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13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

20 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

do with giving them positive feedback on their work or giving them information that they need to do their work better. The third behavior is just plain recognizing people for good performance, particularly in public settings. The fourth is View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?

internal side, he said, and both of those are necessary for happiness. Platinum Standards And Sticking To Them As the third speaker, Scott W. Ventrella offered his own story to encourage members of the audience to look inside for answers. Ventrella, a Connecticut-based... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Built for Global Competition from the Start

expected to see many entrepreneurs on the first day of class but was surprised by the students' diversity. Although about 60 percent had an active business idea they were working on, a substantial portion came from private equity or View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Education

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits

of The Bridgespan Group, a not-for-profit strategic consulting firm dedicated to nonprofits. Bradach spoke to an audience at Harvard Business School on January 21, 2004 as part of the Social Enterprise Faculty Seminar Series. Today's... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it takes is collaboration between you and your team-working together and making small, doable changes. What started as an experiment with a six-person team at The Boston View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

Harvard Business School. Shirley Spence is a writer, educator and former partner at Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm. [Image: iPhoto] Other Stories in This Series How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

January 2025
Case

Shifting Winds: DEI in Corporate America

By: Clayton S. Rose, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and David Lane

In the 2020s, intense and conflicting social and political pressures challenged organizational leaders around the world. Prominent among these were powerful competing views on workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) in the United States. Public... View Details

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28 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

B2B Branding: Does it Work?

of the brand among hundreds of thousands of people who may be working for the enterprises to which Accenture consults (or is seeking to consult). And the motivational value of inviting top customers, prospects, and employees to golf... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

even small differences in members' status perceptions—differences that may not be apparent to the members themselves—can diminish coordination, generate task conflict, and weaken performance. Survey data from a longitudinal field study of 89 View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

including Bohmer, a physician; Bill George, former chairman and CEO of Medtronic; Raymond Gilmartin, former chairman, president, and CEO of Merck & Co.; Robert Huckman, a former health care consultant and now Faculty Research Fellow... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

who have already worked at consulting companies and I-banks arrive with the attitude of been there, done that, let's try something new." Creating Social Value For participants in the social venture track, the "something new" focuses on... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

former students bring these ideas into their careers in various industries ranging from tech to consulting to finance. We’ve also had students go on to work at BIT and other organizations focused on bringing behavioral economics directly... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair

struggled to get twenty-five people to the conference. At that conference the academics and consultants came together and created a professional society called the Family Firm Institute (FFI) to develop professionals in the field. Now,... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

individualized consultations where appropriate. THWARTING THE PUPPY MILLS In addition to being thick, Roth has written that successful marketplaces must be safe, meaning that all parties feel secure enough to make decisions based on their... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

Western Hospital (GWH) is a community hospital in Wiltshire, South West England, and one of England's largest maternity providers, responsible for delivering over 9,000 babies per year. The case discusses the efforts of Dr. Harini Narayan, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

Alternatives To Ponder When Grossman teaches the case he points to several management options that Levy has going forward: digital expansion, international consulting expansion, a redesign of Avery Fisher Hall, and cutting operating... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

Research Summary

Overview

I am a field researcher studying the relational nature of work. Organizations are inherently social institutions and provide myriad opportunities for relationship formation. My work begins with the simple insight that all relationships are not equal: interpersonal... View Details

Keywords: Prosocial Motivation; Feedback; Personal Development; Needs; Organizational Design; Performance Productivity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Networks; Groups and Teams; Family and Family Relationships; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry

March 2020
Article

Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details