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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
extreme case was the Common Agricultural Policy, adopted in 1966, which severely restricted U.S. agricultural exports to Europe. However, within Europe, free trade was established between the member countries, even though nontariff barriers persisted. The View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th century: the redistribution of large estates to their tenants, the creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning
Learning and the Harvard Alumni Association. "What can we all do so that disagreement turns out to be productive rather than damaging?" Gino opened the evening with an example of such constructive sparring. Sharing video of the Pixar creative team discussing their... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
knew of them. The first N.C.R. sales script was the creation of Patterson's brother-in-law Joseph H. Crane. "How I Sell National Cash Registers," which became known as the Primer, contained instructions not only on what salesmen... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- Web
Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
Barbara Larson. Our Work-From-Anywhere Future , Harvard Business Review, 2020. Is It Time to Let Employees Work From Anywhere? , Harvard Business Review, 2019. With Barbara Z. Larson and Cirrus Foroughi. The Ethnic Migrant Inventor Effect: Codification and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
the political process of determining institutions of capitalism is "thin," in that managers find themselves with specialized technical knowledge unavailable to outsiders and with little political opposition-such as in the case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Michael Porter’s ideas about competitive strategy. Shared value creation focuses on identifying and expanding the connections between societal and economic progress. Policies and operating practices that simultaneously create economic and... View Details
- Web
Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
of this sort could be a valuable addition to many if not most companies in at least five ways: as a source of knowledge and expertise, as a sounding board and constructive critic, as a driver of accountability, as a stimulus for... View Details
- Web
Events - Business History
explore such themes as the creation of sensory experience in modern capitalist society from cross-cultural perspectives, the impact of technological development on sensory perception, the commercialization of the senses, and the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
Tsao, both of whom held senior positions in the US Department of Justice’s criminal division and now are Harvard Law School lecturers. It explores the topics through cases such as Wells Fargo’s creation of thousands of fake accounts, and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Web
Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
and Business Development. At Shiva he was responsible for building and managing the product management, product marketing, marketing communications, knowledge management and Web groups. Prior to Shiva he was with the Boston Consulting... View Details
- Blog
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
applications present opportunities for job creation by broadening the scope and scale of a company's product portfolio. Conversely, internal-facing applications are more likely to affect knowledge workers'... View Details
- Web
Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering Graduate School Mid-Career Professionals Prepare for your next opportunity by learning how to apply basic statistics to real business problems. Meet Arjun, an HBS Online participant who took Business Analytics to better... View Details
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
affects each of Porter's Five Forces as well as the resources and capabilities of the firm. The availability of patents may be key to deciding what barriers to entry exist. The enforceability of covenants not to compete and assignments of inventions may determine who... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
Business School) The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Neeley: The EU union has barred Americans from traveling to... View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Beyond Agency Theory: The Hidden and Heretofore Inaccessible Power of Integrity (PDF file of Keynote Slides)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard
There is far too much concern today about the conflicts of interest between people; for example, conflicts of interest between agents and owners—historically a favorite topic of Jensen—and not enough attention paid to the damage caused by an individual's conflict of... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
benefits of a monopoly position in the marketplace—these are all privileges that society grants to professions in return for certain social benefits. The creation of these social benefits, in turn, places certain constraints on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering
Denise Dupré and Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) and Denise Dupré are deeply committed to the creation of innovative programs for students who are driven to create, lead, and grow companies with the potential to change... View Details
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
Overcoming Barriers to Value Creation Case Study: Unshrinkit Featured Exercises Negotiation simulation (Rijas and Vericampos: Negotiating a Long Term Service Contract) Peer feedback 8-10 hrs Module 3 Managing the Negotiation Process:... View Details