Promises - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2009
News

The New “In” Crowd

possibilities in Asia and Central America. Scharpf and other newcomers to social entrepreneurship are the grateful beneficiaries of pioneering work by people like Linda Rottenberg, CEO and cofounder of Endeavor, a global organization that mentors View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

time, and allow demand to follow supply. Are global R&D budgets being allocated efficiently to the most promising technologies to prepare for the next era—or to those technologies in which our industrial champions have the largest stakes?... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

global organization whose mission is accelerating innovation to improve the lives of older adults. Much of their early work has been nurturing promising entrepreneurs through the aptly named Aging2.0 GENerator—which provides strategic... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

ProductivityDecreasing workplace transparency can increase productivity. When Privacy Protection Notices BackfireIt seems counterintuitive, but website privacy protection notices appear to discourage some shoppers from buying. Beware the Lasting Impression of a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Carol Lauson

promise for Brazil and countries like it," she says. "But they're caught between development stages — where do they put their resources for maximum growth with minimal disruption?" For her own growth, Carol sees herself... View Details

17 Jun 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience

already embedded in pricing data. Together, the panel painted a challenging picture of the climate risk landscape—from growing disaster frequency and financial volatility to insurance market withdrawal and mortgage instability. Yet, the discussion also highlighted... View Details

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Educating Business Administrators - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, A Delicate Experiment: The Harvard Business School, 1908-1945 . Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1987, p. 17. 2 Rakesh Khurana, From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled... View Details

02 Jan 2020
News

Empowering Rural Communities

raise money to pay the exit fee and became the cooperative’s new green-energy utility, all while promising about $100 million in energy-cost savings over the next 10 years. Guzman Energy is also helping the community build its own... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2015
News

Data-Driven Diligence

before investing from a second. It’s also made two additional investments in Casper, which is proving wildly popular. The model worked as intended, says Kienzle, by recognizing “a promising investment opportunity in a sector—mattresses... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

01 Sep 2004
News

Hollywood Story

based on Goldman Sachs, The Deal tells the story of Tom Grover (Christian Slater), a young investment banker who agrees to manage a Russian oil company deal that promises to alleviate a severe energy crisis gripping the United States. But... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

19 Feb 2016
Blog Post

4 Updates About Peek Weekend at HBS

developed their business acumen. Participant Anne Dickinson Meltz noted last year, “HBS promised a peek into its classroom, and delivered a full-immersion business school experience amongst bright and passionate women, professors,... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Competencies and Credentials

that companies should think more broadly about nurturing talent through paid apprenticeships, work-based learning opportunities, or co-op programs. In doing so, companies can help shift the way middle-skills workers enter the workforce. “Business leaders have a View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Feedback

—Don Wiviott (MBA 1984) via alumni.hbs.edu Trust as a Tenet Re: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986) I am convinced that trust is the grease that makes business work. We have to trust that our bosses will deliver on their promises (overt and implied).... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New Releases

measuring and evaluating performance in the firm; and a system for rewarding and punishing individuals for their performance. The theory presented in this work, Jensen believes, promises a major competitive advantage to managers who are... View Details

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

that the markets expect strong deregulation, and that impacts every other sector that is highly regulated in the economy. So you saw the rising stock prices of financials, for example, as well as energy stocks. The second effect comes from View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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Georges F. Doriot

in promising but risky startup ventures into a groundbreaking industry that reshaped the landscape of American business. Though the terms “visionary” and “genius” are overused in today’s amped up media environment,... View Details

13 Oct 2016
News

Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

20 years to get where we are,” shares Blum, “but the tradeoff is that today we have several very promising therapies that are in late-stage trials.” One of those therapies is tirasemtiv, the drug in the Phase 3 trial that is being funded,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2005
News

Ideas: Books

The Broadband Explosion Leading Thinkers on the Promise of a Truly Interactive World edited by Robert D. Austin and Stephen P. Bradley (HBS Press) Associate Professor Austin and Professor Bradley have collected a series of essays about... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

product. In four-drive terms, we would argue that brands would be stronger to the extent they come to represent an implicit promise to the customer that can be trusted, a promise that to some extent... View Details