project work - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

exorbitant water needs, and the release of methane gas, to name a few. The Keystone Pipeline could further bolster U.S. oil production, moving a million barrels of tar sands oil each day from western Canada to the refineries along the Gulf coast. The View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Religious Freedom Restoration Act In protest, Angie’s List then-CEO Bill Oesterle cancelled a $40 million project to expand the company’s Indianapolis headquarters. (Oesterle has since... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

came to this country chasing the American dream. I never thought I would be Dean of Harvard Business School." When Harvard President Drew Faust called on May 4 to inform him that he was her choice, Nohria, drawing on his years of View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

requires four seats at least." His current projects include histories of German management thought and German capitalism, but working on the Porsche cases has given him a new appreciation for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

financial projections for the firm. Profitability analysis begins with calculating the revenue the firm will generate from sales of its products. Then, an analysis of variable and fixed costs is undertaken. Finally, these numbers are used... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

as improved teaching and leadership talent, the use of technology in personalized learning, the Common Core State Standards Initiative, wider school choice, and a dramatic upgrade in the quality and use of data analytics to determine what is View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Working PapersDishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting (revised) Authors:Lisa Lixin Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract People routinely engage in dishonest... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning

month to $350 per month than from an increase in number of months from 36 to 48. This is tough for price-optimization software to pick up. The behavioral aspects of pricing are things that optimization software has difficultly picking up. Q: What View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

thing not to do is make long-term bets. In budgeting for operations, for example, lots of effort is wasted by thinking that we can project with any accuracy the timing for getting the answers to the important questions that will define... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

PublicationsIn Search of the Self at Work: Young Adults' Experiences of a Dual Identity Organization Authors:Anteby, Michel, and Amy Wrzesniewski Publication:Research in Sociology of Work Abstract Purpose: Multiple forces that shape the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Studying How Income Inequality Shapes Behavior

Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit. "It's striking how much work has gone into examining this question—including by many truly... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

stages: Compliance: In this initial phase, companies often start with activities related to complying with regulations. Activities are not strategic or centralized. In addition to compliance, employees may volunteer to work on recycling... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing

12 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Accounting Information as Political Currency

working on next? A: My research interests are at the intersection of accounting, economics, and politics. I am working on several projects on how political forces shape... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

both an effective societal contributor and an economic powerhouse. Q: What other research are you working on? A: There are three projects I am quite excited about. My colleagues Rohit Deshpande, Lynn Paine,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

http://www.vcc.columbia.edu/yearbook Working PapersSustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Annissa Alusi, Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Abstract Two trends are likely to define the 21st... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

analysis, Jim should look at each property independently, as if the other didn't exist. He needs to reckon the maximum he would pay for each—not his goal or expectation but the upper limit he could live with and still make his development View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

among historians and scholars from other disciplines who are taking a historical approach to their work has demanded intellectual leadership. Al Chandler has provided that leadership for more than forty years. Early in his career, he... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

project flopped, don't attack the person"). Deborah Blagg: Classic productivity books often focus on time management, but Extreme Productivity takes a much broader look. It reads more like a businessperson's handbook. Did you intend... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

Working PapersThe 'Thin Film of Gold': Monetary Rules and Policy Credibility In Developing Countries Authors:Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick Abstract This paper asks whether developing countries can reap credibility gains from... View Details