Flight To Safety - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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

28 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor

grateful; clients are active and demanding, said Chu. Though it is not the answer for everyone (not all enterprises merit a loan, he said) and it is only one way in which a market has opened to serve the poor, its benefits are important... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

27 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

and these companies are meeting market demand, it's a good thing," he said. "The more space flights we do, the more we'll bring costs down." Some of the audience questions were less related to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Aerospace

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

Drbouz In June 2016, I gave a TED Talk called We Need Nuclear Power to Solve Climate Change. The talk discussed the world’s realistic options for reducing fossil CO2 emissions soon enough to contain climate change’s more severe effects. To my surprise, that talk has... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

audience’s attention and empathy, but that failed to offer a compelling reason to believe in and purchase the product. A notable exception was an ad for E-Trade that deftly used many Americans’ post-Great... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

[He has] created a monument more lasting than bronze And loftier than the pyramids' royal pile, One that no wasting rain, nor furious north wind Can destroy, nor the immeasurable succession of years and flight of time. (Book III. Ode 30)... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

Shih: It has a lot of potential for misuse and could cause safety problems. It’s going to mine a load of data. The question is: do people really want to share that much... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

Uncertain Times (Harvard Business Review) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge John D. Macomber: Safety will become a competitive advantage Companies who serve patrons in person—whether it’s restaurants or airlines or ballparks... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

Informing consumers and restricting bad apples: that’s the dual role that occupational licensing is supposed to play. If a plumber, painting contractor, or HVAC repairer has a license it should matter to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

flying, even adding flights for stranded passengers from other airlines. During the two-day blackout, Continental generated an extra $4 million, while all of the other airlines lost money. Other Important Points Optimists versus... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

and growth. That triumph can be attributed to the Valley's distinctive geography, history, and culture. Why The Triumph Viewing the valley from the flight approach to San... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

10 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

enormous impact on the very big problems we're facing in the world today: natural resource scarcity, social inequality, and poverty, as well as on governance issues like product safety and corruption. More and more CEOs are leading their... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, the class had a sizable number of military officers familiar with strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

impossible feat, claimed by a growing number of companies, is achieved by calculating the greenhouse-gas emissions of the organization's operations, investing in energy efficiency and other methods to reduce those emissions, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, HBS Working Knowledge gathered insights from Harvard Business School faculty about what’s at stake for companies, and how the election might impact workplaces. They offer an assessment as the race heats up heading towards... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

regulations, domestic content requirements, anti-dumping rules, and, if necessary, even selective tariffs to protect industries and workers. In other words, something far short of what we generally define as free trade or the invisible... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Mar 2020
What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

safety in popular media increased nearly three-fold in a five-year period beginning in 2013. The presence of psychological safety, according to a number of research projects, favorably affects things such as... View Details