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- 23 Apr 2014
- HBS Seminar
David Lazer, Northeastern University
- Forthcoming
- Chapter
Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility and Crime in the Determination of Beliefs in Venezuela
By: Rafael Di Tella, Javier Donna and Robert MacCulloch
Book Abstract: At the beginning of the twentieth century Venezuela had one of the poorest economies in Latin America, but by 1970 it had become the richest country in the region and one of the twenty richest countries in the world, ahead of countries such as Greece,... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Volatility; Crime and Corruption; Values and Beliefs; Non-Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; Venezuela
Di Tella, Rafael, Javier Donna, and Robert MacCulloch. "Oil, Macroeconomic Volatility and Crime in the Determination of Beliefs in Venezuela." Chap. 14 in Venezuela Before Chávez: Anatomy of an Economic Collapse, edited by Ricardo Hausmann and Francisco Rodriguez. Penn State University Press, 2014.
- 2022
- Chapter
The Merits and Limits of China's Modern Universities
By: William C. Kirby
China has a long history of advanced learning, but its modern universities are quite young. Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the establishment of Chinese universities based on international models signaled the end of a millennium of promoting talent through... View Details
Kirby, William C. "The Merits and Limits of China's Modern Universities." Chap. 11 in Making Meritocracy: Lessons from China and India, from Antiquity to the Present, edited by Tarun Khanna and Michael Szonyi, 262–283. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- November 2006 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
The Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Describes a set of issues confronting the leaders of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, an innovative cross-university effort to accelerate scientific discovery and translation in the domain of stem cells. Covers a wide range of topics, including understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Research and Development; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
Sahlman, William A. "The Harvard Stem Cell Institute." Harvard Business School Case 807-096, November 2006. (Revised March 2008.)
- 15 Jan 2020
- Video
Cem Boyner
Cem Boyner, Chair of Boyner Holdings, one of the largest retail groups in Turkey, explains how when he was the Chair of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) between 1989 and 1990,... View Details
- April 2011
- Supplement
Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (B)
By: J. Bruce Harreld and David Lane
This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their team focused on framing, analyzing, and ultimately acting upon complex decisions. The A case provides an inside look as President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, works with his cabinet ministers to decide how to... View Details
Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cases; Crime and Corruption; State Ownership; Business or Company Management; Economics; Risk and Uncertainty; Finance; Performance; Management Teams; Strategic Planning; Energy Industry; Mexico City
Harreld, J. Bruce, and David Lane. "Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 811-080, April 2011.
- Summer 2013
- Other Article
The Roots of Our Tax Debates
Our fiscal debates are endlessly frustrating. The outlines of a compromise seem clear, yet both sides remain incapable of agreement. But is the proper balance between spending less and taxing more really so obvious? A look at what underlies the political wars over... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew C. "The Roots of Our Tax Debates." National Affairs, no. 16 (Summer 2013).
- 24 Jan 2020
- News
Suicide Is Not Someone Else’s Problem. It’s a Problem for All of Us.
- 15 Sep 2017
- News
Harvard professor has a novel way to fix Washington before 2018
- 09 Aug 2011
- News
Downgrading America?
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Rich People Pay More Taxes When There Is A Draft
- 07 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Profits of Power: Commercial Realpolitik in Eurasia
- August 2018 (Revised April 2023)
- Case
Facebook—Can Ethics Scale in the Digital Age?
By: George A. Riedel and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Since its founding in 2004, Facebook has built a phenomenally successful business at global scale to become the fifth most valuable public company in the world. The revelation of Cambridge Analytica events in March 2018, where 78 million users' information was leaked... View Details
Keywords: Facebook; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Trust; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Social Media
Riedel, George A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Facebook—Can Ethics Scale in the Digital Age?" Harvard Business School Case 319-030, August 2018. (Revised April 2023.)
- June 2012
- Article
Managing Risks: A New Framework
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
Risk management is too often treated as a compliance issue that can be solved by drawing up lots of rules and making sure that all employees follow them. Many such rules, of course, are sensible and do reduce some risks that could severely damage a company. But... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Governance Controls; Corporate Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Framework
Kaplan, Robert S., and Anette Mikes. "Managing Risks: A New Framework." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
- 03 Oct 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
When Exit is an Option: Effects of Indiscriminate Violence on Attitudes Among Syrian Refugees in Turkey
- 07 Sep 2012
- News
My little crony
- 27 Jan 2011
- News
Dancing elephants
- 14 Sep 2011
- News