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  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation

I MEF’s entire 56 mile frontage. These obstacles were positioned at distances from between 20-meters to 5-kilometers from the Kuwait/Iraq Border. The area where this action took place was the vicinity of... View Details
Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

conventional logic of diminishing marginal social welfare. Moreover, these two views are linked: respondents who more strongly resist equalization are more likely to prefer the classical benefit-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

constructive co-existence of unit autonomy and organizational affiliation, organizations must have in place a clear process for making decisions as to who will perform the functions necessary for the system,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

urban population, expected to reach 3 billion over the next four decades, will require housing, places to work, and transportation systems. Second, the natural resources... View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities; Construction; Green Technology; Public Administration
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

connected to the Internet. Transfers usefully move resources from lowest- to highest-valuation networks, but transfers tend to cause socially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

neighborhoods. “It’s almost like a social movement,” says Raffaelli, who says indie bookstores are “anchors of authenticity in an ever-increasing digital and disconnected world.” The notion goes beyond a bond with customers View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

for firm and board characteristics, we find that independent directors' dissent is associated with breakdown of social ties between the independent director and the board chairperson, who locates at the center of the board bureaucracy in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

Harvard Business School has announced the 2023-2024 cohort of its Leadership Fellows Program. The program is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who are committed View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise
  • 16 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark made these remarks to the National Press Club on February 26.What I'd like to do is talk about a topic that I think touches the very heart of our society: the issue... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

Participation of Disability Insurance Applicants By: Shu, Pian Abstract—Using panel data from the RAND Health and Retirement Study, I show that rejected applicants for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) possess significantly more... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

trade reasonably close to their intrinsic value. In place of earnings forecasts, management should provide information about the company's strategic goals and main value drivers. They should also discuss the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing By: Battilana, Julie Abstract— While in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

http://hbr.org/product/Google-Inc--in-2014/an/915004-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-520 Investing in Online Marketplaces Simon Rothman had recently been promoted from executive-in-residence to partner at esteemed venture capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

Leaders of organizations in the social sector are under growing pressure to demonstrate their impacts on pressing societal problems such as global poverty. We review the debates around performance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

of their corporate governance, placing them within the wider context of the economic and social history of Germany. Based on both quantitative data and archivally based case studies, this book explores how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Dec 2018
  • Blog Post

Finding Your Family at HBS

Administration and ECs (second year MBA students) encourage you to invest in developing your social circle. For most RCs (first year MBA students), this is the section – the school designs it View Details
  • 26 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 26

Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, and Kelsey Jack Abstract A substantial body of research investigates the design of incentives in firms, yet less is known about incentives in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

Publication:Quarterly Journal of Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We argue that social capital as proxied by trust increases aggregate productivity by affecting the organization of firms. To do this we... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

understanding the risks and opportunities created by environmental and social issues and trends and responding to both in a meaningful way. When and where a sincere commitment View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace