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  • 07 May 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

created, developed, and refined at HBS during the past century. The second was to illustrate the variety of ways in which those ideas have influenced students, the business world, and the academy. And the third was to encourage future innovation by showing the View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education
  • 08 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 8, 2006

prospects for growth in the future. The president of CEMEX North America wonders whether the program should be turned into a major line of business for the company. Provides a good understanding of financing mechanisms available to home... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

IFC: Cape Town; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes, and, after that point, the course fee is non-refundable. Refer to the GEO website for full details on IFCs and be sure you... View Details
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • News

Tapping into Opportunity

rigorous, independent mechanism for identifying promising early-stage water-technology companies. She is using what she's learned from the competition to help get companies to invest in providing clean water in impoverished nations. In... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 12 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

very different means. Where the NEA has a nearly 50-year history of art market-making, with vetted mechanisms for ensuring artistic quality and value, Kickstarter offers almost the opposite—it makes funding more into a matter of marketing... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation
  • 31 Oct 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?

effective, have to have three characteristics: diversity of points of view, independence from each other's opinions, and decentralization (with access to and the ability to draw on "local knowledge"). And they have to have some kind of View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think

massive shift —of the same order of magnitude as the diffusion of globalization, the mechanization of agriculture, the widespread adoption of computers or the diffusion of the Internet and the digitization of almost everything. It will... View Details
Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy; Utilities
  • 29 Feb 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

driving more CCUS adoption. The European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) approval, for instance, raises scrutiny on carbon levels and tightens procurement rules on their imports, and so to be compliant and be able to partake in... View Details
  • Web

IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

both depending on your individual circumstances. The Add/Drop process at the start of the term is the mechanism for any IFC enrollment changes, and, after that point, the course fee is non-refundable. Refer to the GEO website for full... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

integrated reporting, explains the forces that give momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved. It posits integrated reporting as a key mechanism by which companies can ensure their own long-term... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2014
  • News

Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain

together to develop laws that are consistent and compatible," she says. "This is incredibly important, to cooperate in law enforcement, to create mechanisms for real-time information sharing—strategically helping them focus on what the UN... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; human trafficking; Government; National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 22 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Argentina: A Historical Exploration of Information Sharing Mechanisms in Credit Markets, 1892-c.1935 Authors:Andrea M. Lluch Publication:Investigaciones de Historia Económica (forthcoming in fall 2008) Abstract During the last decades,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

asset-testing, and history-dependence, remain rare in practice. Where large gaps between theory and policy remain, the difficult question is whether policymakers need to learn more from theorists, or the other way around. Neural View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

$how Me the Money

corruption and criminality but also of commercial illegality. This shadow structure facilitates the hiding of money, be it from a murderous “godfather,” a corrupt official, or a tax-evading, transaction-manipulating executive; the system’s View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

A stable matching may not exist when couples are present. We find conditions under which a stable matching exists with high probability in large markets. We present a mechanism that finds a stable matching with high probability, and which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

and present themselves as more virtuous and ethical (Studies 1, 2, 3). We show this mechanism is exclusive for ethical dissonance and is not triggered by salience of ethicality (Study 4), general sense of personal failure, or ethically... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Sep 2015
  • First Look

September 8, 2015

protect firm value, helping their firm better withstand negative business shocks. We formally explore two parallel mechanisms for such protection: one of building moral capital (CSR Contributions) and another of improving investor... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 25

effectively, where they can be damaging, and where additional complementary mechanisms to spur innovation may be appropriate. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/tnicholas/patents_creative_destructive.pdf   Working Papers Does... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 24, 2008

non-connected stocks by up to 7.8% per year. Returns are concentrated around corporate news announcements, consistent with mutual fund managers gaining an informational advantage through the education networks. Our results suggest that social networks may be an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 29

qualitatively confirm the mechanism of industry migration proposed in models like Duranton. [Duranton, G., 2007. "Urban Evolutions: The Fast, the Slow, and the Still." American Economic Review 97, 197.221]. Download the paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace