World Economic Forum - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community

there are over 100 members, and their mission is to provide a forum for the promotion, understanding, and cross-cultural exchange of East Asian and Asian-American business, social, academic, cultural, political, and community-related... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Business at the Summit

to another level, Ferguson compared evolutionary developments in the natural world with recent developments in the global economic system. Over the past two decades, he explained, there has been an... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

Portrait Project

Marlene Ngoyi

positively impact the social meter. In this story, I will focus on a "lucky girl" from the Democratic Republic of Congo who traveled the world with a lot of questions and hoped to return home with a few answers. Her journey took... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Measuring Impact

the findings of the inaugural Harvard Impact Study, the University’s first effort to quantify the economic and social contributions of its alumni. HBS professor Josh Lerner led the study, which was based on a survey sent to almost 245,000... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2006
News

The Governor’s Admission

John Lynch (MBA ’79), New Hampshire’s Democratic governor, stepped away from the State House last February to teach a case about globalization at the University of New Hampshire. A UNH graduate who majored in English, Lynch confessed that his only formal college... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government

01 Dec 1998
News

New HBS Alumni Board Members

several vice presidential posts. Fischer is a member of the Bishop's Council of Rhode Island and serves on three advisory boards at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Fischer is a graduate of Boston College, where he... View Details

Web

Daniela Villafuerte | MBA

in data management and analytics. Data drives the major industries in the world from health and economics to entertainment and government. Through the gathering and analysis of data, optimization and quality... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What can historical economic recoveries teach us about our current crisis? One of the things that makes the pandemic so tricky is that there is no... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

Competitive advantage. Corporate strategy. The competitive advantage of nations. All over the world these terms quickly bring to mind the groundbreaking work of HBS professor Michael Porter, whose two decades of research on these and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

look ahead to the post-COVID era, it will be important to keep this perspective in mind as the problem of income inequality will almost certainly worsen. Lagace: Your book describes the work of the Committee for Economic Development (CED)... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

Jacob H. Schiff Professorship of Investment Banking. During the Korean War, Fox was an advisor to the Office of Defense Mobilization. Previously, during World War II, he had spent four years in Washington, D.C., in charge of the economic,... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

the meaning of leadership. Most scholars (not to mention boards of directors) gauge the effectiveness of leadership almost exclusively through a lens of economic performance, specifically return on investment, say professors Joel M.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2007
News

Up from the Ashes

in quick back-and-forth repartee, “He took you out of the flat dull textbook world and into the three dimensional world of living economics and economists.” On Entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
News

Pamela Thomas Graham

inclusive, merit-based society," she recalls. As a Harvard undergraduate, Thomas- Graham majored in economics and briefly considered entering the Ph.D. program, but realized she was most intrigued by law and business issues. The joint... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

Portrait Project

Lyn Baranowski

At age 15, I spent the summer as an exchange student in France, and the world of a small-town girl from New Hampshire opened up. The experience catalyzed in me a fundamental belief in the importance of building relationships across... View Details

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

are evaluating their promotion recommendations together, as well as submitting the recommendations jointly. Bohnet has also presented the working paper at the World Economic Forum, on Capitol Hill, and at... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

Entrepreneurs and managers who can't adapt to the fast pace of change in the world—"a world that should be on Prozac"—are likely to miss out on opportunities in the years to come, says HBS Professor Howard Stevenson. The good... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2008
News

Social Enterprise Pioneer

examining how, in their teaching and research, they can best prepare students for leadership roles in this key sector of the economy. The Prophet of Start-Ups A new biography of HBS professor Georges Doriot declares him the prophet of modern venture capital and the... View Details

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

Countries, like companies, need development strategies to succeed in a world of growing globalization. Professor Richard H. K. Vietor is an expert on business regulation and the international political economy. Vietor has taught at... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

Professor Carliss Baldwin discusses research into the rodeo kayak industry to understand the world of user innovation. What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the View Details