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25 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

not the fault of situation or circumstance. CEOs have obligations to many stakeholders. In this situation, though, those obligations are not determinative. Business leaders can construct arguments as to why supporting, opposing, or... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda

21 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 21, 2010

welfare. We attempt to insert the desires of "regular" Americans into these debates by asking a nationally representative online panel to estimate the current distribution of wealth in the United States and to "build a better America" by View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

repository of lost opportunities" that serve neither end users nor channel partners very well. Why is this? A: That is because most channels are constructed from the supplier out, rather than from the customer in. In other words, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

September 2007 (Revised September 2008)
Case

Buildings and Energy

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Nazli Uludere

Presents data on opportunities to conserve energy in buildings, which account for about a third of all energy use. Encourages readers to think about the impediments to energy efficiency in the buildings sector and the ways in which entrepreneurs can profitably surmount... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Energy Conservation; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Performance Efficiency; Environmental Sustainability; Construction Industry

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20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

consortium inhibited competition. The FCC finally approved the new cable in July 1999, and also announced that it would launch a broad inquiry into the undersea-cable business. Global Crossing's carefully constructed lobbying campaign... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

November 1988
Case

Honeywell Residential Division: New Product Development

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Describes three different product development efforts at the Residential Controls division of Honeywell, Inc. Each of the three projects was for a different market and competitive environment. Each was tackled in a somewhat different way within the Honeywell... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Construction; Outcome or Result; Situation or Environment; Business Divisions; Product Design; Change Management; Construction Industry

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09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://hbr.org/2010/03/column-think-outside-the-building/ar/1 Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category—Modern Indian Art Authors:Mukti... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Construction; Construction; Construction; Construction; Construction

24 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 24

achieved higher profits when employees were passive (proactive). Study 2 constructively replicates these findings in the laboratory: passive (proactive) groups achieved higher performance when leaders acted high (low) in extraversion. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 18

television advertising influences online shopping. We construct a massive dataset spanning $3.4 billion in spending by 20 brands, including measures of brands' website traffic and transactions as well as ad content measures for 1,224... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

distribution. Big Idea Group, by contrast, uses a low-overhead approach that welcomes any and all inventors. These "Big Idea Hunts," held at regular intervals around the country, allow inventors to present their ideas to a panel of industry experts. Collins's... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gray

12 Mar 2007
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The New Real Estate

are insisting that new construction in their cities be "green" and LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified. While the LEED system of classifying green construction is far... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Construction

03 Apr 2017
What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

of return to the economy that the government has ever realized" What if the proposed investment in infrastructure were split into two major programs, one for physical repair and construction and one for human development? Let’s... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

Construction of Wine Culture Since the 1960s, the United States has seen spectacular growth in wine consumption. Al Hisano explores how businesses reinveted the image of wine. This creation of the new market, like other consumer products,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

providing development grants for schools and hospitals and in catalyzing for-profit investments to jump-start growth as it attempts to be more constructively proactive in the region. This enhanced role for incumbent organizations and... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

most recently reported. Using the complete history of regular quarterly and annual filings by U.S. corporations from 1995 to 2014, we show that when firms make an active change in their reporting practices, this conveys an important signal about the firm. Changes to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Harbour Group invested in Babcock & Wilcox, an energy and construction company. Blue Harbour developed an investment thesis around Babcock & Wilcox spinning off its non-nuclear, coal-based energy segments and focused on being a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2000 (Revised August 2002)
Case

The Holland House

By: William J. Poorvu and Michael A. Everett-Lane

In November 1993, Edward Geffner, executive director of Project Renewal, Inc. (PRI), is proposing that his not-for-profit firm develop Holland House at 351 West 42nd Street in New York City into a single- room occupancy hotel for homeless people. He has put together a... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Construction; Poverty; Property; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)

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07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

a personal point of view, it was remarkable to see tens of millions of people from all walks of life, rich and poor, gather together in what was literally a pop-up city and go about their daily and religious lives, inhabiting tents of one kind or another, traveling on... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Construction

February 2015
Case

Continental Hope Group

By: Christopher Marquis and Qi Li

This case provides an opportunity to examine and discuss how a traditional Chinese private business was launched and developed into a globalizing, multi-industry corporation. It also highlights how second generation entrepreneurs successfully developed an innovative... View Details