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- 31 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Change Pioneers in the Class of 1978
in 1978, climate change was a distant concern, if, indeed, any of us even considered the topic. This year, however, the existential threat came home. Climate scientists reported that July was the hottest month ever recorded and August's... View Details
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Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring - Course Catalog
challenging business situations (including threats to their survival). Restructurings are often extremely complicated, and involve multiple issues around valuation, bond indentures, subordination agreements, bankruptcy law, employment... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
interconnected global community. So disease threats such as COVID-19 need to be recognized as part of the current work-scape and systematically addressed,” says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor of Business Administration Ashley... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
threats posed by climate change and aims to mitigate future emissions, India must forge a new, sustainable development pathway. This “twin challenge” of developing while decarbonizing was the main topic of our work in India. Throughout... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
rise. It’s one of the greatest threats that human health is facing today,” says Miriam Huntley, a DZD cofounder who focuses on computational approaches to genomic analysis. “Patients with severe infections can die within hours, but... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
HBS Professor Clayton Christensen sees disruptive innovation as a threat to everything from Microsoft to Japan—and even to a certain prominent business school. But through that disruption comes improved quality of life—and major... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
citizen petition to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). In addition to outlining the threat to spent fuel pools, the petition proposed technical fixes to ensure “walk-away” safety, such as solar panels to power unattended electric... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Examining Climate Change From a Business Perspective
that make achieving the agreement’s goals so difficult. “I wrote the case to better understand how so many of us view climate change as both a global threat and one of the most important issues facing business in the 21st century, and yet... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
reservists—colleagues who have left active duty and have experience in the private sector—to bring some foundational business skills to bear. In marketing, you do strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Navy... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality
think what Harvard gave me was a sense of perspective—what was possible working with America, working with New Zealand, bringing people together, building networks; so it was the attitude, the approach, the ‘can-do,’ that’s what I got from Harvard. “Knowing the View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
landscape. It has a powerful government, appears respected in the world, and for the first extended time in modern history, it faces no real external threats to its security. China's resurgence has been driven by a combination of private... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
simply didn't matter to consumers whether the global brands they bought were American. To be sure, many people said they cared. A French panelist called American brands "imperialistic threats that undermine French culture." A... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
braces itself against the prospect of another human influenza pandemic. The 1918 influenza pandemic, caused by a mutated avian virus, killed some 50 million people. How does the current threat compare? First, it’s important to remember... View Details
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
Instead of seeking patents, many inventors and firms choose to keep the details of their innovations secret, out of the public view. But what are the implications of keeping important new ideas locked away in vaults as trade secrets? Does it slow down technological... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
on those earnings, targeting behavior is muted and no longer generates a negative effort response to higher wages. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53905 in press Games and Economic Behavior Games of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Statement from Dean Srikant Datar on Anti-Semitism | About
peacefully and productively. Everyone deserves the same opportunity my parents found here. As the words of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remind us, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” None of us should tolerate... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
Summing Up The verdict of those responding to the column on the threat of the "disruptive technology" represented by online distance learning for in-class, onsite MBA programs is in. In your opinion, the trend represents an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
industry's rapid evolution, coupled with the availability of ample data, made it rich ground for research. Given the potentially overwhelming threat of disruptive technologies, why do so many managers appear to overlook them? The problem... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53418 Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market By: Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how app developers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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2.3 Community Standards of Conduct | MBA
misconduct; harassment, coercion or other conduct that threatens the health or safety of any person; threats involving deadly weapons, explosives, bombs, chemical or biological agents, or other deadly devices; theft, misappropriation, or... View Details