Future Focus - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

nonprofit working at scale. This summer, I get to observe excellence in how resources, processes, and partnerships work together in a large organization. I also want to focus on the employer side of this work. It’s clear that one of the... View Details

02 Jul 2024
Book

Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead

into something new and unknown is what I carried with me into other spheres and to my future successes.” I did not feel qualified or prepared to take on the position of QB at eleven years old, but I stepped into it, and I built the skills... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2022
News

Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables

energy, and already 70 to 80 percent of its power comes from hydroelectric dams. But the volatility also means moments of scarcity, when renewable energy can’t be relied upon to keep the lights on. These fluctuations in the weather represent one of the greatest... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

tell you, the future of health care. Today it can still be extraordinarily difficult for a patient to, say, get an MRI at a nearby community hospital—where it could also be hundreds or thousands of dollars cheaper—and then have it sent to... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

Hill-Popper. Yet the focus on economic results usually gives a one-sided picture of what leaders can accomplish. For the well-being of business and society, the HBS scholars say, future research on... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2000
News

Books

today's top executives must build organizations in which the new can constructively displace the old and where talented employees are encouraged to help formulate company strategy. "Successful e-leaders focus on two things: a new approach... View Details

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

company's long-term viability. The strategy paid off, with sales jumping well over 50 percent in the first year alone. Under intense scrutiny, Gerstner then reversed a plan to split IBM into independently operated "Baby Blues," choosing instead to initiate a seismic... View Details

02 Oct 2000
What Do You Think?

What Lies Beyond NAFTA?

with the results that NAFTA has produced. But it seems not to have receded in interest among at least one group of readers of this column. The column "What Lies Beyond NAFTA?," with a focus on View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

What We Do | Research Associates

five-person start-up, or a nonprofit organization. A few RA positions focus exclusively on a book manuscript. Some projects require intensive statistical analysis, while others involve weeks of field interviews (and a few, of course,... View Details

Web

Diversity | Employment

access to the online membership database and participation in Harvard’s large LGBT community. There are also several networking and support groups that focus on organizing LGBT faculty and staff and helping them feel comfortable in the... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

government, and civil society all focus on the poor as producers. The main emphasis must be, he says, on creating employment opportunities for the poor and increasing their productive capacities by ensuring basic public services. What the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

24 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 24

is currently provided by GAAP financial reporting. The purpose of this paper is to examine the optimal design of information intermediaries that can increase the impact of sustainability information on corporate conduct. Specifically, we View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 13, 2007

Wal-Mart must decide whether to expand the retailer's selection of organic food. The decision is made in the context of wider attempts to move the giant retailer slightly upscale and to focus on environmental sustainability. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

with markets and investment. In addition, he worked half-time with a Boston-based management consulting firm on the strategy problems of several important corporate clients. He soon decided to focus his full attention on HBS. As the first... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

07 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

small-business owners can take now Mills offers three recommendations to cash-strapped business owners: Focus on social media and email to reach customers. The coronavirus pandemic forced many analog companies to embrace digital... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

NOTICE For web-based businesses looking to attract users, the implications have some interesting strategy considerations, although this is not a large focus of the study. “To reach people, you can’t do what you usually do, which is have a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

pure process focus to substance: the principles of designing agreements that create value and are sustainable. Inexperienced negotiators, says Sebenius, often unconsciously limit themselves to a one-dimensional process of sitting at the... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

management consulting while living in the South, Straughn-Turner was all in. Not only was it a welcome move geographically, Straughn-Turner found that he was also fascinated by the transportation, hospitality, and services focus within... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

07 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

of IGOs that focus on economic issues, but also on those with social and cultural mandates. This demonstrates that relational governance is important and feasible in the global context and for the most risky transactions. Finally we... View Details