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- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
challenge lies in attempting to heal a nation that is bitterly divided. We asked members of Harvard Business School's faculty two questions: First, how do you expect Biden’s presidency to impact businesses? And second, what leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Sep 2021
- News
Confronting Sustainability in Business; Pro-Bono Consulting for Black-Owned Companies
Series kicked off September 15 with HBS Professor George Serafeim, who talked about his Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at HBS. Impact-weighted accounts offer a tool for measuring a company’s external impacts on society and the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
boil under the wealth gap heat up or cool down? Will the climate change accord catalyze investment in alternative energy? What impact will international terrorism have on business? Please add your comments... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
few processes in clusters, such as operations management, customer management, innovation, and regulatory and social processes, that are expected to have the greatest impact on the strategy. The learning and growth perspective identifies... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
raise funds from outside investors. The relationship appears not to be causal but instead driven by selection effects across heterogeneous teams with varying degrees of inequality aversion. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51237 2016 The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
productivity requires a large middle class that can afford to consume what is being produced. Solve the economic inequality problem, and we will solve the slow growth problem as well as a lot of other societal problems.” Gamaliel Pascual contrasted the positive View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
global urban landscape. Rethinking Urban Areas Both environmentally and socially, the world's cities present one of the best opportunities for directly addressing global climate change. With half of the world's population residing in... View Details
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
came to try and understand more about what drove me. The more I talked about this role to the people I trusted, the more I saw how truly excited I was by the opportunity. It also was the perfect role to understand more about public sector work by completing a... View Details
- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
YaleGlobal piece mentions Growing Sustainable Business and the Investment Climate Facility for Africa as positive collaborations between business, government, and nongovernmental organizations. Are there other examples that provide hope... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
environmental damage and climate change over the last two centuries. The time has come for mainstream business history to incorporate the environmental impact of business in its agenda." Other research... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 20 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 20
individuals near a firm's headquarters—for the presence of a large, non-managerial individual shareholder in a firm. These shareholders have a large impact on firms, controlling for selection effects. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
model was needed that we could adapt continuously so the School would always be on the bleeding edge.” The Institute is not the first to recognize the dramatic impact of digitalization, data science, and design on the world, Lakhani says.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for example, climate... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Sydney, 1954 B.A., Economics, Music University of Sydney, 1957 LL.B. LESSONS FROM HBS “The School gave me the opportunity to learn about people and values... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
Targeted Firms By: Cohen, Lauren, Umit G. Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
situps a day to stay fit throughout this period." Raj, I also wonder if you think that this will impact the way we think about career longevity? RC: In the US Patent Office, we found that the older or more experienced workers, when given... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
individuals' cognitive limitations in explaining unethical behavior, we focus on the socio-psychological processes that function as triggers of moral neglect, moral justification and immoral action, and their impact on moral behavior. In... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
Executive Education developing over the next 20 years? What role does it play in the development of HBS? Bo Ekelund (TGMP 15, 2005), Bjärred, Sweden NN: The impact of our Executive Education programs, which today engage nearly 10,000... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
like investing in sustainability or anything that is an impact fund. So a corporation B, where it’s not just about return on investment, but it’s also about having an impact in our environment, in our... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Energy and Cleantech: Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office
I coach and company I meet with, from climate tech startups to renewable energy investment funds. You’ve worked with CPD for over 10 years. What trends have you noticed over that time? Specifically, what have you noticed about the types... View Details