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- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
Editor's note: The economy of Greece is in the depths of despair—a fitting topic for a Greek tragedy. As investor Wilbur Ross (HBS MBA 1961) has poignantly put it, "The country that brought us democracy may now take itself into... View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
Assistant Professor William R. Kerr teaches the required first-year MBA course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, in addition to Executive Education courses at Harvard Business School. One of his core research areas is the role of immigrant... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
"is like any gas that is compressed; it gets hotter." Its tribes overlap socially and professionally based on work discipline (software engineers, for example), organizational affiliation (Hewlett-Packard), or background (Stanford View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
consistently, and providing frequent feedback to employees—grew 28% larger and were 10 percentage points less likely to fail than those who got advice from peers with a passive people-management approach two years after our intervention. Entrepreneurs with View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
face. More than 1,500 MBA students at Harvard Business School have experienced these groups since 2005, as well as participants in executive education courses and World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders. Evaluations about their True... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
Development Elective, an innovative offering within the leadership curriculum of an international MBA, which gives participants the opportunity to work with a psychotherapist during the course. Our findings suggest that the interplay between student's work in the PDE... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
computing, can make a major contribution in the production of information by companies and its use by investors and other stakeholders," Eccles said after the conference. "The question is more one of will and commitment rather than technical... View Details
- 07 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 7
their own business and balancing the demands between their work and family obligations while creating a company that was responsive to their employees' and their customers' needs. The Bursteins had joined a large multinational manufacturing company after receiving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
interest to Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse, be they a movie legend or a third baseman. She wrote the Sharapova case with Margarita Golod (HBS MBA '07) to study and frame classroom discussions on a favorite field of... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration; Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration; Abhiman Da, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; and Arti Grover and Ejaz Ghani, both of... View Details
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
local firms are unable to do so. This is something we see in the large-sample evidence as well. Local distortions are borne disproportionately by local firms since global investors can often circumvent those distortions. Q: Have you taught "Czech Mate"? If... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
popular second-year MBA course Authentic Leadership Development (ALD), which he has compressed into a five-day Executive Education program at Harvard Business School. "The most successful leaders will not necessarily be those with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School
elsewhere. The Leadership and Organizational Behavior course in the First Year of the MBA program has a number of daunting assignments. First, it has to overcome the skepticism that some people have about whether leadership can in fact be... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
families? And how broadly should family be defined? "Businesses, as far as they have resources and profit, have a responsibility to employees and, if possible, to their families as well," said Mehta. Moving Families Euvin Naidoo, a fourth generation South... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
leverage and reforming the credit rating system. The Case Against A Systemic Risk Regulator In a lengthy minority dissent, the oversight panel's two Republicans, Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling and former New Hampshire Senator John Sununu (HBS View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
School MBA Elective Curriculum. Teams of HBS students have traveled to several developing countries to research prospects for private finance and delivery of solutions in traditional energy, renewable energy, urban transit, inter-city... View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
professor Robert S. Kaplan and Acorn Systems founder and chairman Steven R. Anderson (HBS MBA '95) introduce a system that calculates product, customer, and regional or branch P&Ls quickly and inexpensively. The work marries the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
Lagace: As you teach MBA students and Executive Education participants, are they describing new pressures that weren’t there before? Hill: Leadership is truly getting more demanding. I don’t think anyone ever succeeded by him- or herself... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
model of microfinance to impact the health of the poor, the two shared with him their extensive knowledge on health in developing countries. Out of that came a framework for the project. Roslyn Payne, an HBS alumna (HBS MBA '70) with deep... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details