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  • 2012
  • Working Paper

FollowMe.IntDev.Com: International Development in the Blogosphere

By: Ryann Manning
This article explores online blogs as a new forum for discussing ideas and practices in international development. Based on a qualitative study of conversations that take place across multiple blogs, I conclude that the blogosphere combines features of a public sphere,... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Interpersonal Communication; Knowledge Acquisition; Experience and Expertise; Globalization; Blogs
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  • 08 Jul 2011
  • News

Spotlight on Sustainable Investing

Keywords: pensions; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 01 Mar 2010
  • News

How to Spur Prosperity

Many observers say that job creation is the key to economic recovery in the United States. Can government investments in entrepreneurial ventures succeed in creating jobs? A number of variables need to come... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • March 2018
  • Article

Polluted Morality: Air Pollution Predicts Criminal Activity and Unethical Behavior

By: Jackson G. Lu, Julia J. Lee, F. Gino and Adam D. Galinsky
Air pollution is a serious problem that influences billions of people globally. Although the health and environmental costs of air pollution are well known, the present research investigates its ethical costs. We propose that air pollution can increase criminal and... View Details
Keywords: Pollutants; Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Crime and Corruption
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  • 14 Jan 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors

companies themselves could be asked to report information, creating a virtual, transparent mechanism for stakeholder engagement. Such projects would be difficult but worthwhile. According to the scholars, the array of research... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing; Chemical
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform

PAULSON: “We were staving off economic Armageddon.” Hank Paulson (MBA ’70) is on a mission. As Treasury Secretary, the former Goldman Sachs CEO found himself in the distasteful position of championing... View Details
Keywords: federal bailouts; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Japan's economic recovery. "It is clear that something is wrong in Japan from an economic point of view," Porter stated, as a means of... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • March 2019
  • Article

Is There a Future for the Gas Network in a Low Carbon Energy System?

By: Conor Hickey, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
This paper evaluates the potential low carbon opportunities for and challenges to the utilisation and financial performance of Ireland's gas distribution network within a series of low carbon scenarios. There has been a limited amount of academic literature published... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Demand and Consumers; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland
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  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details
Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities
  • 11 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

used to be a rather blunt tool. That we live in a world of politically independent yet economically interdependent states was already a platitude by the time of Adam Smith. As... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
  • 11 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
  • November 1990 (Revised June 2004)
  • Case

McDonald's and the Environment

McDonald's decides to withdraw its polystyrene plastic packaging for sandwiches and hamburgers after years of defending itself against environmental critics. The decision occurs in the midst of a six-month Joint Task Force study, with the nonprofit Environmental... View Details
Keywords: Announcements; Change Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

unwittingly created the mother of all moral hazards—implicit rescue guarantees as far as the eye can see? No doubt about it, says HBS professor and economic historian David Moss. "The extension View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • Career Coach

Wendi Zhang

development policies and analysis in the public sector. Wendi attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received Bachelor of Science degrees in both... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Angel Investing; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Real Estate; Social Enterprise; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship; Technology
  • 17 May 2016
  • First Look

May 17, 2016

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/consumers-corporations-and-public-health-9780190235123?facet_narrowbytype_facet=Books%20for%20Courses&lang=3n&cc=us# 2016 Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Antonio Serra and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Person Page

AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

  • Research Summary

The Value of Family Ownership, Control, and Management

In collaboration with Professor Raphael Amit of Wharton, Belén Villalonga is investigating how family ownership, control, and management affect firm value. Their forthcoming Journal of Financial... View Details

  • September 2019 (Revised August 2020)
  • Case

Engineering an Inclusive Bioeconomy

By: Tarun Khanna, Raffaella Sadun and Susie L. Ma
In 2019, entrepreneur Juan Carlos Castilla-Rubio was developing a project he hoped could generate and share wealth from the natural resources of the Amazon without destroying those resources. His idea, called Earth Bank of Codes (EBC), would create a library of the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Strategic Planning; Information Technology; Ownership; Social Psychology; Trust; Society; Biotechnology Industry; South America; Amazon Basin
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  • March 2003
  • Background Note

A Short Note on the AccuFlow Excel Model

By: Jay O. Light
Describes an Excel spreadsheet workbook that facilitates the analysis of AccuFlow, Inc. View Details
Keywords: History; Analytics and Data Science; Cost of Capital; Negotiation; Capital; Business Model; Economic Systems; Machinery and Machining; Leveraged Buyouts; Business Startups; Equity
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  • 03 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

Is the economic downturn affecting the willingness and readiness of companies to look at the economic, social, and environmental impact of their business practices? Or is this... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace