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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

representation on boards, and even the potential to create social good. Covering both public and private markets, the course will present the unprecedented opportunities that have arisen due to energy transition and other trends through... View Details

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

organization, join the club. Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. New research by HBS professor Max H. Bazerman and colleagues explores the hidden cost when stretch goals... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Nov 2014
News

Fundación México en Harvard Celebrates 25 Years

to 2.5 million women across the country and launching his own startup, Salud Cercana (Health Near You), to address the issue of heart disease in low-income Mexico communities. One of only a few Mexican physicians with an MBA, Ocejo, 31, first saw the View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 23, 2007

technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the assembly of strategic contracts. More broadly, highlights the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Mar 2005
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Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

ingrained and destructive. Effective change leaders provide opportunities for employees to practice desired behaviors repeatedly, while personally modeling new ways of working and providing coaching and support. In our studies of... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

as when a U.S. auto company builds a parts plant in Mexico, has come into prominence only in the past few decades. Cutting costs is fair enough, unless it is done by paying less-than-living wages, creating unsafe working conditions, or... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

01 Mar 2012
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Competitiveness at Risk

facing society and the economy, and this is one of them. We feel we have an ability to make a positive difference, and an opportunity to learn in the process. Porter: This really starts with the idea that the School has a unique platform... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

13 Feb 2025
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IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

Both transitions have strategic and competitive implications for firms operating in and out of the region. The current "reconstruction" of Asia offers insights about differentiating systemic from asystemic risks and illuminates possible changes in market View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond Accommodation

that reduced government procurement costs and streamlined distribution channels. “This was a turnaround situation,” Gibbons explains. “NIB had a declining top line and was operating in the red. We needed to shift from a monopolistic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; AT&T; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2017
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Case Study: Moment in the Sun

a large hotel chain reached out to express interest, Hoskins began to see the promise of B2B sales in the hospitality market. “They got the value right away,” says Hoskins. “It’s automatic: Your customers are healthier and getting better sleep, and there’s View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Overall Cost Comparison of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures with Endoscopist- or Anesthesia-Supported Sedation by Activity-Based Costing Techniques By: Helmers, Richard A., James A. Dilling,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an View Details

13 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

School researchers: Disregarding advice from colleagues could invite harsh backlash that just might damage valued workplace relationships, according to the recent paper Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice, published... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Alumni Forums - Alumni

cannot be in the same forum.) All forum candidates have the opportunity to review the list of other members before meeting, and also check for any potential conflicts based on close business or personal relationships. What are the time... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

government, and civil society all focus on the poor as producers. The main emphasis must be, he says, on creating employment opportunities for the poor and increasing their productive capacities by ensuring basic public services. What the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

20 Jul 2017
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Pushing the Next Generation Forward

would bridge private- and public-sector work,” he says, “so it was an opportunity see how that could play out in an amazing, mission-driven organization.” The experience led to his joint MBA/MMP studies at Harvard. “I was meeting people... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

Internet, it doesn't take a billion dollar R&D platform to discover the next technology platform." Jim Winkelmann agreed, but with a caveat: "The rebirth as always (will) be in the entrepreneurial sector creating View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

something new to spur on their employees. According to Beer, managers in many companies look to pay-for-performance for good reasons. They expect that it will attract and motivate people. They expect performance standards will outweigh the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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