Scarcity - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of new technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a scarcity of government... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

21 May 2019
News

Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest

availability, and the need to create effective institutions to manage water scarcity and price water accordingly. While rainfall in the Midwest and elsewhere appears to be increasing, water scarcity in China... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

the umber of people who can lead the largest organizations in his country is so small that most search consultants can practically recite them by name. By Khurana's reckoning, however, scarcity of CEO talent is hardly the case. When... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

internal strategic resources, many companies continue to have outmoded strategic perspectives. There is a surplus of capitalchasing a scarcity of talented peopleand the knowledge they possess.— Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

characteristics (competence, ambition) and is scarce and in demand on the job market. This research uncovers an alternative kind of conspicuous consumption that operates by shifting the focus from the preciousness and scarcity of goods to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

scarcity Nicole Sherwood (MBA 2005) Jonathan Rose Companies New York Green real estate policy, planning, development, civic-development, and investment firm Scott Smith (MBA 1991) Opflex Solutions West Hyannisport, Massachusetts... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

09 Jan 2014
News

Tapping into Opportunity

jeans can use up to six tons. Producing two pounds of wheat needs one ton, and two pounds of beef requires between 15 and 30 tons. "Despite looming water scarcity crises in the US and around the world, water is free and abundant in most... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

of jobs that Americans would aspire to, if only they knew where scarcity existed, what the qualifications were for those jobs, and where to go to acquire the right credentials. Tariffs or flimsy labor standards agreements will do nothing... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

efficient markets might argue that these are merely a reflection of the scarcity of supply among those thought to be able to lead large organizations. And yet there is evidence of little or no relationship between the size of CEO... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2017
News

Global Perspectives

second-largest continent: Africa. “Policymakers, investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of technologies are illuminating new ways to approach the task of funding infrastructure despite a View Details

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

same postal code through events (in cars, for instance) and to learn about non-work talents (concerts or comedy). When the pandemic (eventually) ends, economic recovery will follow, but it will not solve every current problem. The past year has been characterized by... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

01 Mar 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

7 Laws of Enough is about a radical kind of change at the personal, organizational, and societal level: a shift from scarcity to sustainable abundance. LaRoche offers seven principles to guide readers on a transformational journey of... View Details

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

having it deliver to customers integrated technology services that would build and manage all aspects of their IT strategy-even if it meant incorporating products made by IBM's competitors. In an expanding technology market that offered a dizzying array of options and... View Details

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

in the same industry. But there may be one more: There is an increasing scarcity of talent with the attitudes that organizations are seeking. If one accepts these "hypotheses"—and clearly not everyone does—this leads to a number... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2004
News

Luxe Redux

challenge consumer expectations from Godiva and to reinforce Godiva as a brand that delivers newness and discovery.” The fact that it costs around $100 a pound and is only available from November through February no doubt creates an aura of View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

drive much of the global conversation of the next 30 years. First, rapid and massive urbanization: hundreds of millions of people are migrating to cities for better lives. Second, worsening scarcity of critical resources like clean water,... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

24 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 24

Provision in a Business Cycle Model By: Begenau, Juliane Abstract—This paper develops a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium model in which households' preferences for safe and liquid assets constitute a violation of Modigliani and Miller. I show that the View Details