Relevance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2013
News

The Long View

every stage they work with a network of policymakers and practitioners, who contribute feedback on the relevance and potential impact of the research. Developing this approach has been a process of looking at how to translate phenomenal... View Details

03 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Downturn

that also demonstrate a strong potential to influence the business, must be retained and grown. This is also the best time to be pruning initiatives that have lost their relevance and leverage. Q: What constitutes effective CSR? Can it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2022
News

'Rooted' In Innovation

make a measurable improvement in life on our planet. Learning to build a successful company is a stepping stone to that.” At HBS, Ajanoh acquired the knowledge, contacts, and managerial skills to further CassVita’s early promise. Several courses were particularly View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

04 Dec 2020
News

Hour by Hour

additional income over time.” Building a company that would allow businesses to retain that training investment, and allow workers to build more wealth, seemed like a problem worth solving. The coronavirus pandemic has made the company’s model more View Details

24 Oct 2018
News

Exploring the Future of Work for Women

“This is so important,” says HBSCSD President Edward Hughes (MBA 1993). “Without the presence of trust, there’s no framework to take risks, whether the law is there or not. It was a very thought-provoking talk, and it was both relevant... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

Blog

When Generations Learn Together

taught us this and it's still relevant (or not) in this case," or "At McKinsey, we worked on this client where or on these investments in this sector, here's what is most relevant " He had such good examples... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

are focusing on retraining (upskilling/reskilling) initiatives aimed at either equipping “at-risk” workers with skills relevant to new digital technologies, or helping them leverage existing skills across different occupations enabled by... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Seth Klarman

actual results are known. We just don’t think targeting a return is smart. You are lead editor of the new edition of Security Analysis, the bible of value investing by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, first published in 1934. Is their advice still View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

study on the importance of speed in a startup, to “lightning talks” with recent alumni on relevant topics related to MS/MBA life after HBS. A number of alumni advisors who are investors or entrepreneurs offered to host office hours where... View Details

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RCP Terms of Service - Research Computing Services

contact informationsecurity@hbs.edu . This information can also be found in relevant Data Safety & Security (DAT) records. You will only access the RCP through authorized interfaces. An authorized interface is defined as a workstation or... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

New Releases

text introducing risk-reducing strategies such as hedging, portfolio diversification, insurance, and derivative market mechanisms. In addition, the book trains the reader in relevant methodologies, including exposure analysis, the capital... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Porter Appointed to University Professorship

wonderful tribute to Mike, who during almost three decades on our faculty has been a pioneer in using economic principles to solve important problems in competitiveness. In an array of groundbreaking books, articles, and papers that combine deep and rigorous... View Details

Keywords: Doug Gavel; University Professorship; C. Roland Christensen; Sumner H. Slichter

01 Dec 2002
News

Think Globally, Teach Locally

collectively with businesses and academics worldwide to generate globally relevant knowledge.” The formation of the HBS Global Initiative in 1996 and the opening of research centers in Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, and Paris is clearly... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Apr 2025
News

A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Sep 2018
News

Moving Pictures

about where he keeps his Oscar (in the living room, over the TV). He was probably thinking about something else. Awards are great, but they aren’t the point. For Singer, the stakes are higher: to create socially relevant movies that sell... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

Edited by Julia Hanna; illustrations by Eduardo Recife Professor Nancy Koehn uses the perspective of time to tell the stories of ordinary people who, despite the odds, achieved extraordinary things. As these moments from her new book, Forged in Crisis, show, their... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

03 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising

interactivity, including Thought tracing. Firms infer states of mind from the content of a Web search and serve up relevant advertising; a market born of search terms develops. Ubiquitous connectivity. As people become increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Publishing; Advertising

01 May 2006
What Do You Think?

Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?

certain threshold . . . the state should move to minimize its involvement." Gaurav Goel opined, "I think Galbraith will be more relevant in the first half of this century. . . . For markets to act in coherence with society, it... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

talked with many of the deans and professors from the region, one of the things we've discovered is that there is a desire for up-to-date, relevant material."One long-term goal of the Center is to develop a clearinghouse for cases... View Details