Smart Buildings - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

geopolitics of the moment. The interesting thing about the energy sector is that it is always and everywhere inherently geopolitical, even when the decision-making by firms is utterly commercial in its rationale. These were fundamentally commercial logics that led to... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

generally. There are potentially even greater savings to be realized in improving building efficiency, he notes, through energy audits, retrofits, and smart building software... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

now known as the Office of Technology and Innovation. Almost immediately, her remit expanded from managing New York City’s technology infrastructure to building its contact-tracing platform and vaccine-finder websites. Throughout, says... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time is to be published today. Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In addition to her many years of teaching and research at HBS,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

And I don’t think that’s a good response. I think in fact, equilibrium isn’t coming. We’re actually in a fundamentally changed frame. In that world you have to figure out how to move forward. We like this idea of using a set of mindsets that help you gather the... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

15 Mar 2016
First Look

March 15, 2016

store. In 2015 the company was developing a strategy for its Smart Platform, a model in which Ocado would lease its software, hardware, and integration services to brick-and-mortar grocery retailers seeking to View Details

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Competition by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann Harvard Business Review , November 2014 We stand at the brink of a new era of competition. Smart connect products are forcing companies to rethink nearly everything they do, from... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

everything from working out at the gym to turning off the lights at home. Yet, despite the brainpower devoted to devising creative rewards and fine-tuning offerings, employees don’t always buy in. “All this money and time and smart people... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

30 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations

ever work.'" On the flipside, research has found that entering negotiations with a positive attitude tends to lead to better outcomes—when both sides are agreeable and conciliatory, it builds a level of trust that can lead to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation; Sports

09 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge

For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details

Keywords: by Glen Justice

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

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Blog

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

Second Half of Life, as well as the forthcoming Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, coauthored with Oprah Winfrey. Hise Gibson: Leadership and habit formation My summer reading list comprises books that cater... View Details

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA

contribute to their education. How to do your part: Build your savings. (Need tips? Check out Harvard’s financial wellness resources.) Explore federal and private student loan options. Students can borrow up to the cost of attendance and... View Details

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

inside a firm. With effort, some people did develop an innovative vision of what changes would be needed and a smart strategy of how to make those changes. Then, in trying to explain this to others and achieve sufficient buy-in, the... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

Fortitude, with exceedingly high returns that far outpace the other funds. Then Bazerman reveals the bad news: Fortitude is actually Madoff’s fund, and it just fell off a cliff. “Very smart people in the room will pick Fortitude. Their... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

alternatives to factory-farmed meat. They are recreating muscle fiber structure using plant ingredients and building a food and material science innovation platform that will create step-change improvement in meat alternative product... View Details

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

It's the rare manager who doesn't partake in quarterly or annual goal-setting exercises. And woe to those who don't make their goals SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely). But do these goals really work? Researchers... View Details