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Principal Research Interests

My research is principally focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century subjects, with an emphasis on economic and especially financial history. I am interested in the role of banks and capital markets in the process of economic development as well as in the political... View Details

2024
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Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society

By: Joseph L. Badaracco

Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details

Keywords: Trends; Business and Government Relations; Organizations; Power and Influence; Society

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The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

Angela Q. Crispi

Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic programs to research, and the... View Details

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

others. But it got to decide which components to "expose," and which to keep hidden, providing a mechanism through which its core intellectual property could be protected. As the company expanded, Microsoft formalized this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

allowed some companies to hire from a broader pool of candidates. Cutting so many barriers has been disorienting for some executives—it’s tempting to go back to what’s familiar. But the lack of structure can also be liberating, freeing one to focus on the View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

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Openings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

mini-summaries during transitions can provide takeaways that complement or substitute for elements in the closing. Instructors should consider the connections among these core elements of the class session when preparing teaching plans. A... View Details

11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

naturally choose to bring all innovations—sustaining and disruptive—to their core markets where their best customers reside.9 For example, had Western Union purchased Bell's patents, we would predict that it would not have commercialized... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

on MATLAB's memory usage. Cores Quick Tips for Choosing Cores: More is not really better, since this is a shared resource. Use fewer cores (1!) for interactive work, especially if you plan on having a... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

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Portrait Project

Auden Laurence

joy in this mission. I will spend my life serving others, just as serving my sister taught me. I will lead with intention, staying true to my core values of empathy, impact, and service to others. And I will live life as a grand... View Details

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What You Can Support - Alumni

gifts to the HBS Fund provide flexible resources that the School can use immediately to advance core priorities and pursue new initiatives. Although HBS’s endowment provides a strong foundation, it does not cover all of the School’s... View Details

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Redefining Capitalism - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

needs, improving efficiency, creating jobs, and building wealth. But we cannot harness the full potential of businesses until these meet society’s broader challenges as part of their core purpose. The purpose of the corporation,... View Details

28 Apr 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Payout Policy

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

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By: Ethan S. Bernstein

I have spent my career studying novel talent management practices and their effect on collaboration and performance. My core research focuses on two interrelated organizational trends that have become salient in the 21st century: workplace transparency (who gets to... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

percent of core employees participate, with the ability to pull the trigger independently to virtually test anything at any time. To illustrate that point, Thomke describes the time an incoming CEO called a meeting to present a new logo... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

Ryan Dumlao , CORe Participant “Being able to break down real-life scenarios, and look at the management processes within each—what worked and what didn't—provided a unique method of learning, and was incomparable to other course... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

polarized light and mirages and Wood's own way of doing things. . . . I decided that the world needed a synthetic polarizer, an extensive sheet of polarizing material, in order to be able to carry out on a large scale all the things implied by Wood's stories." 8 Land... View Details

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

How does the organization support an employee's goals? What are the organization's core values, and how are they reflected in its culture? Speak to your organization’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging practices Is this role... View Details

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