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- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
statistics showcasing the combined cost of white collar crime. Accounting scandals: $40 billion per year. Insurance fraud: $80 billion. "Wardrobing" (purchasing a new outfit, wearing it for a night on the town, and then... View Details
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
According to a new Harvard Business School report from Michael E. Porter, the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and co-author Katherine Gehl, a former CEO and political activist, Washington’s proverbial “swamp” isn’t a set of... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
built international political and military coalitions, and negotiated a U.N. Security Council Resolution authorizing "all necessary means" to eject Iraq from Kuwait. Only after these steps were taken did the Bush administration View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 18 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Marketing After the Recession
involuntarily, since the recession began; but at least you're still in business. “Consumers are looking at your products and services through new lenses.” Now, you are waiting for the recovery, the chance to again have some fun and make... View Details
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
for beginning teachers So, is there any hope?” Roy Damary summed up his thoughts this way: “And we all thought that the service industry was the salvation of countries facing industrial decline!” Although the challenge was framed in terms... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
leaking out of the company" (Armstrong 1993). The committee focused on two options: (1) to begin aggressively litigating those who try to leave with new technologies and (2) to invest in people trying... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
energy sources. But lately it's turned into something of a marathon, with companies and financial institutions involved in the market slowed by regulatory and political climates that evolved in the face of new economic realities. That's... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
A whole new way of working, leading, and living is in store for every human being, thanks to the Internet, according to HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter. But how best can people and businesses make their mark? In her View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
real estate at Harvard Business School, and director emeritus of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. In addition, the American economy depends on consumers having access to credit. "The challenge is to avoid the temptation of overcorrecting," he says.... View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
businesses. But small business credit was hit hard during the recent recession and has been slow to recover. Beginning in early 2009, the federal government acted quickly to unfreeze credit markets with programs ranging from loan... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
perhaps reflecting the company’s reputation for not rewarding those who find flaws in the company’s technology. Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, probably has several concerns to deal with, and perhaps we can help him think through the options. First, organizational changes at... View Details
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Podcast: The Potential Partnership of India and China
recent history of animosity and cooperating in ways economic, social, and political—the beginnings of what could be a powerful partnership, says Harvard Business School professor Tarun Khanna. In his new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
possible if we really put our mind to addressing the problem of climate change. “Building an energy efficient, decarbonized economy is a massive shift” For example we're already beginning to see evidence of the existence of very... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
do no more than palliate public outrage. What we need is a much more comprehensive look at the recent scandals so that we can begin to figure out what the real issues are. As a start, let's consider one of corporate America's biggest... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
setting where the news will be delivered all help managers develop and internalize the way they will perform these tasks. These different forms of practicing enable them to develop and begin to customize... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
Experts have cited several factors that may make men more vulnerable to severe illness, including biological differences, higher smoking rates, and a greater reluctance to seek health care. This new study points to another reason men may... View Details
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
employee loyalty in organizations with large numbers of workers in direct contact with customers. The new movie Moneyball (and the book on which it is based) extol the virtues of employing nontraditional thinking and measurement in major... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
concentrate on the entire organizational system—in short, the shape of the barrel—we may not find remedies. We may have a flurry of new regulations here and there, but we won't have genuine solutions for these problems that are not only... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
kitchen; Howard Schultz's early office was the prep room for his first café; and Michael Dell began assembling PCs in his college dorm room. How did they go from these beginnings to creating global organizations that became industry... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace