Communication - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 20

lines in order to illuminate the ways that U.S. states take advantage of federal ambiguity and are able to shape corporate practices to their benefit. We specifically examine how patterns of bank acquisitions are shaped by the crucial relationship between the federal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

active firm leadership in these courses, and establishing multiple channels of communication for employees to raise concerns with an explicit "no retaliation" policy. In January 2007, 86% of the employees were proud to work for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

literature and a community of scholars, has a narrow and a broad definition. The narrower definition includes researchers such as myself who do primary archival research on the history of business, who belong to the societies, and who... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

River, the Chilean government, and international conservation groups results. The conflict threatens the completion of the project and the longstanding culture and community of the Penhuenche, the indigenous people of the Upper Biobio.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

20 Jul 2022
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Wired to be Inspired

thinking about your employees, you’re thinking about your communities and you’re thinking about the planet. It’s palpable. You can see how they talk about themselves. You can see how they envision their strategy. You can see how employees... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Feb 1997
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Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management

are many communities that must be satisfied." Venture Capital and Private Equity The pool of U.S. private-equity funds has grown on the order of 2,500 percent in the past decade-and-a-half. Venture Capital and Private Equity (VCPE), a... View Details

January 2025
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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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15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

government leaders grapple with changing conditions. “To be fair, a lot of this comes from the fact that policymakers don’t actually know [exactly how to respond],” Glaeser says. “It’s not like the medical community coalesced on this.” As... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

for years, extending back to Adam Smith’s “invisible hand.” While many members of the management community generally accept the notion of free markets and trade, those unable to compete with imports are sometimes quite willing to request... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

four primary trends driving the development of innovative solutions: The first is the world's population growth, forecast by the United Nations to reach roughly 9 billion by 2050, and the mass migration from the countryside and agrarian View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

research community lately. Last year, a Boston University cancer researcher was found to have fabricated data in two published papers that were later retracted. Also in 2011, a well-known Harvard University psychology professor was found... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

25 Jul 2011
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How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

unmarketable yet invaluable intangibles such as social tolerance, personal responsibility, and respect for the rule of law. Each is a unique community of scholars in which lives as well as minds are molded. Pure profit-based competition... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

03 Mar 2010
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

people, society and government is required." David Cawlfield, citing his experiences in what he believes is a high-identity organization, credits this to "Consistent discussion and communication of 'corporate values' (that) help... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

challenged by what HBS professor Clayton Christensen has called "disruptive technology." In the United States, for example, there is a growing number of Electronic Communications Networks (ECNs)—competitive electronic national... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

01 Feb 2000
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Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

missing an opportunity to turn a good business into a great one. Q: You emphasize that it's more important than ever for managers to communicate business strategy and performance goals effectively to employees. Why so? A: This is a much... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert Simons

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

communications intensive and relationship dependent that they did not function well when operating units were separated by substantial time and distance barriers. In addition, language and cultural barriers made it difficult to integrate... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

my definition of the word—constructive. I am building men and companies." Georges F. Doriot, in "General Doriot"s Dream Factory," Fortune , August 1967 50 Doriot also championed a global community of venture capitalists by promoting... View Details

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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising

distinct means of communication and distribution to a mass audience. Trade catalogs, for example, became an integral way of merchandising new industrial products created from the enormous factory output and market demands of the... View Details

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Virtual Campus Tour | MBA

Campus Tour video Play Video duration: 8:29 Spangler Center Connecting the community & facilitating valuable student interaction. Spangler Center is home to two dining facilities, three comfortable lounges, the COOP bookstore, and a US... View Details

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