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- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
ethnicity, ability, and other facets of identity. The organization Intersectional Environmentalism builds from this theory to argue that intersectional environmentalism means that “social [and] environmental justice are intertwined and... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
ground and long-term viewership. As realJoannLyles put it, “YouTube t-h-i-n-k-s it has a suppression problem. Instead, YouTube has a moral problem ” David Wittenberg added, “There's no ‘right answer’ here. No matter what YouTube does or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
his work. A paper he’d written, using game theory to explore the liberalization of telecoms, was the ticket to his first job at Metropolitan Fiber Systems; an early project involved analyzing the best stock exchange for the company to go... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
broader based growth strategy. Overall, the discussion suggests that there are sufficient grounds to be skeptical that exports are the right foundation to build a growth agenda on. Exports play a role in growth but it is doubtful whether... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
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John H. McArthur | About
faculty planning during McArthur’s tenure. McArthur also committed unprecedented sums to research and course development. Under his leadership, the School carved out a reputation as a pioneer in both the pursuit of cutting-edge theories... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
helps students become fluent in disruption theory and gain confidence in articulating complex viewpoints, apply strategic frameworks to assess new opportunities and potential threats, and acquire techniques for executive-level strategy... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
progress in the public sphere of work, making it difficult to expose and undermine the social and cultural bases of inequality. Workers were warm and welcoming, generous with their time, conscientious in their responses to our questions, and fun! We were interested in... View Details
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
buildings. Regardless of the season, the grounds are pristine. Landscaping crews are constantly at work trimming trees, mowing grass, patching holes in the pavement, and shoveling snow. In winter, before the first snowfall, the corners of... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
Jensen chairs, Organizations and Markets. Each of the unit's five faculty members brings specific expertise to its mission - "to develop a modern theory of organizations and markets that is useful to both social scientists and managers."... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
seem like an odd fit. But the fact is that the business world has been paying increasing attention to how the brain works. The field of neuroeconomics has gained ground in the past 10 years, with work exploring the brain processes that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
he is at odds with the theories of economist Mancur Olson, whose 1965 book, The Logic of Collective Action: Public Goods and the Theory of Groups, sparked a generation of political scientists and regulation... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
Texas to Lithuania's West Virginia) and in economic might (second only to Russia in the region) has tried to tread—apparently with ambivalence—a middle ground between Russia and the West. As Abdelal points out, the choices of these... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field
Convergence is an authoritative examination of the rapidly evolving digital environment. As they break new ground in their research, C&S faculty are promptly disseminating their research findings into publications, colloquia, and MBA and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
Co.: Breaking New Grounds Harvard Business School Case 807-004 Examines the strategies of a Boston-based start-up to market Rwandan coffee. Describes the history of the coffee industry, the era of cartelization and the International... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 24
pioneering work of Howard Raiffa and often expressed in the pages of the Negotiation Journal, the emergent prescriptive field of "negotiation analysis" progressively developed from Raiffa's early contributions to game theory and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
inventors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-042.pdf Electronic Hierarchies and Electronic Heterarchies: Relationship-Specific Assets and the Governance of Interfirm IT Authors:Andrew McAfee, Marco Bettiol, and Maria Chiarvesio Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
in State-Controlled Firms By: Pargendler, Mariana, Aldo Musacchio, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
neighborhoods with better initial appearances experience, on average, larger positive improvements—an observation that is consistent with “tipping” theories of urban change. Third, neighborhood improvement correlates positively with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel