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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

School from 1870 to 1895, had introduced case-based learning around 1890. According to the Harvard Law School website: "Langdell conceived of a way to systematize and simplify legal education by focusing on previous case law that... View Details

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

developed an innovation fair in which every unit could show off its most promising new concepts. I was privileged to judge the first one with the then CEO, where we gave an award to the legal department for its ethics program, featuring a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

23 Jun 2008
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Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

States. Yet to roll out lottery-linked products in an efficient way, we need to address the legal and regulatory barriers. Q: Can these ideas for savings vehicles be extended to households with higher incomes too? A: The work that I do... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

02 Aug 2021
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What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

transparency,” says Cullen, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS. Meanwhile, the legal landscape has shifted in recent years toward transparency. Laws and policies that protect workers’ ability to discuss... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
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Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Medium-High 60 1960 s 19 Civil rights movement gain strength Antiwar sentiment divides electorate FDA approves oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade View Details

30 Jun 2021
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

01 Oct 1997
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and social benefits.” Views on investing in emerging markets: “It's extremely challenging and extremely rewarding. The obvious communication and cultural sensitivities can't be overcome by anything except time and effort. Also, the legal... View Details

20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits

reduces the ethanol until the preferred level of alcohol remains, and finally that product is reconditioned with carbonation. These techniques were repopularized during Prohibition, when 0.5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) became the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

drivers and alleged evasion of local taxes. The Uber case brings up thorny questions around when pushing legal or policy boundaries becomes a public hazard rather than public benefit. Permission Or Forgiveness "We address this in the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

world are declaring a climate emergency and a growing number of whistleblowers are coming out to tell the truth. What would telling the truth mean for your business? Supporting people to engage in social movements. Ecosia pays the legal... View Details

Larissa Bifano

legal landscape of emerging and disruptive technologies, while helping them understand the legal and compliance risks arising from the creation and deployment of AI systems. She works with clients in diverse... View Details

Keywords: Legal

13 Apr 2021
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How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

someone I always thought was inclusive, but in hindsight he was not. He put women in top roles, but they did not get an equal voice. Many times, I was told what decisions were rather than being asked to make the decision or provide input.” This experience is echoed by... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

02 Mar 2012
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Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University

03 May 2010
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What Is the Future of MBA Education?

economics and political system. Datar: MBAs need to understand what it means to be a general manager in a global world and the differences in institutions, norms, cultures, and legal frameworks. It would be fascinating, for example, to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

Markets of Progress presents a new holistic story of rural development in Mexico at the turn of the century. In the Soconusco, as in regions throughout the world, the accelerating circulation of commodities and capital, ideas and immigrants reshaped society... View Details

Keywords: Commodities; Coffee; Mexico; Foreign Investment; Institutions; Immigration; Developing Agriculture; Development; Export Crop; Emerging Market; Property Rights; Labor History; History; Capital Markets; Business History; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Mexico; Central America

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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

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Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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22 Jul 2019
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How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

One, obviously, is the antitrust problem that has become a big issue in the current US elections. We argue that once these firms become dominant, many have engaged in bullying behavior. Some of these actions were perfectly legal when the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Matthew Reardon

investors, innovative companies at all stages of growth, and higher education institutions. Matt has extensive experience in early and late stage venture financings, growth equity and leveraged recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and... View Details

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Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

Leadership and Teaming

Charts & Statistics - Leadership

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

High Fives

Free Spirits

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Larissa Bifano

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Joe Lassiter/Gordon Jones, Harvard Business School/Harvard University

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

Markets of Progress: Coffee, Commerce, and Community in the Soconusco, Chiapas, 1867-1920

Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

Matthew Reardon