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- 01 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 1
how they would answer the question, "Can for-profit corporations be good citizens?" In reflecting on their answers, the chapter puts forward an account that grounds the purpose and responsibilities View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
employee theft. A cost-benefit analysis proved that what companies saved in cash and inventory loss covered about 39 percent of the costs associated with wage increases. (So if a company increases wages by... View Details
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Ahmed Alimi
accountant" for the small business his mother ran in his home country, Nigeria. He continued to study accounting in high school, then pivoted to the actuarial sciences when he attended the University... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
are you won’t ever learn how to pull off a triple bypass. And yet, in business, companies routinely expect employees to pick up new job knowledge through vicarious learning—through reading descriptions View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
in philanthropy as well. "We expect to see greater opportunities for workers with transferable, soft skills in the wake of growing automation."... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
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Ignacio Lartirigoyen
agribusiness in the U.S. through his upcoming role with Bayer/Monsanto in St. Louis, where he will be part of a team focusing on digital... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
issues concerning 363 sales and the appropriate role of government entities in restructurings. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210022-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
maximize the gains and minimize the risks, but all three have been in short supply in Argentina, especially, for decades. Q: What role did the Business History Initiative... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
build my students’ quantitative intuition and fluency? In-Class Facilitation As an instructor, it’s helpful to think about quant-heavy segments as fulfilling three purposes: Increase students’ comfort and intuition around the numbers Demonstrate the View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
U.S. "productivity miracle" is due to a natural advantage of being located in the U.S., then we would not expect to see any evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Assistant Professor William R. Kerr teaches the required first-year MBA course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, in addition to Executive Education courses at Harvard Business School. One of his core research... View Details
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
Freyre learned early on the importance of mentorship in the corporate world. “Mentors have helped shape my career. They have pushed me to explore new areas of the business, to... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
expected impact, risk-adjusted total impact, and impact multiple of money score 5 hrs Module 5 Integrating Climate Risk and Financing Climate Solutions Understand the fundamentals View Details
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
insignificant or a significantly negative association with future returns. In supplemental analyses, we show that these forecasts are also informative of the time-series variation View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
value-creating activity. It would be unfortunate if boards focused only on compliance and didn't engage in functions that create value. —Robert S. Kaplan The board role is significantly different than that... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
organizations we analyzed. Personal feelings played a more important role in forming work relationships—not friendships at work but job-oriented relationships—than is commonly acknowledged. They were even... View Details
Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 19
Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
Eisenmann says. “With some distance from the failure, a founder will typically see that those first-blush explanations may have some merit. But they’ll also recognize that their own decisions and shortcomings as a leader almost certainly played a big View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Emily Schlichting
would be for those who did not. Being sick is hard enough without dealing with the financial implications of care." Emily invested her post-college career in health care advocacy, serving View Details