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- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Plunging Into the Net
almost four decades ago, this change is clearly more evolutionary than revolutionary. During the last five years, the Internet - and more specifically, its most user-friendly thoroughfare, the World Wide Web - has emerged as a preferred... View Details
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
propose a market rule that avoids excessive fragmentation while almost achieving social efficiency, and we argue that implementation of this rule is feasible despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for the price trajectory of IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
Henry Ellis added that wWhile Google is massive and profitable, "they have one product that makes all the money the primary key to their success is patience, determination, and luck, with luck being the spark." Questions about the degree to which the Google... View Details
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Mixing Risk And Reward The basic model that the biotechnology industry has followed for over twenty years is also changing, and for the better, according to panelists at a session titled "Will Equal Biotechnology-Pharma Partnerships... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)
understand. One of the central challenges we face now is that people hold their childhoods dear. Parents who grew up with Sesame Street don’t want it to change, but the world they grew up in is different from the one their kids are... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
Donald K. Clifford Jr. wrote the book on how high-performance, midsize companies beat their competition, but growth in the world of nature has always been closest to his heart. “The natural world was always... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
Not long ago, only 30 companies around the world reported data about their social and sustainability (that is, nonfinancial) endeavors. Today, more than 7,000 organizations do so. While that transparency is undoubtedly a good thing, the... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
and a 501(c)(3) called Cure Rare Disease. With the foundation, Horgan is trying to build something radical: A model for personalizing drug development, with the hopes of saving not only his brother but countless others. READ MORE Morrell:... View Details
- 24 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
In Troubled Africa, Botswana Flowers
or countries that might want to invest in Botswana? Is it a land of opportunity? Much of the continent still faces massive problems of disease, conflict, and resource depletion—but the world is turning its attention back to Africa.—Debora... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
July–August 2017 Harvard Business Review Finding the Platform in Your Product: Four Strategies That Can Reveal Hidden Value By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Elizabeth J. Altman Abstract—Five of the 10 most valuable companies in the world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
model that has found success elsewhere in the world to the MENA market. Circumventing obstacles presents opportunities for MENA entrepreneurs. Despite being one of the most connected regions in the world,... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity
previous CEO role. “But it is important. Business needs gender diversity.” Eberle Walker first recognized the gender imbalance in the business world as an investment banking associate. She was often the only woman in a meeting—a fact that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
course, we need to have a holistic view of ESG.” But in my view this reality has not yet been sufficiently reflected in our finance courses at HBS. So we’re trying to bring this important phenomenon from the real world to the classroom,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
Founding Cochair, Partners HealthCare 1995 Retires from HBS 1995 Named Senior Advisor to the President of The World Bank 1997 John and Natty McArthur University Professorship established at Harvard 1999 McArthur Hall dedicated at HBS 2002... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
interest in enforcing consistency in order to build their brands. On the other, their business models are predicated on the ability to empower professionals to deliver services independently. The key word to understanding this brave new... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
guiding the conduct of the business enterprise. . . . The world cries out for repair. While some people in the world are well off, many more live in misery. Ironically, the magnitude of the problem defies... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 17 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?
risks, government policy risks, and uncertainty about payments. In answer to conference organizers’ question about what he learned, McKinsey Senior Partner Daniel Stephens wrote: “I did not have an appreciation for just how fast developing View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
The weather in New York City was dreary drizzle on a fall day last October 25, but on the third floor of 42nd Street's Grand Hyatt Hotel, there was pure sparkle in the air. More than one hundred HBS alumnae from all over the country and the View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
Verlag, 2010 Abstract From small start-ups to global corporations, family-owned businesses were the main pillar of West Germany's economic growth after World War II. They continue to shape the corporate landscape to this day. This book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne