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- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
the course: One is a textbook, The Moral Leader: Challenges, Tools, and Insights, that provides historical and social context for the works read in the course, as well as instructional materials. The other is an instructor's guide,... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
attracted the research attention of Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Andres Hervas-Drane, a PhD candidate in Economics at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. Their View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
“match made in heaven” that Lurie initially thought. In words of Lurie, the team was “looking for somebody who interacts very well and communicates clearly with everybody he works with and comes in touch with. Understands the passion of... View Details
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
Can we use our capabilities in the electronic sensor business to deal with these problems and issues? For example, one of the things they are working on is biosensors that can be attached to the food chain, so that the freshness of food... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
consumer. The system needs to be redesigned so that each participant is motivated to increase value, measured by health outcomes per dollar expended. This excerpt discusses how healthcare providers can shift to a value-based model. An interview with Professor Porter... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
believe that these extraordinary times call for massive public funds to be used for economic interventions, shouldn't these efforts be at least partially designed to promote new enterprises? Second, in many nations the venture industry is on View Details
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
low cost or a business providing goods or services that end or reduce respiratory ailments. Bringing together public healthcare and market forces "could have huge impact," says Chu. That feeling was underscored by Chu's own extensive experience in... View Details
- 28 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Microfinance: A Way Out for the Poor
I thought that change came out of the barrel of a gun. … But life has many surprises for twenty-year-olds." He pursued an MBA degree from HBS, graduated in 1976, and joined the Boston Consulting Group, eventually gravitating to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 1, 2008
Working PapersMental Accounting and Small Windfalls: Evidence from an Online Grocer Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, John Beshears, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman (revised March 2008) Abstract We study the effect of small windfalls on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Working PapersDishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting (revised) Authors:Lisa Lixin Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract People routinely engage in dishonest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
changes on jobs, tax base, and blight as you lose thousands and thousands of stores around the country?” Q: Are some malls still working well? Alvarez: Some you see succeeding are experience-based malls, ones that have restaurants, movie... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Oceanbulk-Maritime-S-A---/an/914416-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 414-044 Houston We Have A Problem: NASA and Open Innovation (A) Jeff Davis, director of Space Life Sciences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Projects/BPEA/Fall-2014/Fall2014BPEA_Weinzierl.pdf?la=en Working Papers Selection and Market Reallocation: Productivity Gains from Multinational Production By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie X. Chen... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
build successful businesses. The desire to capture the scale of this change is the ambitious goal of Harvard Business School's Creating Emerging Markets project, whose new website was profiled in HBS Working Knowledge last year. The... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
focused on IT businesses and involved male protagonists. Mends thought it would be exciting to explore a wider range of model companies and leaders, and Koehn, whose work has often focused on entrepreneurs in unconventional settings,... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
the long run. This last element is critical, for there is not enough charity or taxpayer money to make a sustainable difference; only the profit motive can do that. Earning And Learning Rather than merely applying superficial aid, the WDC, with its varied and... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
Working PapersInvestable Tax Credits: The Case of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Authors:Mihir A. Desai, Dhammika Dharmapala, and Monica Singhal Abstract The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) represents a novel tax expenditure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
health, safety, and environmental policies under Phase III, all designed to make life less risky for the average citizen. What explains these changes? My sense is that as Americans grew ever more affluent (particularly in the twentieth... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
co-founder, CFO, etc.—with a "significant equity position." The companies must be considered high-growth businesses, and indeed, aside from a whole-foods business, most were in traditionally fast-track fields such as technology, e-commerce,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace