calling it “a reputational risk to the company that’s not just, and not fair.” Before coming to HBS, Alexis Jackson was an oil and gas... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Feb 2019
News

Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

assigned a product or service to turn into a business, and then the rest was up to them. That included raising money to start the business, creating a marketing plan, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

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