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- 31 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Japan Disaster Shakes Up Supply-Chain Strategies
suppliers in as many countries before it lands in the hands of the final assembler. "The sequential, multicountry production model is what dominates now, and it's a model where little bits of value get added here or there and it's... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
Environmental Justice (EJ): working to combat climate change and promote climate resilience and investing in the green economy in a way that creates good, well-paying jobs, with a focus on combatting inequality and the disproportionate... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
elite patronage, the canal could operate as a commercial enterprise free of adverse political interference. Under the Panama Canal Authority, the canal professionalized its management and began making long-term investments with an eye to... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
increased during the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Diversification gave firms both financing and investment advantages. First, conglomerates became significantly more leveraged relative to comparable focused firms. Second, conglomerates'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Donald J. Chiofaro
"Usually I land on the other side of the canyon without a problem, but sometimes I've had to hang on by my fingertips." In making such entrepreneurial vaults, he draws on ample reserves of confidence, conviction, and foresight. Explains... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52379 March 2017 Politics & Society Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—This article... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
useful perspective later in her career as cofounder of Lighthouse Capital Partners, a venture capital firm with early investments in a number of health care companies. Gwill York: I started earning money when I was in fourth grade, and I... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
investment banking institution had a staff of 110 and annual revenues of about $8 million. Today, the firm has more than 64,000 employees in offices stretching from New York to Beijing. Revenues last year totaled more than $26 billion,... View Details
- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
Investment Act, which challenged redlining policies of local banks that set higher hurdles for home-ownership among minorities. But it ended with the recent $5.2 trillion guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assets after these... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- Profile
Brandon Lovell
youth in corporate internships. In 2009, Brandon earned a position at a New York investment bank; after six months of training, he obtained his formal internship where he "learned about investment... View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
million of venture capital. Working with him was extraordinary: intense and energetic.” Over the next couple of years, NextDoor Networks raised nearly $38 million in venture capital investment before the dot-com bust of March 2000; by the... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
The $1 Trillion Link Between Mental Health and Economic Productivity
On the upside, every dollar invested in treating those disorders leads to a return of $4 in terms of the ability to work and thus contribute to the economy. Nava Ashraf hopes this study will prompt more like it, both among government... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Jan 2022
- News
Nohria’s Next Move
In a message to the HBS community this week, former Dean Nitin Nohria shared his next chapter. “I am pursuing a new adventure as the Executive Chairman of Thrive Capital, a firm that invests in and builds technology-enabled companies.”... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?
invest in for their own operations. This innovative model was thoughtfully constructed and sparked many questions from our group. Key Takeaways: The Challenges of Decarbonizing Dairy One of our most powerful takeaways from this visit was... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
landed on green methanol, a very different choice from ammonia that some competitors are planning to use. Given the massive investment Maersk is making in green methanol, it was fascinating to see how the... View Details