by James Sebenius - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel

with senior researchers James Weber and Mary Louise Shelman, examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of Mid-Missouri Energy (MME). The farmers must make major... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

our own interests in negotiation, our counterparts are more likely to say "yes" to a proposal if it meets their interests. Research by James Sebenius. Facts and Figuring: An Experimental... View Details

01 Sep 2024
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Action Plan: Yes, Chef!

Wolfgang Puck (OPM 53, 2019)—aka the father of California cuisine, OG celebrity chef, and culinary empire-builder—began his career as a disgraced cook’s apprentice at a hotel restaurant. At 14, he’d been eager to take the post just outside his Austrian hometown: Not... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune

01 Feb 1999
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Newman's Own Brand of Charity

Newman's Own, Inc., lunched with Dean Kim B. Clark, and fielded students' questions at an informal hour-long gathering sponsored by the Social Enterprise Club. The case, written by Initiative on Social... View Details

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Teaching & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

important to nurture the discussion process .” 21 Teaching & The Case Method: Slider Malcolm P. McNair, ed. The Case Method at the Harvard Business School: Papers by Present and Past Members of the Faculty and Staff, 1954. View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Batteries Included

Illustration by Klaus Kremmerz Supply-chain shortages put container shipping in the headlines during the pandemic, with images of vessels languishing in line at major ports worldwide. It made visible what Steven Henderson (MBA 2016), CEO... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Oct 2002
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Andrew H. Tisch

Tisch has long been committed to numerous philanthropic and social causes, including the Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem, a public high school established by his wife, Ann, in 1996 to provide a single-sex educational option... View Details

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Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought Leadership Early AASU documents... View Details

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Oral Histories | Baker Library

She served on the Federal Reserve Board of Dallas from 1999-2006, and as Chairman of The Round Table of the James A. Baker, IV, Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. Judy Ley Allen was also appointed to the Cultural Arts Council... View Details

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Art Nature Business

photographs to works that incorporate recycled and industrial materials—in order to bring new perspectives to conversations on campus about climate change. Click on the images below for more information about each work in the exhibition. Exhibition curated View Details

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Experiment 2 demonstrates that effects of indirect agency cannot be explained by perceived lack of foreknowledge or control on the part of the primary agent. Experiment 3 indicates that reflective moral judgment is sensitive to indirect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2012
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Alumni Book Briefs

outfox the competition, impress their customers with unexpected value, and achieve new levels of professional success. Repeatability: Build Enduring Business for a World of Constant Change by Chris Zook and View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n 1960, ARD invested $3.6 million in 18 companies and, by 1961, the firm became the first venture capital firm with shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In the article "Scientific... View Details

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How Proxy Advisers Get Companies Talking to Shareholders | Working Knowledge

Access the article Featured Faculty and Collaborators Aiyesha Dey James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration Austin Starkweather The University of Tennessee's Haslam College of Business Joshua T. White Vanderbilt University's... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

shared his idea. Especially supportive was a young, then untenured professor of information technology, James Cash. "Jim told me, 'Anything you do to improve the computer's human interface has got to be good,' " Bricklin recalls. View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

01 Feb 2001
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Books

Prusak identify the social elements that contribute to knowledge sharing, innovation, and high productivity and show how nearly every managerial action can enhance or diminish an organization's social capital. Profit from the Core: Growth Strategy in an Era of... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Dec 2014
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Atlanta Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

the region, as well as with HBS faculty members and administrators. The evening also featured remarks by Dean Nitin Nohria, Professor William A. Sahlman, Leo F. Mullin (MBA 1967), Lisa M. Gunther (MBA 2000) and Katherine E. Hindman (MBA... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

Switzerland, to "spiritual anchors for the new millennium." Clearly, something of a nonmaterial nature is stirring in the corporate temple. But questions abound. Just what does it mean to bring spirituality into the workplace? Is this an appropriate way to help people... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Apr 1998
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Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue

Three conferences sponsored by student organizations at HBS in January brought together alumni, students, and experts from business, government, and academia to discuss a wide range of topical issues. Summaries of those conferences... View Details

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A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising

for consumer goods.” James D. Norris, Advertising and the Transformation of American Society , 1865—1920, 1990 52 Advertising reached consumers through wholesalers and retailers as well as traveling salesmen who operated as middlemen... View Details

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