by Michael J. Roberts - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Jerry R. Green and Lawrence Kotlikoff Publication: In Institutional Foundations of Public Finance, edited by Alan J. Auerbach and Daniel Shaviro. Harvard University Press, 2009 Abstract A century ago,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2000
News

Books

Harvard Business School Guide to Finding Your Next Job by Robert S. Gardella (Harvard Business School Press) As fast as the business world is changing, so too are the techniques for searching for the right... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

01 Dec 2000
News

Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

advertising savvy are but two of the myriad skills that are required of today's museum manager. Traditionally, museums have been run by academics who worked their way through the curatorial ranks, but more and more museum trustees are... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2011
News

Downtime

Illustrations by Greg Clarke Tom DeLong is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurial Management Units. What’s on your list? A biography of... View Details

Keywords: fiction; Christianity

15 Nov 2020
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

of online events marking its 20th anniversary. In May, Senior Lecturer Michael Chu moderated an event that addressed financing small and medium-sized businesses during the pandemic, managing through crisis, and understanding the new... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire

Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (HarperBusiness), a new book by HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow, presents fascinating biographical essays of seven men whose products and practices have... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

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Instant Photography Is Launched | Baker Library

Polaroid. Eudoxia Muller left Polaroid in 1946 to marry Robert Woodward, an organic chemist and consultant to Polaroid. (At Land's request, Robert Woodward had achieved [with William Doering] the synthesis... View Details

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Professor of Business Administration Olivia S. Kim Assistant Professor of Business Administration Michael Lingzhi Li Assistant Professor of Business Administration Max J. Miller Assistant Professor of... View Details

25 Mar 2021
News

Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

Black-owned businesses in the Boston area. The course is cotaught by Senior Lecturers Archie L. Jones, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, and Henry W. McGee, and uses case discussions, presentations from subject experts,... View Details

01 Jun 2003
News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Cash, Jr. Professional Achievement Award: Raymond J. McGuire (MBA 1983/JD 1984), managing director, Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Morgan Stanley This year’s conference — named for one of the School’s first African-American alumni —... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

this achieved by one man in one lifetime! It is truly a legacy for the ages. Michael Porter (Strategy) Steve Jobs stands out as the business leader of his generation who best understood innovation,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

05 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

pressures. Aid in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Humanizing Victims Predicts Intergroup Helping Authors:Amy J. C. Cuddy, Mindi Rock, and Michael I. Norton Publication:Group Processes and Intergroup... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2015
News

In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)

An Emmy Award–winning television writer, Leonard Dick (MBA 1990) started out by taking a sitcom writing class at the UCLA Extension School while working as a senior business planner at Walt Disney Studios. Now an executive producer for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

project is chaired by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, who are joined by a team of HBS faculty together with thought leaders from other institutions. It aims to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

March 2021
Article

International Trade and Social Connectedness

By: Michael Bailey, Abhinav Gupta, Sebastian Hillenbrand, Theresa Kuchler, Robert J. Richmond and Johannes Stroebel

We use de-identified data from Facebook to construct a new and publicly available measure of the pairwise social connectedness between 170 countries and 332 European regions. We find that two countries trade more when they are more socially connected, especially for... View Details

Keywords: Social Connections; International Trade; Trade; Social Media

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Global - Global Activities 2020

online events marking its 20th anniversary. The May gathering, moderated by Senior Lecturer Michael Chu, addressed financing small and medium businesses during the pandemic, managing through crisis, and... View Details

26 Jul 2018
News

Running the Numbers

first intranet for a Fortune 50 company. “That was my first exposure to the way innovative data management can transform a big organization,” she notes. “When I went on to HBS, that seed had definitely been planted.” After HBS, Gelman went to work for the Kraft Sports... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

February 26, 2003
Article

Consumers' Reports on the Health Effects of Direct-To-Consumer Drug Advertising

By: Joel S. Weissman, David Blumenthal, Alvin J. Silk, Kinga Zapert, Michael Newman and Robert Leitman

Keywords: Customers; Advertising; Health; Pharmaceutical Industry