Energy Generation - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2014
What Do You Think?

Are Today’s Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?

"Stereotyping leadership might be the greater danger here. Evolution neither begins nor ends with current crops of leaders. In all practical situations, one needs a mixture of different leadership styles to induce human energy "... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2022
News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

who are examining a wide range of climate- and sustainability-related topics. Contributing to this body of knowledge will be the work generated by the BiGS Climate Fellows, who will collaborate with the BEI next year. Additionally, BiGS... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

21 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research

Knowledge Indeed, when we focus our energy on our strengths, we feel more authentic—and that increases resilience and happiness, improves relationships, and reduces stress, according to research by Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

the US economy? A: The immediate direct impact on the real economy is measurable but modest. About 800,000 people are now taking unpaid days off, and they are generally people of middle- or upper-middle- class incomes, so they are... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Aug 1998
News

Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories

firm," Hilsinger relates. Last year an energy fund managed by Accel Group decided to invest in Mavel, and as part of Mavel's management team, Hilsinger is watching over that investment. "The Czech Republic was a new world to me, but I am... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

as by the innovative technology that makes them possible. Companies must learn to build and foster these relationship networks because they engender speedy and seamless interaction, encourage creativity and collaboration, and release the View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2006
News

Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976

guarantees that companies that come to Singapore will find a world-class infrastructure and a pro-business environment that features intellectual property rights protection and generous tax incentives. In Yeo's view, however, talent is... View Details

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

that organizations used to ask themselves only once every generation now must be addressed about every three or four years. Another reason that John and I have collaborated on developing this course is to help people recognize that this... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

company's business model. We analyze this process to explain how, under conditions of ambiguity, organizational goals can form through a collaborative social exchange that resembles the innovation process. Our research suggests that, under particular conditions, novel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Departments | Employment

virtually; ensure the School's information assets are organized and findable by the HBS community and external audiences; archive and preserve the School's intellectual capital and history, making it available to future generations of... View Details

21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

social media information and 5.73% when using social media information is used. In both cases, this significantly improves the accuracy of the company's internal forecasts (a MAPE of 11.97%). Combining these empirical results, we provide recommendations for forecasting... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Dec 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

fostering long-time learning. One of those things that I took away was what a tremendous challenge it was to try to generate an online discussion in advance of the face-to-face.— Brian DeLacey DL: That's one point, yes, but we do that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2024
News

Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection

The women of HBSWA have generously helped me in many ways, professionally and personally, over the last many years even when they met me only once. I want every HBS woman to know this network is here for you! What does the club mean to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Feb 2006
HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

considerable energy to reconstructing Winfrey's life and the path she had forged before founding Harpo (Oprah spelled backwards) Productions. The women saw the project as an entrepreneurial story, according to Koehn, the story of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

of this ratchet effect, we simulate the U.S. housing market with and without equity extractions, and estimate the losses absorbed by mortgage lenders by valuing the embedded put-option in non-recourse mortgages. Our simulations generate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

mission to develop great general managers by capitalizing on the case method. In recent years, the School has added myriad initiatives that appear to celebrate complexity rather than strategic simplicity. Please draw these initiatives... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1998
News

A Community Investment

energies to worthwhile causes beyond our jobs and our families. That is what's driving a lot of us to branch out into social and community activities beyond our business life. Jerry Ostrov: My impression is that there is a widely shared... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

others. I view my volunteer efforts as a way to perpetuate the University as a renewable resource that will benefit others for generations to come.” is partner and national director of China for Ernst & Young. Born and raised in Hong... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

01 Jun 2015
News

Screen Grab

on their smartphone within the last month. That trend is fostering a next generation of entrepreneurs developing new revenue models that aren’t built around the traditional program formats, a shift that writers and producers are taking... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

view. This stand-alone book tells the inspiring story of a new generation of mice who begin to reexamine what others have taken for granted and to ask the important questions. Rather than simply accepting their fate and dutifully chasing... View Details