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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
difference between sitting in a classroom and pontificating about what the CEO should or should not have done versus the real-world challenges I was facing. I reflected back on J&J’s lessons on proactive communication, public engagement, View Details
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
distancing. New patterns of consumer and worker behavior and expectations have emerged during the first weeks of the crisis. COVID-19 represents a tremendous economic shock and burden. In recent weeks, the focus has begun to shift towards... View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- 24 May 2017
- News
David G. Bradley, MBA 1977
year is 2017, providing evidence that while Bradley’s manner may be from a bygone age, he’s firmly planted in the 21st century. When Bradley was just 26, he founded a legislative and regulatory research business. “I’d done nothing but... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 May 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
wanted to leverage my knowledge & experience in finance to focus on making a difference in my home region of Asia through impact investing. In China, for example, the sector lacks quite a bit with regards to human capital and... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Science (forthcoming) Abstract While monitoring and regulation can be used to combat socially costly unethical conduct, their intended targets are often able to avoid regulation or hide their behavior. This surrenders at least part of the effectiveness of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- Web
Industry Information - Alumni
theoretical and empirical on cross-border banking, as well as information on regulatory initiatives. Reuters: Finance Breaking news on the banking industry delivered by Reuters journalists. + – Business of Sports Business of Sports... View Details
- 04 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?
compete with each other to satisfy client demands; this could reinforce their focus on playing it safe by mitigating potential regulatory and litigation costs. "In either case," Ramanna says,... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Manager, Strategy & Business Development Distributed Generation, NextEra Energy Resources Tanuj Deora HBS MBA 2006 Vice President, Market Development and Regulatory Affairs, Uplight “I'm addressing climate change by helping transform... View Details
- 24 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach
Companies can create shareholder value through more effective governance, and through boards that do not simply ensure compliance, but focus their time and efforts on the most critical strategic areas. Past board results have often not... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
generalized toolkits to business users or get bogged down in custom software consulting engagements that solve nonrepeatable use cases. There are more opportunities today for entrepreneurs to focus on solving vertical problems than... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
trucking-tech company, has a simple goal: Get goods where they need to go as efficiently as possible with a limited labor force. For TuSimple, that means a focus not on the cities themselves, but rather on the long stretches of highway... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
lower emissions) is becoming the focus of operators. Consumers are shifting their product preferences and investors are incorporating these in their asset allocations and specific investment decisions. There will be large changes in the... View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
this work was published in the Harvard Business Review. My colleagues and I looked at a full range of financial services that were—and were not—available in South Central and communities like it, including payment services, savings, credit, and insurance. For a variety... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
their managers. The influence of Chandler and his focus on firms grew rapidly in the early 1990s in countries like Mexico and Brazil when many of these specialists began writing detailed economic histories using firm-level data,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Harvard Business School
the board of the Robert Toigo Foundation and the Howard University Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation Institute. Kenneth Powell MBA 1974 Kenneth Powell is a business and social enterprise leader with a focus on enterprise and... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
In this discussion, we will address the industry's evident cyclicality, but more importantly, we will focus on significant long-term macroeconomic trends and their profound impact on the forces that drive the evolution of private capital.... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Case
This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly
short-term financial success will substantially outpace that of companies employing more traditional techniques, says Campbell, there are several other long-term benefits that show the advantages of their alternative approach. First, in a View Details