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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
that the business of oil exploration is more capital intensive than people intensive. "But those we do have are given a great deal of financial responsibility." James Hackett of Ocean Energy does see a few advantages for smaller companies... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
this type of approach where their senior leaders share personal stories of domestic abuse, alcoholism, things that have gone wrong in their lives or challenges they’ve had,” says Harmeling, who is also founder of the International Case... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
than just financial gain,” he stresses. Some of his most successful deals have involved conservation easements that minimize investment risk while creating economic value from parcels that merit conservation. He has worked extensively on... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
had from such a historical understanding of political economy and of power in an economic age. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53309 forthcoming Encyclopedia of International Economics and Global Trade,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 8
quest for the Next Big Thing. The problem with corporate entrepreneurship, of course, has been that the entrepreneur must deal with the challenges of securing resources and support within an organization focused on operations that are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
living in areas of the US that lost more European immigrants because of the laws’ restrictions didn’t benefit economically. If anything, natives’ employment in immigrant-intensive sectors, such as mining, declined more in areas that lost more immigrants because of the... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
limited time and limited knowledge. Therefore, it's very important for independent directors to be in the best positions they can be for developing their knowledge. Those internal pressures are real. Dealing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
deal with financial matters, but later on the federal government and NASA administrators decided that managers should have total budget responsibility. "It was very important that I had gone to HBS, because I already had the skills, so... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid technological progress in recent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
Perspective (Cornell University Press), which he introduced recently as part of Harvard Business School's ongoing International Seminar Series, tackles the volatile subject of nationalism against the backdrop of what he calls... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, funded 15 Harvard University students to attend COP28 in Dubai. The students represent a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, but all share an interest in learning about international climate... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
project negotiations, he’s had a chance to do that. In the presidency, there will probably be negotiations — with Congress, with other nations, or with agencies or with all the people a president deals with — where you have to make a... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
model. The case describes the various marketing channels employed by the BabbaCo team (Search, Email, Social Media, Deal Sites, Affiliates, etc.), including the strategy and effectiveness for each. Readers can use this knowledge to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
The negotiation of these agreements proved to be protracted and painful, highlighting the difficulty that the company faced in dealing with these contingencies. More important, in this year a book documenting Xerox's failure to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
attainment outcomes (measured primarily by students' completion rates at various grade levels). Deals with outcome trends within the general U.S. school-aged population and covers educational outcomes in various subpopulations of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
the Art of Negotiation: How to Use Your Feelings to Your Advantage By: Brooks, Alison Wood Abstract—Negotiations can be fraught with emotion, but it’s only recently that researchers have examined how particular feelings influence what happens during View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
CSR performance is weaker for firms that have greater exposure to diverse global languages as a result of (a) being headquartered in countries with a higher degree of globalization, (b) having a higher degree of internationalization, and (c) having a CEO with more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
did you write this book? Jeffrey Fear: This book began as a very different project. One problem in German history is that a good deal of literature understandably focuses on discrete time periods: Imperial Germany 1871-1914; World War I... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2005
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?
and continues to be a lack of good leadership! . . . The politics of international labor interaction are extremely complex and will require tremendous leadership ability to negotiate win-win deals across... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett