by Michael W. Toffel - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

discusses how the United States can reformulate some of these ideas from China to foster much-needed change at home. Understanding Michael Porter: The Essential Guide to Competition and Strategy by Joan... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 1997
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Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

it's Professor Michael E. Porter's seminal work on the competitive advantage of nations or Professor Cynthia A. Montgomery's recent book on corporate strategy, HBS C&S faculty are a leading voice in the strategic management arena. Most of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

20 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 20

Scrutiny, Norms, and Selective Disclosure: A Global Study of Greenwashing By: Marquis, Christopher, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Under increased pressure to report... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
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Alumni Books

The Differentiated Workforce: Transforming Talent into Strategic Impact by Brian E. Becker, Mark A. Huselid, and Richard W. Beatty (MBA ’81) (Harvard Business Press) Many companies spend too much time and... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Books

The Innovator’s Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work by Scott D. Anthony (MBA ’01), Mark W. Johnson (MBA ’96), Joseph V. Sinfield, and Elizabeth J. Altman (HBS Press) Building on HBS... View Details

Keywords: Management

15 Nov 2020
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Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Professor Mike Toffel lays out the scenario: JUUL is the e-cigarette market leader—its revenue grew from $200 million to $1 billion between 2017 and 2018. But... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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The Next Big Thing

research and commercialization of biotechnology and biomedicine, the life sciences’ core activities? And what steps must be taken to maintain preeminence? In a keynote presentation at a September “Massachusetts Life Sciences Summit,” HBS professor View Details

Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services

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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

Robert C. "The Changing Nature of Debt and Equity," discussion. In Are the Distinctions Between Debt and Equity Disappearing? Conference Series #33, edited by R. W. Kopeke and E. S. Rosengren. Federal... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.

Customer: New Rules for Winning in a Time-Starved, Always-Connected Economy by Adrian C. Ott (MBA ’87) (Harper Business) 101 Things I Learned in Business School by Michael... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Sep 2013
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Beantown as a Beacon

Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair... View Details

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

01 Dec 2017
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The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

Image by John Ritter Is there a business case to be made for companies to act in environmentally friendly ways? Rebecca Henderson: If one can imagine that all business in the entire world was run by one... View Details

01 Mar 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015

one-story former garage on Grand Street in Soho that would be the main home of Deitch Projects for fifteen years. A Photographic Odyssey: Around the World with Alexander W. Dreyfoos by Alexander View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

Black-owned businesses in the Boston area. The course is cotaught by Senior Lecturers Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Henry W. McGee, and uses case discussions, presentations from subject experts,... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter. In assessing an immediate path forward, both liberal and conservative business leaders urged compromise to secure a sustainable federal budget, corporate tax reform, and the easing of... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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Alumni Book Briefs

Brightest Young Business Leaders by John Coleman (MPA/MBA ’10), Daniel Gulati (MBA ’11), and W. Oliver Segovia (MBA ’10) (Harvard Business Review Press) Recent Harvard MBAs share personal stories about... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

categorization effect persisted regardless of whether the rewards were presented using a gain or loss frame. Using both moderation and mediation analyses, we found that categorizing rewards had these positive effects on motivation by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

Rebuilding the country, however, will be a long and challenging process. Flanked by U.S. Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez (at left) and Coalition Provisional Authority head Paul Bremer, Commander-in-Chief and U.S. President George View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2016
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How DC is Taxing the Country

(photo by Brooks Kraft/Getty) Sunny jobs reports and shrinking unemployment numbers might give the impression that the US economic recovery is complete. Scratch beneath that surface, though, and a much bleaker trend emerges, says a new... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

taking participants through case studies of Southwest Airlines, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, and Neutrogena Soap, Professor Michael E. Porter discussed his latest research on strategy. Rather than choosing to "run the same race faster" View Details