Systemic Impact - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

When Reputation Trumps Regulation

underlying quality. A more reliable system for disclosure could allow far more firms from emerging economies to tap into the global capital markets. Q: How could the immaturity of the legal and regulatory environment in emerging markets... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

30 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

Ten years ago, the Institute of Medicine published To Err is Human, a groundbreaking report that pushed the issue of medical errors into the public spotlight. That we all make mistakes was certainly nothing new: Operational failures occur across all industries. But the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

13 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

much bigger, "gleaming" roadways, and he feels a growing concern that America's transportation and infrastructure systems are lacking attention and falling behind. “We suffer through an extremely aged and outdated... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation; Air Transportation; Auto

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718039 Harvard Business School Case 517-064 Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Setting Interns Up for Success at Your Startup

packaging waste throughout the supply chain. With a wide range of opportunities available to the business as they expand, a Business Intelligence function was formed at Mori in 2021 with a critical mandate – build a robust system and... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

producing movies and music and allowed artists to reach their audience in novel ways. It's difficult to argue that weaker copyright protection has had a negative impact on artists' incentives to be creative. File-sharing has not... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

Manufacturing Practices) manufacturing suite and a GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) laboratory. In parallel, the company established its own quality system to support products from this new facility. In March of 2022, Vaxess produced the... View Details

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Commencement 2019 Address | About

than it has in the past. Around the globe, people are wrestling with growing inequality, increasing divisiveness, and the rising threat of systemic challenges such as climate change. They are living with the terrifying insecurity that... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION opportunity came along, it forced me to confront those late-night... View Details

2020
Article

Research on Corporate Sustainability: Review and Directions for Future Research

By: Jody Grewal and George Serafeim

We review the literature on corporate sustainability and provide directions for future research. Our review focuses on three actions: measuring, managing and communicating corporate sustainability performance. Measurement is the least developed of the three and... View Details

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 Sep 2005
News

Making History, Starting Over

says. “And in a system that requires low levels of taxation, free markets, and privatization of state assets, you have a paradox. The paradox is that the state is in less of a position to act. The state is no longer a redistributor of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

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Partners - Managing the Future of Work

and labor market demand. Burning Glass’s job seeker tools power several government workforce systems and have been shown to have substantive impact on reemployment outcomes and on labor market literacy.... View Details

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

Below is an excerpt from one of these letters. “Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black... View Details

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

for good in society. This report features a selection of stories that highlight the School’s influence and impact around the world during fiscal year 2021 (July 1, 2020–June 30, 2021). Africa Developing the Skills to Drive Change in... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Minding The Gap

woes. But the improbably massive, Gothic-style building on a hilltop at 3220 The Alameda rises far above its gritty surroundings, as does the reputation of the school it houses. In an urban school system that has struggled for decades,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
News

New Releases

vision has resulted in many financially driven companies becoming more mission-oriented. In this changing climate, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton (DBA '73), president of Renaissance Solutions, offer a performance measurement View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Alex Chan Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Gerald Chertavian Field Course: Investing for Impact Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, General Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Social Entrepreneurship and... View Details

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

margin. [Our book] was first and foremost an effort to influence thinking in Japan. Because Japan has such an impact on thinking, we were also very anxious to set the record straight about what actually happened there. The preface... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

07 Mar 2005
What Do You Think?

Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?

this way: "It is hard for me to imagine that certification by itself would have a significant impact on a CEO's ethics...The real problem is the ability of CEOs to be CEOs." John Anderson commented that "Let's not assume... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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