President - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech

stop for a drink, eager to reward business initiative. What's missing in Europe are the incentives and the network.— Enrico Bastianelli,ProSkelia Pharmaceuticals Expanding on that theme, Ted Llana, vice president of Global Commercial... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology; Health; Pharmaceutical; Technology

07 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

terminating an employee for a seemingly innocuous act of expression. Danielle Brown, Google’s new vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer, hired just a few weeks before the memo was leaked to the public, must now advise... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

OnStar as president and CEO for 14 years. A major subsidiary of General Motors, OnStar provides in-vehicle security, navigation, remote diagnostic, and emergency services to more than 6 million subscribers. Now a senior lecturer at HBS,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

AIG phenomenon. On Wall Street, it was endemic. Bankers gave themselves nearly $20 billion in 2008 bonuses, even as the economy was spiraling downward and the government was spending billions on bailouts. Politicians pounced. President... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

Facility should rapidly deploy money in conjunction with the proposed WHO $100 million contingency fund for emergency outbreaks. Why not let the World Bank, with its broadening social mission under president (and former WHO executive) Jim... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

course. Buffett's motivation is only one of the many factors that Media General's president and CEO, Marshall Morton, has to weigh in the case. Eight days from a deadline to repay a $225 million loan or trigger a crippling default on an... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

she was president of the Fidelity Personal Investments unit of Fidelity Investments, serving 4 million customers with $500 billion in assets. She answers our questions in this e-mail Q&A. Poping Lin: We are familiar with the benefits... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

savings market, but they were reluctant to invest in risky new ventures. Custom and prudence dictated that the trustees of these firms confined their investments to high-grade bonds or blue-chip securities. [ARD's acting president Ralph]... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

A New Ecosystem for Business and Society

In their opening comments at the IS2K conference, Harvard University President Neil L. Rudenstine and Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark called forth, respectively, the spirits of the industrial past and the high-tech future to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were Matt Bannick (HBS MBA 1993), managing partner of Omidyar... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

Republican administration of U.S. President George H. W. Bush and the Democratic administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton during its implementation. It created the largest free trade area in the world... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

president of the United States, Obama for America (OFA), the president-elect's official campaign organization, announced the formation of a post-election organization, Organizing for America. The new organization would keep the campaign... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations." Three panelists outlined some of those collaborations. Mary L. Fifield, president of Bunker Hill Community College, described that school's partnership with a consortium of local... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

08 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 8, 2006

prospects for growth in the future. The president of CEMEX North America wonders whether the program should be turned into a major line of business for the company. Provides a good understanding of financing mechanisms available to home... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

teachers to talk about AIDS prevention, the government can use a built-in educational infrastructure. Ngozi Edozien Ngozi Edozien, vice president of PPG Planning and Business Development for Pfizer, said the lack of a delivery... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

Anderson, who is currently the senior vice president of strategic planning at Fleet Boston's credit card division. Begin with the end in mind, and remember that faith is power —you have to believe in something, whether it's fruit flies or... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

messages across these audiences, that's where our true value is." “Rating systems should take into consideration a company's political contributions, advocacy work, and engagement with nongovernmental organizations” And yet, in the words of Al Gore, the former US... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

31 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Harvard Business School Research Stories That Will Make Your Mouth Water

Food used to be just sustenance, but now it's news. The president of the United States falls for McDonald's and KFC. In Portland, resentment is growing over white street vendors who sell ethnic foods. Ikea is starting a food incubator for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Food & Beverage

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

School Case 914-017 TheLadders (B) Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/914017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-036 Vogue: Defining the Culture of Fashion In March 2013, Susan Plagemann, vice View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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