by Michael Luca - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2000
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Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

The same neurochemicals that made our prehistoric ancestors flee the saber-toothed tiger now percolate in our brains when we bristle at a spouse's criticism or negative comments in a board meeting, according to research by HBS professor... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

25 Aug 2022
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Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age

Professor Karim R. Lakhani and Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA 1992) Karim R. Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration, started his career at General Electric in the 1990s. At that time, he recalls, a young MBA... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Sep 2019
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Ask the Expert: Bounce Back

Illustration by Michael Sloan/The i Spot Illustration by Michael Sloan/The i Spot The rate at which people have been signing on to social media... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

Economic Development under Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. “I had learned from [HBS professor] Michael Porter about the synergy that comes from establishing industry clusters, and that became our focus. We became metrics driven and also... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2007
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HBS Faculty Member Honored

The first-place McKinsey Award for the best article to appear in Harvard Business Review during the previous year has gone to University Professor Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, a senior fellow at the Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2018
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Dance Dance Revelation

part of ABT’s new Leadership Lab, launched by executive director Kara Medoff Barnett (MBA 2007) with former ABT dancer and current Harvard Kennedy School student, John Michael Schert. “Experiencing and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

01 Dec 1996
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Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

With Dean Clark and former Dean McArthur present, along with some fifty current and former faculty members, two back-to-back sessions at the McArthur symposium under-scored differing views within the HBS community on some fundamental business issues. A paper written... View Details

01 Sep 2012
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Markets’ Moral Limits

Economics has lately “wandered” from its traditional study of phenomena such as business cycles and is now about commoditization, incentives, and “principles by which people make decisions,” declared Harvard government professor and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 2021
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Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges

she will help launch a new Business in Global Society (BiGS) Institute. BiGS will serve as a hub and provide support for research in this arena, and ensure that the faculty’s work can have maximum impact and reach the widest possible audience. Here are five examples of... View Details

23 Apr 2018
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Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

which fired Condo’s imagination. He was also excited by the concepts in HBS professor Michael Porter’s watershed 1990 book The Competitive Advantage of Nations. “My decision to study at Harvard was inspired... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Aug 2022
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A New Platform for Alumni Engagement

whole experience was an experiment, says Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration. In designing the Business of AI SIP, Lakhani had as his thought partner HBS executive fellow Vladimir Jacimovic (MBA... View Details

Keywords: April White

06 Dec 2012
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New Thinking on Healthcare Reform

HBS heavy-hitters Clay Christensen and Michael Porter closed out a recent conference organized by HBS and Harvard Medical School. Held on the HBS campus November 14 and 15, "Healing Ourselves: Addressing... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2012
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Cracks in the Foundation

authors, HBS professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, found reason for hope, arguing that continued erosion of US competitiveness is not inevitable. While there's much that government can and should do, they strongly believe that the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 Jun 2011
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George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

Singapore government, for its part, thought that was a good move too, but felt that Yeo could best serve his country by earning a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School, not an MBA from HBS. “Oh, there... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

19 Nov 2018
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Acts of Kindness

Michael Robertson (AMP 82, 1979) is the interim minister at Plymouth Congregational Church in Racine, Wisconsin. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on service to his community and the importance of advocating for kindness in our... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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Executive Pay: Onward & Upward

departing executives soon become common practice. 1990 To better align executive pay with shareholder returns, academics — led by HBS professor Michael Jensen — and activists urge greater use of stock... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2012
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In Brief

honors. More Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards HBS professors Michael Porter and Rosabeth Moss Kanter have won the 2011 McKinsey Awards for best articles published in the Harvard Business Review last year. Established in 1959, the award... View Details

Keywords: meta; contests; awards

10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges

research and strategy nonprofit founded by HBS professor Michael E. Porter, that strengthens inner-city economies. “It was my first introduction into the idea that business can propel social impact,” Kapila... View Details