Presidential Innovation Fellows - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile

importance of an informed and rigorous historical understanding for practitioners. He visited my office later to say that he felt Chilean policymakers and business leaders lacked such an understanding, and he would like to do something about it. Coincidently, our... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2017
News

Life in Lockdown

students, five days, five different business ideas. This innovative alternative to Spring Break was born during a brainstorming session among HBS classmates four years ago. It started with Emma Toshack (MBA 2014) wondering what the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photography by Chris Churchill

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

research is widely confirmed throughout the essays of the Handbook. Chandler was primarily concerned with understanding the growth of large, diversified, and professionally managed firms from the late 19th century. The growth of big business, and its role in generating... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

perspective endure. This article relates to a presentation delivered by Morris Cohen for Paul's Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Distinguished Fellows Award, given at Columbia University, June 18, 2012. We wrote this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

the flowers are cultivated on easily accessible platforms. Porter's ideas, while inspiring to some, remain controversial. "Many people would argue that although pollution prevention is good business in some cases, it is not good business in all cases," says Robert W.... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

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