State Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Mar 2013
First Look

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Minority Shareholder: Firm-level Implications of Equity Purchases by the State By: Inoue, Carlos F.K.V., Sergio G. Lazzarini, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract—In many countries, firms face institutional voids that raise the costs of doing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
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AT&T Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century

By: Daniel P. Gross and William R. Kerr

By the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that... View Details

Keywords: AT＆T; Bell Telephone; Phone Lines; Phone Operators; Mechanical Switching; Layoffs; Technological Change; Transition; History; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Disruption; Change Management; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States

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Tony He

look forward to engaging with issues in development and creating positive change. As emerging markets continue to grow, firms and governments are looking to understand how to operate more effectively in these environments and to create... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

03 Jul 2017
Blog Post

4 Ways HBS Alumni Utilize Baker Library

and new product and service development research. We have helped them value firms, find new customers, investigate suppliers, and check in on the competition. We help alumni stay current with state of the art practices and management... View Details

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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>

profitably. The fact that operations did not occur in a single place, but rather over widely dispersed areas made management both imperative and challenging. “An important question in the management of a large railroad system is how to get local responsibility on the... View Details

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

vicissitudes in history, as with mercantilism—the idea that a state would be better off by making its neighbor poorer—which dominated in Europe for centuries and led to many wars. And then globalization increased in the early 1900s until... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

companies from 2000-2010. Tinsley also has collaborated with the White House and U.S. State Department to execute a woman-to-woman mentorship summit and has partnered with the U.S. State Department and the... View Details

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5.1 Information Technology | MBA

adherence to applicable law, this policy, and other HBS and Harvard University policies. Various forms of computer misconduct are prohibited by federal and state law and are therefore subject to criminal and civil penalties. Such... View Details

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

while full integration into stock valuation and engagement are considered more beneficial, but they are all practiced with equal frequency. Current practices of different ESG styles, especially screening, are driven by product and ethical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

For his part, Baker believes multinationals are engaged in increasingly risky behavior. He notes that two major European multinationals with SEC requirements in the United States were recently fined for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2003
News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

Yael Taqqu “I want to be a storyteller. At the end of each day, I want to be able to sit down and find the story, no matter how obscured it may be.” Born: Israel, but grew up in New York, California, and Boston Winner: various Massachusetts View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2012
News

Making a Difference

Start-Up Tribe and appeared on the cover of the June 2011 Bulletin: Andrew Rosenthal, Jess Bloomgarden, and Dan Rumennik. The fourth winner, Tiffany Niver, in her role as copresident of the HBS Women’s Student Association, worked to View Details

Keywords: awards; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2010
News

The Art and Science of Teaching

his focus now is on specific and proven classroom methods that successful teachers use to engage and educate a room full of restless kids. His new book, Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques That Put Students on the Path to College, is a... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2006
News

Silver Lining

Dabhol power-plant project in India. As Enron began to emphasize energy trading over hard assets such as power projects and pipelines, the two independently decided to leave the company in 2000. They later reconnected in New York, and then became View Details

Keywords: Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Utilities

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

Boris Groysberg and communications professional Michael Slind discuss the power of talk as a way to recapture high levels of employee engagement and strategic alignment. This excerpt identifies four elements critical to creating... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

20 Nov 2014
News

Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe

of three offerings developed for HBX, a unique digital education initiative that enables HBS to extend its signature, case-based learning method to new audiences. The full suite of HBX programs includes specialized courses and HBX Live, a digital learning environment... View Details

24 May 2022
Blog Post

Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan

director of state operations, he was charged with keeping priority projects on track and handling any related crises. A year and a half into his job, the pandemic hit, and he became the point person for the state’s COVID response efforts.... View Details

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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA

inquiry, and a commitment to truth, excellence, and lifelong learning. In our classrooms, in particular, students must feel able to engage in open and respectful discussion of complex, sensitive, and consequential questions. Our case... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Ink

present tangible ways in which it can do so (and why).” What I’m Reading “A brilliant materials scientist takes us through the remarkable histories and properties of the world around us, from self-healing concrete to the molecular architecture of fine chocolate. An... View Details

21 Jul 2006
Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

mention those who engage in other competitive endeavors) are fixated on exploiting rules to their advantage, instead of thinking about how best to build a sound business while complying with the principles that underlie the legal rules.... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter

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