Global Range - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

Historical Political Economy By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—This book is a major contribution to the study of political economy. With chapters ranging from the origins of political economy to its most exciting research fields, this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

juxtaposed the School's historic roots as an institution dedicated to American management practices with the increasingly global nature of business. Today, there's a clear sense that this will be a global... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

01 Sep 2005
News

WATER Ltd.

In an age of global scarcity, water has become a valuable commodity in both the industrialized and developing worlds. With governments and communities increasingly unable to manage the complexities and expense of water treatment and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

Finnegan (MBA ’24). Headquartered in Mumbai, CleanMax offers a range of services, including rooftop solar installations, project commissioning, and asset management to over 350 corporate companies across various industries. Founded in... View Details

20 Apr 2020
News

To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

organizations face in designing and implementing effective digital platforms that support a range of functions and stakeholders. “We talked about what it really means to transition to digital operations,” says Carrolo, the General Manager... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Departments | Employment

work and collaborate with customers to ensure we meet their information needs in the dynamic climate of the information industry, knowledge-creating institutions such as Higher Education, and the changing global economy. More about... View Details

09 Sep 2009
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Working PapersOperational Failures and Problem Solving: An Empirical Study of Incident Reporting Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Operational failures occur in all industries with consequences that View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1997
News

Banking on HBS

Executive Development Program (EDP), a special executive training course for the Bank's upper-level managers. "I felt that the World Bank's top people should have an intensive exposure to the latest ideas and techniques in the management of View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

expert witness, dealing with governmental organizations, working with schools and students, and influencing public policy, this volume helps social scientists forge the vital link between scholarship and social engagement. Contributors include prominent experts from a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Finding My Passion in the Startup Space

was part of a global company. When you join a startup, I believe that one of the most important aspects is the culture. When you join a large, established company you know more or less what the culture will be like. In the case of... View Details

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Research Links | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

documents, corporate histories and publications, and business directories. The collection holds a wide range of public relations literature produced by U.S. Steel such as souvenir booklets, corporate histories, and textbooks. These... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Quantum Leap

Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Nov 2013
News

Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

BlackBerry's fortunes, though, as the company continued to post disappointing earnings. Heins stepped down on November 4, a few weeks after the company announced it would be laying off 40 percent of its global workforce. So where did... View Details

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

to live, Blueground offers fully-furnished and thoughtfully equipped apartments for a month, a year or even longer. Essentially, Blueground is transforming the way people rent apartments globally. After joining Blueground, I realized I was part of a View Details

March 2011
Article

Cheaper Patents

By: Tom Nicholas

The 1883 Patents Act in Britain provides perspective for modern patent policy reforms because it radically changed incentives for inventors by reducing filing fees by 84 percent. Patents increased 2.5 fold after the reform, which was evenly distributed across the... View Details

Keywords: Patents; Global Range; Distribution; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Structure; Business Processes; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Fluctuation; Motivation and Incentives; Distribution Industry; United States; Great Britain

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27 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way

point... 9. I am going to fail at something and that's okay.In an early-stage start-up, I am a generalist, not a specialist, and in the range of things I work on, there are definitely a couple things that I won't be great at. Or, with the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month | Baker Library

business successes can be found in A Century of Trust: The Story of Masayuki Tokioka . Rajat Gupta (MBA 1973) served as the first non-Western managing director of McKinsey & Company, driving the firm's global expansion. Memos to and from... View Details

17 Jun 2021
News

Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

Clubs News Clubs News Alumni Angels Conference Tackles Post-Pandemic Investing and Entrepreneurship The global pandemic has reshaped the world, and investors and founders are full of questions about the future of startups. To find... View Details