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  • 2016
  • Book

Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development

By: Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman
During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism... View Details
Keywords: History; Development Economics; Ethics; Social Issues; United States
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  • 2000
  • Book

Competitive Environmental Strategy: A Guide to the Changing Business Landscape

By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Environmental concerns can greatly affect business success, regardless of whether a business person or corporation shares those concerns. Today's corporate managers must understand the power of environmental issues, and shift their mindset from one focused on... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Environmental Management; Social Issues; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • Web

Dean’s House | About

Baker Library to allow room for future structures. HBS Deans lived at the house until 1980, when it came to be used primarily for social functions. Dean Nitin Nohria revived the in-residence tradition when he was named Dean in 2010. About... View Details
  • Web

General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Indian Institute of Management in 2020. Sandra J. Sucher : Received the 2019–2020 Robert F. Greenhill Award. Peter Tufano : Honorary Fellow of St. Benet's Hall at University of Oxford.... View Details
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological progress. For years, however, there has been concern that patent litigation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

gone. This is an opportunity to learn Slack and Zoom and have a mentor teach you how to use these tools. The second thing is, working remotely is very effective if you can also restructure the organizational processes for how communication happens, how View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

high-beta and high-volatility stocks have long underperformed low-beta and low-volatility stocks. This anomaly may be partly explained by the fact that the typical institutional investor's mandate to beat a fixed benchmark discourages... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Nov 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

  • April 2012
  • Article

Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An Empirical Analysis of Involuntary Bank Account Closures

By: Dennis Campbell, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and Peter Tufano
Using a new database, we document the factors that relate to the extent of involuntary consumer bank account closure resulting from excessive overdraft activity. Consumers who have accounts involuntarily closed for overdraft activity may have limited or no access to... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Customers; Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Competition; Banks and Banking; Policy; Personal Characteristics; Credit; Employment; United States
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  • 01 Sep 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Train for Trust?

experience. A new book by Sandra Sucher and Shalene Gupta examines trust at the institutional level. That is, it looks at relationships between a business organization and its stakeholders, including employees. As they put it, “to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details
  • 23 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L Milkman Abstract We develop an integrated theory of the social identity mechanisms linking workgroup sex and race composition across levels with individual turnover. Building on View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s

By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Kristina Söderholm
This working paper contributes to the burgeoning historical literature that has transformed our understanding about the relationship between big business and the environmental regulation. Previously, it was believed that corporate managers resisted the extra costs... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; History; Sweden
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  • 25 Mar 2015
  • HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

Avery, it is essential for organizations diving into digital not to give in to the temptation to farm out blogging and social media to outside companies. "You have to be confident that whoever is speaking on behalf of the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 09 Sep 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch, Joseph L. Bower, Clayton S. Rose & Suraj Srinivasan
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

services. Institutional investors, such as endowments and pension funds, often have “vice clauses” prohibiting investments in Schedule I industries. Even private investors are dissuaded by the industry’s lack of access to bankruptcy... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Future Vision

opportunities to reach many more leaders than ever before so they too can benefit from our transformational learning models. We see opportunities to reach many more leaders than ever before so they too can benefit from our transformational learning models. Tell us more... View Details
Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

  PublicationsPerspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity Authors:Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer Publication:Journal of Creative Behavior 46, no. 1 (2012) Abstract Scholars began serious study into the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

business. In Europe, Unilever's organizational legacy, as well as social legislation in most of Europe, imposed constraints on what could be achieved in the rationalization of production facilities and brands. In some respects the most... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

and Galanz, which has brought microwave ovens to millions of Chinese consumers previously considered too poor to buy such an appliance. What’s more, the essentials of development can be “pulled in” by market-creating innovators—and over time, governments and financial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman