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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
their origins about three decades ago, the Behavioral Science areas of economics, ethics and managerial psychology have been rapidly evolving. In the 1980's and 1990's, early work by Max Bazerman in judgment and negotiation , Matthew... View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
the role of investors as stewards of the commons. While companies are increasingly addressing environmental and social issues that also improve their economic value, for some of these issues individual company action is costly. At the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
Networks (acquired by Sun Microsystems). Prior to Globespan, Andy was Senior Managing Director of JAFCO Ventures, where he established the Boston office in 1997. Previously, Andy directed Trans National Group's venture investing. Andy View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
such as increasing student loans, to not only comply but also gain profitable business in the process. Michael Porter and others have described a similar process occurring with respect to environmental compliance. By practicing strategic... View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
Sustainability Manager at HBS, and Leah Ricci, Associate Director of Sustainability and Energy Management at HBS–who were members of Harvard’s Environmental and Sustainability Professionals Network, delightfully nicknamed ESPN. One day in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
reluctance to take environmental issues seriously. But these were not overnight developments. Beyond that, did GM's financial controls become too powerful a force for the product engineers to overcome? Did the marketers not see what... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
Initiative will give business leaders access to a huge pool of talent while also addressing an important societal issue. Other members of the faculty are doing research on new ways of measuring the business indicators that reflect an organization’s financial, social,... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
all we’re told is ‘that’s not good enough’ then we’re going to give up.” Bazerman’s book closes that gap by drawing lessons from philosophy, yes, but also from behavioral economics, psychology, and negotiation theory to show how we can do... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
revolution and a transition in some countries to a post-industrial economy. At the same time, there has been a growing realization that the world’s energy technologies have led to a series of environmental challenges, leading many to call... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
really is less about managing content and more about managing or framing context, creating an environment in which these people can negotiate the best solution for the organization. Q: What is your advice for people who want to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome of these international View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
‘Your tribal corn.’” Walker told Keen that big ag was displacing indigenous seeds in India with GMO crops, a story later told in the 2016 documentary Seed. At the time, Keen was serving as a representative on the Cherokee National Council. During a meeting of its View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
and connector. When James Harmon, chairman of the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund, hired her as the organization’s first employee, the US Congress had not yet delivered on the entirety of its $300 million funding promise. Negotiating... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
Danaher, a conglomerate with brands in diagnostics, life sciences, and environmental and applied solutions. "Stars practice, and they keep practicing long after they become stars." Toyota employs a system known as the Toyota Production... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
a software company that encourages households to reduce their energy consumption. From Opower's earliest days, its managers utilized experiments to amplify their environmental impact and enhance customer value. We will revisit some of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
I cause a problem that harms you, my neighbor, now, we might find a way to negotiate so that I don’t harm you as much, and I’d compensate you for the harm I’ve done. But our biggest environmental challenge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Faculty Books
institutional environments alter financing decision-making around the world. Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business edited by Bruce L. Hay, Robert N. Stavins, and... View Details
- November 1985 (Revised March 1987)
- Case
DEC--Confidential Instructions
Confidential information for students assigned the role of the Division of Environment Conservation. See Riverside and DEC--General Information. View Details
Lax, David A. "DEC--Confidential Instructions." Harvard Business School Case 186-127, November 1985. (Revised March 1987.)