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- 12 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer
sector financial help a joint venture was set up with POEMA, a modern high-tech factory built, and coca plantations developed. Some 5,000 people were employed. Literacy levels soared. Political participation increased. Change had been... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
were facing. He radiated warmth while he shared his views on the future of education in modern business conduct. At the end of our encounter, I received a copy of A Delicate Experiment, a history of HBS, with a very personalized... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
supposed to be doing,” explains Chiefs Reporter, BJ Kissel. Speed of information processing, physical skills, and the need to deal with the media are other skills required by the modern QB. The QB job is also made more difficult as teams... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
plays a minor role in modern tax theory. One obstacle to its playing a greater role is confusion over the many ways in which theorists have argued that benefit-based taxes should be determined. In this paper, we provide clear descriptions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
to respond effectively once they did. We focus particularly on the problems GM encountered in developing the relational contracts essential to modern design and manufacturing. We discuss a number of possible causes for these difficulties:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
wave of modern globalization started in the nineteenth century, there began a massive homogenization of beauty ideals around the world that has, to some extent, continued until the present day. This had enormous societal and cultural... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
Present, and Reconstructing for the Future Authors:Giovanni Gavetti, Daniel Levinthal, and William Ocasio Periodical:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract A Behavioral Theory of the Firm and the broader " Carnegie School" form critical theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid response of... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
and stuff. Yeah, you’re welcome to, to taste some of it. It’s like, it’s sort of seedy, it’s not like a modern fruit. Julia: It looks ancient. Ayr: It has... it’s sort of like figs and dates. I would say. It’s got like a little sweetness.... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
It's an international celebration of sport and goodwill whose humble beginnings date back two millennia. Today, with the vastly expanded modern Games, putting on the Olympics has become as much of a test of management skill as athletic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
lean into the other, designed by Israeli architect Moshe Safdie. “You want to create a modern face without losing what makes us special—because you can’t re-create that,” he says. The city’s historic buildings and the local color of areas... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
developing economic powerhouse. In the evening light, silhouettes of high-rises under construction punctuate the modern skyline, and a gleaming urban mall stands ready to serve Mumbai’s growing, consumer-oriented middle class. This is the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 18, 2007
way central banks can analyze and manage the financial risks of a national economy. It is based on the modern theory and practice of contingent claims analysis (CCA), which is successfully used today at the level of individual banks by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/519011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 119-027 Fundraising at St. Camillus Hospital St. Camillus is a fictional non-profit hospital in rural Maine facing a serious budget deficit. As Director of Marketing, Victoria Stern is... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55053 2018 Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818 By: Sheth, Sudev J... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
pressured to embrace a more sustainable approach to their business. With fashion and luxury industries progressively rising to this challenge, what does it mean for Stella McCartney's brand's ethos to be a responsible, honest, and modern... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
and Robert J. Lees Periodical:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, no. 1 (January 2008) Abstract Professional service firms (PSFs), like so many other companies, are juggling the modern challenges of global competition,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
granted. But 100 years ago, they were fresh recruits in the inexorable march of industrial capitalism. In a grand experiment to turn management into a legitimate profession, universities invented the modern business school. Questions... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
entrepreneurship and how it shapes and reshapes the modern world. August 2013 HBR Guide to Getting the Mentoring You Need Reaching Your Potential: Know Yourself-and Find Fulfillment By: Kaplan, Robert Steven Abstract—Despite racking up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
world-class business. Following modern management practices, keeping sharp attention to cost control and capital operations, making aggressive entries into international markets, and maintaining a special corporate culture, Chairman Chen... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace