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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
(AMP 94, 1984) (iUniverse) Simple Sabotage: A Modern Field Manual for Detecting and Rooting Out Everyday Behaviors That Undermine Your Workplace by Robert Galford (MBA 1976), Bob Frisch, and Cary Greene (MBA 1994) (HarperOne) Inspired by... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
table, a tray of sandwiches nearby. Two more join via videoconference. The pesky buzz of BlackBerries punctuates the lengthy and sometimes contentious discussion. It’s a familiar scene in the modern business world, but not one normally... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15241.html August 2013 Journal of Public Economics The Promise of Positive Optimal Taxation By: Weinzierl, Matthew Abstract—A prominent assumption in modern optimal tax research is that the objective of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
growing rapidly and modernizing its military as fast as it can, and will be a major threat beginning in about another ten years. Even Europe, which is now trying to move unification forward by anti-Americanism (which we cannot stop, no... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
coming down, I’m relatively optimistic that more of what seems like sci-fi will become reality over the next couple of decades. If you think about data as being the backbone of the modern economy, and the transmission of information... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
Information Technology, published last year by the HBS Press, McKenney argues that while modern information technology provides the tools that make innovation possible, corporate managers are the ones who actually apply those tools... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
West among the twenty appointed up to that time in any department. He did more than any other federal official to oversee settlement and economic growth in the West, and to turn America's public lands into a force for the public good. This was his signature... View Details
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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising
they were manufactured linked consumer goods to the glorification of modern industrial life. “The frequent depiction of majestic factories on trade cards is simply further proof of the obvious confidence and optimism with which... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
for running and raising modern families, who previously founded the Y Combinator–backed Poppy and spent a decade building consumer businesses at P&G, Adidas, and Starbucks. View Details
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
Abstract Modern global trends are changing the face of teams. But we believe that much of today's teams' research focuses us on the present and the past while barely acknowledging the future. Much more radical changes exist in what is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
prioritize one life over another? Does a self-driving car swerve to avoid a pedestrian if it means the driver or passenger gets injured, and how does that calculus change if the pedestrian is jaywalking or in a group, elderly or a child? Applying ‘the trolley problem’... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
convince ICC’s Investment/Credit Committee to provide capital despite the many risks associated with investing in Argentina. Due to Argentina’s vast energy resources, its modern political history has been deeply intertwined with its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with respect to potential risks). Q: You... View Details
- 17 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future
to either eliminating virgin wool entirely or ensuring it is Responsible Wool Standard certified in the near future.” Deckers’ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Tom Garcia works closely with the board committee that Bonita chairs. Last fall, he was named a View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
Destruction SCHUMPETER: Ambivalent about Harvard, uneasy about America, he wondered, “Why am I always so out of sympathy with my milieu?” COURTESY HARVARD UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, HUGB S276.90 In his 1942 book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Schumpeter begins his... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
predicting other people’s tastes, we tend to assume that liking one thing precludes enjoying another, dissimilar option. (Photo: iStockphoto) For example, a real estate agent might forego the opportunity to show a mid-century modern home... View Details
- 27 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Customer Loyalty Programs That Work
Loyalty In Retail Self-service retail, which started with customers selecting their own merchandise in the 1930s and evolved to modern conveniences including self-checkout lanes, has saved businesses labor costs and customers time. But... View Details