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  • 10 Dec 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Truth Be Told: Unpacking the Risks of Whistleblowing

the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Jonas Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the world. It goes back to the Civil War,... View Details
Keywords: by April White
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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About

Baker Library Historical Collections Exhibition “A Concrete Symbol / The Building of the Harvard Business School, 1908 – 1927). Those first HBS facilities, with modern upgrades, still represent the core of today’s vibrant campus, now... View Details
  • November 2020
  • Article

Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re‐Shapes Two‐Sided Platforms

By: Daniel Trabucchi, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza and Alan MacCormack
The importance of platform‐based businesses in the modern economy is growing continuously and becoming increasingly relevant. Specifically, the deployment of digital technologies has enhanced the applicability of two‐sided business models, enabling companies to act not... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Two-Sided Platforms; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This working paper examines the history of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other... View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Failure; Problems and Challenges; Complexity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Practice; Business Education; Labor and Management Relations; Decision Making; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Finance; Knowledge; Production; Business Conglomerates; Education Industry; United States
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    BUSINESS ETHICS: WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW

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    • 11 Feb 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    EVENT POSTPONED - Ohad Barzilay, Tel Aviv University

    • Article

    Manuscript Variations of Dabistān-i Maẕāhib and Writing Histories of Religion in Mughal India

    By: Sudev J Sheth
    A text that has found renewed interest among scholars of early modern India is the Persian compendium of religion called Dabistān-i Maẕāhib. Written between 1645 and 1658, the Dabistān presents a lively ethnographic and historical account of customs and habits of... View Details
    Keywords: Manuscripts; Religion; History; India
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    • 2013
    • Teaching Note

    Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao
    Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details
    Keywords: China; Hospitals; China
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    • 2013
    • Case

    Xinhua Hospital: Implementation of EMR Project

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia, Weiqi Liu and Shanshan Cao
    Established in 1958, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (hereafter referred to as "Xinhua Hospital") is an integrated modern teaching and research hospital with a comprehensive set of disciplines and a specialization in... View Details
    Keywords: China; Hospitals; China
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    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Pushing decision authority downward and increasing employee autonomy have become watchwords for the modern organization. Leaders of contemporary organizations view efforts to replace “command and control” systems with less-hierarchical approaches to organizing as... View Details
    Keywords: Formalization; Teams; Decentralization; Hierarchy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Self-managing Organizations; Future Of Work; Flat Organization
    • 01 Mar 2019
    • News

    The Burden Legacy

    the first structure on the HBS campus to break away from the Georgian Revival style. The professional life of William A.M. Burden, son of William Sr. and father of William III, spanned aviation, government, modern art, and business. After... View Details
    Keywords: Linda Kush
    • Web

    Events - Business History

    meets on Zoom. Nov 13 13 Nov 2023 Business History Seminar: Business, Society, and the Environment Pierre-Yves Donzé (Osaka University and Harvard Business School), “Capitalism and Global Health: A Modern History (1850-2020)" Organized by... View Details
    • 04 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

    ability to collect and analyze more data more quickly, decision-making and problem-solving have become increasingly complex. Many people look to technology to solve modern problems, but the more technology advances, the more human... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
    • 12 Apr 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

    The modern world is fueled by matchmaking. Going out on the town? Uber pairs you with a driver you can choose based on ratings, proximity, and even car model. Craving a vacation? Simply filter getaways based on locale and price through... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
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    Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    1933, Mayo published The Human Problems of an Industrial Civilization . Modern society, he wrote, had destroyed “the belief of the individual in his social function and solidarity with the group.” 11 It would be up to an administrative... View Details
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    Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (also listed under Organizational Behavior) David G. Fubini Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation Jorge Tamayo Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Jorge Tamayo Spring 2024 Q3 1.5... View Details
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    Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    Q1 1.5 Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under General Management) Debora L. Spar Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Capitalism: Past, Present, Future Sophus A. Reinert Fall 2024 Q2 1.5 Creating the Modern Financial System David Moss Spring... View Details
    • 19 Apr 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    The History of Beauty

    society from at least the ancient Egyptians onwards has used beauty products and artifacts to enhance attractiveness. However, beauty ideals have always varied enormously over time and between societies. The book shows that as the modern... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics
    • 01 Jun 2023
    • News

    Elevator Pitch: Block by Block

    Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Curtis Wong (MBA 2019) Founder and CEO, Cloud Apartments Concept: Cloud Apartments is a product company within the rental apartment space. Its flagship line of modular apartments, Cloud S, is built in factories... View Details
    Keywords: entrepreneurship; construction; housing; design; Construction of Buildings; Construction