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- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
institutions. Harvard faculty members helped the dissemination process by publishing books on the case method in 1931, 1953, 1954, 1969, 1981, and 1991, and offering seminars and case-teaching workshops. The most visible was the Visiting Professors Case Method Program,... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
Since 2011, Lagarde worked to build the foundation for the IMF's adaptation to the realities of the 21st century. By 2017, shortly after Lagarde began her second term as the managing director of the IMF, the world faced both opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51662 Integrated Strategy: Residual Market Imperfections as the Foundation of Sustainable Competitive Advantage By: Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao Abstract—Market imperfections are... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
trust through warmth and understanding. Most leaders today approach their jobs by emphasizing competence, strength, and credentials. But without first building a foundation of trust, they run the risk of eliciting fear, resentment, or... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
history. But we could still do better. Q: What are you working on now? A: I am working on a broad synthetic survey on the history of German capitalism. It should be an extended version of the article in Creating Modern Capitalism that was previously taught in View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
countries, WWF works with governments, businesses, other NGOs, and communities to set up conservation programs to preserve natural habitat. In contrast, Greenpeace works to campaign for environmental change against governments and corporations and accepts funding only... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
network, which would increase its patient population but at rates much lower than it currently charges by only taking private patients. Dr. Wheelis is also pondering whether to start a non-profit foundation as a way of getting money to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
and communities to set up conservation programs to preserve natural habitat. In contrast, Greenpeace works to campaign for environmental change against governments and corporations and accepts funding only through individuals and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
the COVID-19 fallout and instead focus on today, say Brooks and Leonard A. Schlesinger, the Baker Foundation Professor. “This is such an impermanent state of affairs that we just have to do as best we can,” Brooks says. Make time for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
governance are the most daunting because the very foundations of governance—vote allocation proportionate to economy, representation by finance ministries, absence of parliamentary scrutiny, and the relative voicelessness of the poorest... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
Schoar, Jialan Wang Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-024.pdf The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and Growth Strategies in the Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Banking Industry Authors:Christopher Marquis, Zhi Huang Abstract While effects of public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
the exceptions—scale to national size. Schumpeter's cycle apparently does not operate in the social sector. This paper proposes that the disparity arises from the nonprofit sector's historically immature infrastructure and poor mechanisms for channeling funds from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010
presented in this paper imply a theoretical challenge for international political economy, which has, as a field, failed to understand deeply how firms work and what kinds of roles they have come to play in contemporary international relations. In this paper I propose... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8
had to be updated to enable collaboration. The current dilemma facing the CEO and COO of the foundation relates to setting strategic priorities for research so that a treatment for MS can be ready in the next ten years. The strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
influenced the reinvention of American business schools in the post-WWII era, were deeply influenced by the post-War context, and also were appropriated by the Ford and Carnegie Foundations to reform business school teaching and research.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
style, and thus set prices that limit market penetration. The winning strategy diverges from this approach in almost every respect. When innovators develop products that people want to pull into their lives, they create markets that serve as a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
well as decisions about the ongoing investment in the youth academy, funding for the club's Foundation and other sports, and its relatively low ticket prices. How could Barça continue to win on and off the field in the increasingly... View Details