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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
learning to ask the right questions and learning to understand yourself. Political Standards: Corporate Interest, Ideology, and Leadership in the Shaping of Accounting Rules for the Market Economy by Karthik Ramanna (Univ. of Chicago Press) Some institutions underlying... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
working with members of Congress to modernize the rules and processes on the internal side. It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had a commission in this country to look at restructuring the way Congress does its day-to-day business. One... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
309-073 Brief political, economic, and social timeline of China from 1949 to present to give context on and provide overview of modern Chinese history. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
"capitalism" fail to examine the role of the firm, perhaps the central institutional innovation of the last two centuries. Business historians have a chance to shift debates on the subject of modern government through the use of... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
business encyclopedias, and other sources. In many cases, these individuals were cited for the advances that they made in American business—opening new markets, creating new industries, instituting modern management practices, or... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
forever. But we’ve introduced products that have added more modern style so you don’t have to be over 50 to appreciate what we’re doing,” says McEvoy. Today, Queen Elizabeth II wears her Burberry trench coat. But so does supermodel Kate... View Details
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
surrounded by an expanding ring of residential and industrial growth. And finally, the scrambled egg—a delicious mess but a mess nonetheless: the modern city, sprawling with opportunity, technology, and confusion. “Somehow,” Mostafavi... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
What really fuels a boom-and-bust cycle in the modern global economy? It’s not always household debt, says a new paper that parses in-depth data across 115 countries. Instead, rising corporate debt may flash the clearest warning that a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
was proposed in this country’s Constitution and codified in its modern form in 1836, began to have serious problems in 1982. What went wrong? Two fundamental changes occurred that weakened the system considerably. The first had to do with... View Details
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?
more modern participative organizational climate." Japan, with fewer entrepreneurial and more consensual organizations, can anticipate more difficulty. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Batteries Included
Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO and cofounder of Fleetzero,... View Details
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
hearts. That is what health tech entrepreneur turned public leader Todd Park said, and I agree. Hire people with a set of modern skills around user-centered design, product management, UX and UI, or software engineering, and who have... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
the capabilities they need. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52603 September 2017 Current History China Gambles on Modernizing Through Urbanization By: Looney, Kristen, and Meg Rithmire... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
overcome the organizational blocks that impede the potential of all people who work in modern organizations. While this module is designed to be used alone, it is part of the Management Control Systems series. The series forms a complete... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
supported by numerous examples of government intervention that has triggered the growth of a venture capital sector. For instance, the Small Business Investment Company [SBIC] program in the United States led to the formation of the infrastructure for much of the View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
communications in a modern organization. We analyze a dataset with millions of electronic mail messages, calendar meetings and teleconferences for many thousands of employees of a single, multidivisional firm during a three-month period... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Videos - Advancing Racial Equity
presents "Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women" 2018 G&WS: Sandra Finley presents "Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women" 27 Apr 2018... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey By: Coplan, Asli M., and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This working paper examines the origins and development of the Koç Group, which grew to be the largest business group in Turkey. This enterprise was an important actor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne