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- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
New Challenges for Long-Term Investors
companies, which in turn are linked to the overall performance of the economy. There is an inherent uncertainty about the future prospects of these companies and the economy which does not go away at any investment horizon. Thus stocks... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
does the course fit into a global context? Hamel: In the last few years, the business world has changed dramatically. No longer moving linearly or at a steady, predictable pace, the world has become... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
Photo credits: Brenae Bowers Brix and Russ Campbell Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: This story starts the way all classic stories of tech entrepreneurship do: In Todd Brix's garage. Brix (MBA 1997) started his career in the... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
Sure, the price of tulips in the Netherlands skyrocketed to such outlandish heights that one flower sold for the equivalent of several hundred dollars before the market crashed in 1637, taking the Dutch economy down with it for many years... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
mention your partnership with Stacey. Talk about how you used your differences to your advantage. There’s this tribalism going on in the world right now that tells us to retreat from discomfort. There’s also amazing innovation and growth... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
close connections between economies and governments around the world. "It isn't sufficient that I try to maximize the company's bottom line," Smith says. "Other constituencies affect our success in the long run." Starbucks employees... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
accessible to them.” For all he was learning in his fast-paced career, Quainton was increasingly active in his church, where he volunteered to run a Bible study for the many men who were losing their jobs when the Houston economy tanked... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
VenturesThis is the most consequential policy for advancing the low-carbon economy that we’ve ever seen. By offering 10 years of policy certainty, the IRA encourages technology innovators to form companies and it reassures larger... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
could well be a case study about an American manufacturer’s adaptation to the forces of globalization. Back in the 1990s, when the U.S. economy was in a high-tech, dot-com frenzy and China’s experiment with export-driven market economics... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
the company-and never left. The original business model reflects how far the world economy has come in just over two decades. "Mainland China was just opening up," Yang says. "Although joint ventures, not to... View Details
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did." We asked Tedlow to discuss how denial can cripple a company, and what can be done about it. Martha Lagace: What is the meaning of denial as you... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
society) than any other development in the past decade. The western dominated economy and society of the past century has yielded way to a new global century, in which no one country or region enjoys an undisputed advantage. Instead, we... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
describe the impact on the global economy and points out that the slowdown is hurting other nations more than the United States, thereby building a powerful case for a somewhat more sanguine view of America's future. In a better-case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
His recent book, Elevated Economics: How Conscious Consumers Will Fuel the Future of Business, is his effort to explain the implications of this watershed moment—and help readers understand what it takes to succeed in the new economy it... View Details
- 19 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 19, 2006
lock-in in light of hyperbolic discounting, multiple selves, and wise policy design. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-038.pdf The Political Economy of Capitalism Author:Bruce R. Scott Abstract Capitalism is often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
managing partner with Accel Partners in Palo Alto, California, and chairman of the National Venture Capital Association, representing some 450 venture-capital and private-equity firms. An improving economy helped boost total... View Details
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Social Change at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He holds an MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organization and a PhD in Management from Judge Business School at Cambridge University. Ben’s mission is to use fashion to design a better View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
many households, the most important symbol of their place and economic possibilities was where they lived. Before World War II, about 40 percent of families owned their own home. In 1970, a firm majority — 62 percent — did. By the late... View Details