Natural Environment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

Straughn-Turner learned a great deal, and was eager to continue his education. Applying to business school felt like the natural next step for this lifelong learner, and an ideal way to pivot into another industry he was drawn to – real... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)

created a more effective group dynamic that enabled us to get more out of ourselves and each session. Also, TOM was interesting.” What advice would you give doctors considering attending HBS? “The learning environment at HBS rewards... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

economy and the history of ideas. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53906 2017 Advances in Strategic Management Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment By: Alcácer, Juan,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

Named Treasury Secretary in 2006, Paulson led the country through one of its most challenging periods of financial turbulence. A lifelong environmentalist, he and his wife, Wendy, work to protect natural resources around the world. Whom... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

24 May 2023
Blog Post

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

discussions about what it takes to discover, develop, scale, and achieve meaningful progress on climate solutions. In his welcome address, Dean Srikant Datar harkened back to the 2010 founding of the School's Business and Environment... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

of Varanasi, India; and the ruins of Sukhothai, Thailand. The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation by Charlene Li (MBA 1993) (Wharton Digital Press) Technology has revolutionized the nature of relationships between... View Details

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

let alone put on offer: the kind of support that will enable them to live the lives they choose. People's desires, needs and wants have radically changed, but corporations have remained distant and indifferent to the true nature of this... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."

being the operations guy who knows leadership. I’m a mechanical engineer so I have this background everyone doesn’t have. I would focus on the areas where my background naturally created strengths.” Enhancing an existing skillset Now in... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Jun 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation

efficiency and boosting profit. Managers need to consider how to create an environment that attracts people capable of doing the sort of work that leads to scientific breakthroughs and that fosters their work in a productive way. They may... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Auto; Pharmaceutical

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

Without water, companies cannot operate. Water is not only a key indicator of climate change, but also a major factor behind supply chain disruptions. Poor water access can exacerbate health and political crises through flooding, scarcity, and fires. Given the macro... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

Kyarisiima did a summer internship in a research lab where, she discovered, this sometimes solitary environment didn’t fit her personality. “I wanted more interaction with people, which is often lacking in purely science fields,” she... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

24 Nov 2020
Working Paper Summaries

Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry

Keywords: by George Serafeim and Katie Trinh; Financial Services

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

warned. "Business cannot sit this one out" and ignore reality, he said. Yet the nature of any given industry today presents business with unique challenges. One session of the conference focused specifically on supply chains,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives

the industry you compete in, the market segments where you do (and do not) choose to play, and the nature of the customers that you sell and service. These factors help to determine required sales tasks—that is, what your go-to-market... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

03 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 3

Research Authors:Ruth Wageman, Heidi K. Gardner, and Mark Mortensen Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior 33, no. 3 (April 2012) Abstract The nature of collaboration has been changing at an accelerating pace, particularly in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

colleagues and I have concluded that nostalgia is best described as a self-regulatory existential resource that people naturally and frequently use to navigate stress and uncertainty and find the motivation needed to move forward with... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

investments, and environment of the global food supply chain, with an immersive look at the role of plant-based foods. Professor Max Bazerman, accompanied by Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, entrepreneur and director of the venture firm... View Details

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

less regulation of business, so they are eager to accept that advocacy groups have little control over public policy. But since the Second World War, Trumbull notes, a pro-business policy approach has given way to a stronger postwar regulatory View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

unstable environments due to the failure of governments to maintain civil and political order. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by weak institutions and high levels of political... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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