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Economic Development in Inner Cities - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
increase productivity while benefiting the community. Learn more about CSV Michael Porter on Inner City Business While almost all big companies have active charitable programs and give to social service... View Details
- 16 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
ESG Activists Met the Moment at ExxonMobil, But Did They Succeed?
The impact-investment hedge fund Engine No. 1 made a big splash in May 2021 when it managed to get three nominees elected to the ExxonMobil board of directors. It was an open effort to prod the oil giant toward renewable energy and test whether activist investing could... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
deceptive veneer of familiarity, cultural gulfs and local differences often remain hidden. There is an increasingly international style of management.— John Quelch, HBS Amid these conflicting realities, however, Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business. During the 2008 financial... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year
the size of government and amount of state services. Paula Rettl spoke to Working Knowledge about her research examining these trends in Italy, Brazil and around the world. A native of Brazil, Rettl is an assistant professor at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
principles remained important in FOMC deliberations until the mid-1960s. After this, the FOMC also spent less time discussing the composition of bank loans. Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w20507 Cases & Course Materials Harvard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Social Innovation
My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
disruption, well, disrupted. At Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, our most popular stories about HBS faculty research have always been those that help readers become better managers and outstanding leaders, and it was no... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
indications to academics that small changes to the structure of microfinance contracts could have big consequences for how people spend the money and its impact on their businesses and their livelihoods.... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
operating business, like a specialized business field, so they went to companies like Procter or McKinsey, because that was where they could develop more business skills while they hung out and waited for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Case Study: Testing the Waters
coconut water and pink Himalayan salt, with lemon juice and stevia for flavor. Seeing a big opportunity on her hands—an effective, functional product with cleaner ingredients than anything on the market—Picasso left her job at Jet.com to... View Details
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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement
tag Health Care Innovation Health Care at HBS Kasite Ugo-beke’s journey from Nigeria to Harvard Business School is a testament to the power of passion and purpose in healthcare innovation. From early experiences witnessing healthcare gaps... View Details
- 12 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly
growing urgency for versatile business leaders who can operate at the intersection of science and society- and as MS/MBA’s, we are up to that challenge. This summer, I had the privilege of joining Eli Lilly's Genetic Medicines External... View Details
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Klarman Hall | About
basis of health and disease, supporting the Jewish community and Israel, expanding access to services and enrichment opportunities in Greater Boston, and ensuring a healthy democracy. In view of the transformative influence HBS has had on her husband’s View Details
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
As Amazon’s stunning pullout from New York fades into the news archives, its potent lessons for business negotiators risk being lost. Highly promising deals in diffuse multiparty settings with many potential spoilers, like Amazon’s... View Details
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
I've experienced first-hand the excitement and pain that come as companies with a few founders scale to hundreds or thousands of employees. At somewhere around 75 to 100 employees, running a business becomes more complicated, demanding... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
nation’s economy. Research Google's New San Jose Campus , Harvard Business School case, 2023. With Jeffrey Huizinga and Morgane Herculano. Chari: Exploring Fintech in Morocco , Harvard Business School case,... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic
interactions they needed to succeed. When managers understand the building blocks for team work, they can allocate time better and select the right communication tools, whether teams are dispersed or together, a new study from Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over... View Details