Public Conversations Project - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

Abstract—Conversation is a fundamental human experience, one that is necessary to pursue intrapersonal and interpersonal goals across myriad contexts, relationships, and modes of communication. In the current research, we isolate the role of an understudied View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Health Care Health Care Value-Based Health Care Health Care Courses Fast Facts Value-Based Health Care Value-Based Health Care Cases & Teaching Notes Key Concepts Key Stakeholders Publications Team Work With Us Presentations Cases... View Details

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

manage implementation challenges. Further, within the context of the management challenges of balancing strategic opportunities with implementation capabilities, there are dampening forces on industry growth. For example, the wave of ERP installations and BPRE View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Preparing students for hands-on project work in Buenos Aires For their FIELD Global Immersion course, first-year students working with business partners in Buenos Aires discussed the case “Doing Business in Buenos Aires, Argentina”... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

difference between sitting in a classroom and pontificating about what the CEO should or should not have done versus the real-world challenges I was facing. I reflected back on J&J’s lessons on proactive communication, public engagement,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

3.0 Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems (also listed under Finance and Entrepreneurial Management) John Dionne Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie January 2026 J 3.0 IFC: India;... View Details

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

printing, companies with products to sell reached wholesalers, retailers, and home consumers through media of all shapes, sizes, colors, and imagery—from trade catalogs and trade cards to broadsides and posters to souvenir publications... View Details

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Harvard Environmental Centers - Business & Environment

Directory , which provides a centralized list of Harvard programs, projects, student groups, and special initiatives pertaining to climate and environmental research. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Center for Climate, Health,... View Details

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

16 Oct 2015
Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

public school students from all over New York City would meet to discuss one or two works of art from the collection in depth. The conversation was moderated by a wonderful museum educator named Rika... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

home repairs he was having to undertake. Then president of a 115-year-old independent Catholic school for boys, Kennealey had managed construction projects and budgeted for aging buildings’ capital expenses like boilers and HVAC systems;... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

course for first year MBA students , which immerses them in global research projects to produce a new product or experience, often in an emerging market country. To prepare students for their global immersion and help them practice market... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Dusty Register

depth of conversations I experience on a daily basis and relish in the opportunity to know my classmates on a consistently deeper level. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A LEGO set designer, despite having nearly zero... View Details

Keywords: CPG

28 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

discrimination among users, most recently through Project Lighthouse. Poor design invites discrimination Airbnb's early design choices were aimed at facilitating a user's trust both in the platform and fellow users, but some of those... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

it works." On the other hand, Kamal Gupta cited problems regarding pay transparency in observing that, "Indian law had mandated public sharing of employee compensation for all those drawing above a certain limit employees... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

groups across industries. The most common KPIs are closed deals and salesperson performance against quota, which, on average, firms measure monthly. But a closed deal is an outcome and lagging indicator. This article discusses how some firms deconstruct their sales... View Details