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24 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

Managing Alignment as a Process

like budgeting, should be part of the annual governance cycle. Whenever plans are changed at the enterprise or business unit level, executives likely need to realign the organization with the new direction. The alignment process, of... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail

08 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United States was bankrupt. Individual... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

notion underlying permanent employment actually is a good one. It is taken to the extreme in Japan. What we are soon to discover in the United States—if we haven't already discovered it—is that having employees move rapidly from company... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

Working PapersGlobalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980 Geoffrey G. Jones This working paper examines the globalization of the beauty industry before 1980. This industry, which had emerged in its modern form in the United States... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

possible that Walmart is just too big to pursue its business model in the longer-term future? This is not a trivial question. Walmart, as the world's largest private organization, has a bigger population than several United View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

is that people who should be allies are at cross-purposes with each other." The US Competitiveness Project put forth this definition: "The United States is a competitive nation to the extent that... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.? Authors:Diego A. Comin, William Easterly, and Erick Gong Abstract We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

Rohingya Refugee: Past, Genocide, Future. Preparing for refugees of climate change The study’s results might inform new ways to help the more than 70 million people who have been displaced globally by conflict and natural disasters as of the end of 2018, according to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

professor and Dean of the Faculty, provided a brief outline of the landscape as well as thoughts on how to view the proposed bailout. Lecturer Nicolas P. Retsinas, Director of Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, then gave a brief history of housing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

against federal law? But in the absence of enforcement action by the United States government, perhaps the better question is, what will the inevitable national market in marijuana shake out? Will it consist... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

twentieth century and its effect on American life. How did we become a nation of "organization men" in the 1950s, to take a term from William H. Whyte? How did that change pathways to success and ideas about citizenship? How did other... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world. Stock markets plummeted, investors covered their eyes,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Feb 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

fact, large global companies to which jobs were formerly outsourced have begun setting up operations in the US and United Kingdom. Is it time to recognize the advantages of bigness when it comes to employment and economic development? If... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

encourages people to take more risks when they decide to post. So the impression from those posts can linger in the mind of an observer, say, a colleague or employer, and “come back to haunt,” according to new research published in a recent issue of Proceedings of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

use, including updating the associated incentive mechanisms. For example, European countries, particularly the United Kingdom's National Health Service, have gradually adopted bundled payments to prioritize... View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

earlier pledge to give reporters covering the Olympics unfettered access to the Web. At the same time, it accused the Bush administration of politicizing the Games after the United States criticized China's policies on human rights. We... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

just economic. But does this translate to the global economy? Benjamin Friedman, as the result of an examination of the economic and social histories of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and a number of developing economies... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 May 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Intellectual Property be Protected in International Trade?

Summing Up Does IP Ownership Belong in International Trade Deals? Intellectual property (IP) regulation remains an active issue in trade negotiations between the China and the United States. The most straightforward element of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

PublicationsBanks as Multinationals Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:New York: Routledge, 2012 Abstract This is a revised edition of a comparative, international study which looks at the history of multinational banks. Researchers from the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Massport (A): The Aftermath of 9/11

This case looks at the turnaround at the Massachusetts Port Authority after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It begins with the situation during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and then describes how the new CEO restructures the public agency to operate much more like a... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Corporate Accountability; National Security; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts

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