by Richard Bierck - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1996
News

Four Professors to Retire

chairman of both the MBA and doctoral programs. Much of Christenson's research has focused on organizations as learning systems, examining the processes by which they adapt to their environments. He has also considered how... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

shareholder value in concentrated industries. By contrast, non-delay provisions have an unambiguously negative relation with value, and more so in concentrated industries. Overall, our analysis suggests that there are governance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Collection and Schwartz Art Collection by Hurvin Anderson, Philip Kwame Apagya, Radcliffe Bailey, Rico Gatson, Tomashi Jackson, Whitfield Lovell, Lorraine O’ Grady, and Carrie Mae Weems. These diverse works View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Competitiveness at Risk

project is chaired by Professors Michael Porter and Jan Rivkin, who are joined by a team of HBS faculty together with thought leaders from other institutions. It aims to inspire alumni, other business... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

projects and how to combat inertia, and one man’s craving to make lasting contributions. Faculty Books Private Equity: A Casebook by Paul A. Gompers (PHDBE 1993), Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration; Victoria Ivashina,... View Details

19 Dec 2024
News

The Musts of 2024

this year has been Same As Ever by Morgan Housel. So he wrote The Psychology of Money and it's his follow up book, packed full of wisdom. I also recommend fiction by Richard... View Details

01 Apr 2000
News

A Place in the Sun

Eden of 75-degree temperatures, where you can breakfast on fresh guavas and relax into a way of life that values family and friendship over keeping up with the Joneses. Such was the path chosen by Richard... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

disappointments? To learn more about some of the ramifications, pitfalls, and managerial issues associated with the M&A; process, the Bulletin asked a number of HBS faculty members to comment on the M&A; phenomenon from their several vantage points and areas of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

Solve Our Most Urgent Problems By Mitchell Weiss, Professor of Management Practice and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Fellow Harvard Business Review Press The huge challenges we face are daunting indeed:... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

has been little empirical evidence on the propensity with which core-periphery structures are observed in practice, the factors that explain differences in the design of such structures, or the manner in which these structures evolve over time. We address this gap... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes represents a substantive or merely symbolic approach to governing working conditions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

provides readers with an appreciation for the importance of consumer empowerment and consumer behavior in shaping both health and corporate outcomes. Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company by View Details

Web

A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

polarizing filters in gunsights, binoculars, periscopes, rangefinders, and goggles. In 1945, net sales reached $16 million, and the number of company employees grew to over 1,000. 5 At the end of the war, the company’s military contracts began to shrink. View Details

Web

Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online

organization for the business risks and opportunities created by climate change. 5 weeks 5-6 hours per week 3 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn .... View Details

Web

Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

Complicity The Tazreen Fire Purpose of the Firm Show Hide Details Concepts The Changing Role of Business in Society Engaging with Harms in the Garment Industry SA Taxi: One Firm’s Response to Harms Long-Term Value Through Commitment to Society Featured Exercises... View Details

Web

From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024

noteworthy considering the challenges that confronted HBS and other academic institutions this year, from an economic landscape marked by higher operating costs to an increasingly complex global political climate that created pressure on... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

instrumental in setting up the Center. Sahlman has identified four characteristics that make the area unique: the rapid pace of change, a highly evolved infrastructure, a culture of entrepreneurship, and extraordinary efforts by and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2002
News

Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

Beginning in late January, the School's student clubs host a series of annual conferences that explore a wide variety of specialized business issues. Organized and staffed by hundreds of hardworking HBS student volunteers, the conferences... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

group. Natarajan felt sure a group dedicated to SBP led by one of the firm's most respected technologists would help spur adoption. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412036-PDF-ENG Duke Energy and the Nuclear... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 26, 2006

firm-level turbulence starting in the 1990s, as measured by the average intra-industry rank change in sales, enterprise value, and other metrics. Furthermore, we find that IT-intensive industries account for most of this increase in... View Details