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Resources for Harvard Economics Students
problematic. Please contact Baker Librarians to discuss an effective approach to your project. We are happy to help and suggest alternatives if required. View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
is the book income they produce. The proposal to publicly report taxes paid is an eminently sensible idea. More ambitious alternatives should also be considered, including making corporate tax returns public so shareholders can benefit... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to Sink a Startup
Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book "an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error." A past recipient of the HBS student-voted award for... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
Productivity will improve as the alternation of job assignments eliminates the 'indispensable' worker." Connie Luthy says, "I have practiced 'Just-In-Time' hiring ... in the pharmaceutical industry.... I have advised my client... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
Movement for Black Lives, and follow the organizations listed above on social media or subscribe to their newsletters to get invitations to take action. Consider supporting a campaign to redirect police funding to alternative community... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
How to Approach Your Equity Compensation
of thousands of dollars on shares that may end up being worth a fortune—or nothing at all. This decision often needs to be made within 90 days of leaving a company. Some exercises may inadvertently subject shareholders to Alternative... View Details
- February 2024 (Revised March 2024)
- Teaching Note
X: The Foghorn Decision
By: Kyle Myers and Walter Frick
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 618-060. View Details
Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Climate Change; Green Technology; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge; Product Design; Product Development; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
customer service. Harvard Business Review on Managing Diversity. From managing diversity to exploring alternative workplaces to debunking myths about compensation, the topics covered in this compilation address how to build organizations... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
actually released in 1995. The year brought no major new musical genre to generate album sales the way rap and alternative rock had in previous years. "Product returns from financially pinched retailers were very heavy last year,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- Profile
Rawiah Abdallah
were too many restrictions on freedom of expression," says Rawiah, "To be true to your principles was risky." Yet her volunteer work suggested an alternative direction. In high school, Rawiah tutored non-Arabic speaking... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Examining Global Workforce Management
in Brazil. Furloughs as an alternative to layoffs are used less frequently in the United States than in the rest of the world. Sucher’s case on Honeywell reveals how the firm—the only one of its US peers to use furloughs during the Great... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
not surprising to see some of our classmates choose alternative career paths. We are rightfully proud of classmates such as Pastor Jon Weaver, nurse Carol Martin, award-winning songwriter Eric Vogt, and Reva Seybolt, a "hands-on healer"... View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Image by Digital Art/Corbis Related Links Listen to a podcast of Professors Rawi Abdelal, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor discussing the future of energy The catch-all “green” category covers a range of industries, from wind and solar power to View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
companies will have no alternative but to confront the language issue as they extend their global reach. “If they don’t have a language strategy, they’ll regret it,” she says. “One of the most powerful ways to compete globally is to make... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
imperfect institutions, the authors write, “but no viable alternative has been proposed, so we must make the most of the best governance tools at our disposal.” In the future, Lorsch and Carter envision that “boards will possess a genuine... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- News
Brightening the Future
rural, off-grid Philippine villages. The well-publicized “Ride for Light” was intended to call the country’s attention to the need for safe, sustainable power alternatives to the widespread reliance on kerosene, wood, and batteries, which... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
2016 Harvard Business Review Press HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company By: Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff Abstract—Find, acquire, and run your own business. Are you looking for an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Stobaugh suggests the problem is U.S. dependence on foreign oil; the most promising approaches to achieving a more balanced energy menu, he thought, would be largely through increased energy efficiency and focusing on solar energy as the best of the View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
"One of the marks of a truly dominant intellectual paradigm is the difficulty people have in even imagining an alternative view." Do you think business scholarship has lost sight of social welfare issues? A: Our data suggest... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
widespread, the type of criticism activists levy seems less out of place. Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) both backed Peltz’s campaign for a board seat at DuPont this year, for example. Leveraging the growth of View Details