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15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

care, security, and more). These are valid reasons. But there are workarounds that work. At Harvard Business School, my research looks at ways that the private sector can finance and deliver public infrastructure. For the last three... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

mitigate reputational spillover risks by reducing information asymmetries between themselves and their suppliers. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2343802 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 815-087... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

Publications August 2013 Harvard Business Review Press The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World By: Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. Abstract—The question of how to lead successfully and responsibly is crucially... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

Professor at Harvard Business School. Scholars have studied how boards work, but very little is known about the decisions and performance of individual directors. Boards are black boxes, with debates going on behind closed doors that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

marketing. "That day, Maria's life changed forever, and so did mine," says Max Eisenbud, her agent at sports agency IMG, as quoted in the recent Harvard Business School case "Maria Sharapova: Marketing a Champion."... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

summaries of the working papers published by Harvard Business School faculty—along with links to the full text of those papers. Here are the five most downloaded working papers of 2016: The Great Training Robbery There is a widely held... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

21 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

for anything where the prior art is known," explains Prithwiraj Choudhury, an assistant professor in the Technology, Operations, and Management unit at Harvard Business School. "But when a Western firm goes to a Western... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

the authors of Channels of Influence, by Harvard Business School Associate Professors Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy, and Umit G. Gurun, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. “When nearly half of anything... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

finishing a book that I am coauthoring with my colleague Max Bazerman called Predictable Surprises, which will be published by Harvard Business School Press next year. It's about all the problems that people know are festering in their... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

form or another—was inevitable. Wu, the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Clough, an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, continue to see... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

22 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone'

credit market dynamics—and investor behavior. HBS Working Knowledge spoke with Robin Greenwood, the George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking at Harvard Business School, about the role markets may play in shaping economic conditions.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Banking

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

tax system can help us get there" On a recent and unexpectedly warm day for a New England fall, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge sat down to discuss tax policy in general and reform in particular with Professor Matthew C.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

sense to be diversified than it used to in the past, since, at the end of the day, all markets are moving together,” says Luis Viceira, George E. Bates Professor and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

02 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

decline in job ownership. Leadership took a large share of the blame. J Mac’s comment was typical of several: “I think the ‘job renter’ behavior is the result of the ‘management takes all’ culture in today’s corporations ” Ed Hare... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

under intense operational pressure is nearly impossible. In addition, the heavy burden of compliance with government regulations and internal corporate requirements is taking a toll on people, limiting their creativity, and causing them... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

two-week spectacle that captures the attention of people around the world. With the Games of the XXX Olympiad off and running in London, three Harvard Business School professors offer their insights. Stephen A. Greyser, Richard P. Chapman... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

Harvard Business School Professor J. Gunnar Trumbull balks at the ubiquitous idea that the concentrated power of a few billionaires controls public policy and government regulation. Exaggeration of the impact of big business on public... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

17 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often

to research by Harvard Business School Professor Raffaella Sadun. “A CEO transition is a major organizational event, and communication inside the company is such an important aspect of that transition.” Sadun and colleagues describe how a... View Details

Keywords: by Ami Albernaz

11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

and approved, but when minority loan officers shepherd those applications, approval rates increase significantly, says Adi Sunderam, the Willard Prescott Smith Professor of Corporate Finance at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

with an increase in service quality, in this setting there is no significant relationship between service quality and profitability. My findings highlight the importance of attending to process discipline in certain service settings. They also show that too much View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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