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- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
business leaders adopted already, and which styles are likely to be most successful in the future? In a talk in Kuala Lumpur on June 15 at the invitation of The Star/BizWeek publication and the Harvard Club of Malaysia, Mills explained... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
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Asia Pacific - Global
children throughout Southeast Asia with nutrient-rich treats, received the Best Investment Award and will represent APAC at the Global Finale. Turmerik and VoxPop AI were honored with the Best Innovation and Best Social Impact Awards,... View Details
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go—but not so... View Details
- 07 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Which Does More to Determine the Quality of Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies, Firms or Countries?
Keywords: by Andrea Hugill & Jordan Siegel
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Business History - Faculty & Research
beginning as a public goods project. The transcripts of interviews are fully accessible on the project website. They can be downloaded by anyone with an internet connection, and they can be used in research... View Details
Rob Markey
Rob Markey is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum. The course focuses on how to effectively design,... View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition
By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to... View Details
Pisano, Gary P. "A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-036, September 2015.
- 02 May 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?
that will relieve humanity of mind-numbing desk work with attendant improvements in quality and reductions in cost and allow people to pursue more creative and interesting work? Or a tool so powerful that it begins to crowd out even the most creative jobs from writing... View Details
- 12 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted
activity, and foreign direct investment from multiple sources, including corporate earnings calls. Less business in China, but trade remains global One major takeaway from the analysis: The share of Chinese View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
either system can lead to the subversion of expected relationships in the other. This book rejects the simple equation of capitalism with markets or with trade, in favor of a three-level system that embraces factor markets as well those for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Payout Policy
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
appraisals. There is an overriding contradiction at the center of the Bank's approach to public participation. On the one hand, Bank literature and policy statements are replete with testimonials to the importance of participation and... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
Publications December 2014 Academy of Management Journal Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises By: Battilana, Julie, Metin Sengul, Anne-claire Pache, and Jacob Model... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
The classic advice to investors is to diversify—put wealth into a combination of assets. Perhaps some cash goes into mutual funds, some in blue chips, and a little in growth stocks, spreading out risk as well as opportunity. What if people thought about View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
(September-October 2011) Abstract For many decades the cornerstone of corporate reporting has been financial information that is presented in a company's annual, semi-annual, and quarterly reports. These comprehensive financial reports-required by law for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
expensive research, plus plain old good luck; it also had been, at times, duplicative. Along the way, Diamond met another man who was researching the same Polish town. What if there was a way for family history researchers to pool their... View Details
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History of Excellence - Doctoral
Community Do Yoon Kim Strategy Student Research Tax Elasticities of Top Donors: Evidence from Family Foundations By: Simon Essig Aberg 02 JUN 2025 | Faculty & Research Are ESG Improvements Recognized? Perspectives from the Public... View Details
- December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
- Case
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N.... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa
Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
- March 2010 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Disruptive IPOs? WR Hambrecht & Co.
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
Bill Hambrecht faces a dilemma: should he accept a high profile client for his online Dutch auction IPO? Though it would be viewed as a real coup, what would accepting the business mean to WR Hambrecht? Should he seek other high profile clients like this, or should he... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Initial Public Offering; Disruptive Innovation; Auctions; Online Technology; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco
Christensen, Clayton M., and Tara Donovan. "Disruptive IPOs? WR Hambrecht & Co." Harvard Business School Case 610-065, March 2010. (Revised May 2010.)