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  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

Up by the Roots

anywhere, and to any industry. That kind of infrastructure can look very different from place to place. In Boston, it took the shape of District Hall, a public venue in the city’s Seaport District that functions as a communal gathering... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page
  • 07 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

to an HBS student? A: I study this event through the lens of my second-year MBA elective, Sustainable Cities: Urbanization, Infrastructure, and Finance. The relevant questions are always: What infrastructure is being built, and which... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate
  • 28 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

organizational policies are the infrastructure of meeting employees’ four drives, managers implement those policies and can do so in ways that increase or decrease engagement. Subcultures within organizations can differ as much as... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 08 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged

organizational policies are the infrastructure of meeting employees’ four drives, managers implement those policies and can do so in ways that increase or decrease engagement. Subcultures within organizations can differ as much as... View Details
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

implementing aggressive changes without a clearer mandate. That should lead the Biden administration to consider areas like infrastructure spending, expanding domestic capacity in PPE and pharmaceuticals, steps to provide additional US... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Jan 2021
  • News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

and financial base before they scale. Morrell: For example, with no suitable last-mile infrastructure to rely on in the region, BulkWhiz had to build its own. It was costly and time-consuming—and not a decision Amira would have made if... View Details
  • 29 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

competitors in a certain area from capitalizing on the R&D infrastructure you set up. Ahuja also advises creating moderately sized research teams; not too large that they become bureaucratic and unproductive, but not too small that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

political party dynamics, terrorist attacks, rising infrastructure and energy demands, and a global financial crisis. How can the nation's leaders implement economic reforms to ensure continued development? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • May 2021 (Revised November 2024)
  • Case

Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?

By: Richard Vietor
Colombia, once the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute, which... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Productivity Growth; Conflict; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market; Competitiveness; Dutch Disease; Security; Peace; Informality; Labor Laws; Total Factor Productivity; Labor Productivity; COVID-19 Pandemic; Economics; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Economy; Macroeconomics; Conflict Management; Competitive Advantage; Infrastructure; Negotiation; Inflation and Deflation; Non-Renewable Energy; National Security; Government Administration; Latin America; Central America; Colombia; South America
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  • September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Case

BP's Macondo: Spill and Response

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Metals and Minerals; Crisis Management; Infrastructure; Trade; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Government Relations; Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

its infrastructure for societal uses, or whether to exploit a commercial opportunity related to launching small, handheld cubesats. The case explores the basis for ISRO’s cost advantage vis-à-vis western entities, as well as its resource... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

hypotheses and mixed support for our third: organizational infrastructure and identity significantly affect practice adoption, albeit in different ways, but only marginal support for leadership and elite organizational status. Our results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

two countries given the likely adoption challenges once the infrastructure and cars are ready, as well as decide how quickly to begin pursuing other countries (and if so, which ones). A big part of the Better Place solution relies on a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

persistent, and sometimes unexpected, impact on organizations' strategies.   Cases & Course MaterialsAcciona and the Battle for Control of Endesa Belen Villalonga and Rachelle SilverbergHarvard Business School Case 210-029 Acciona, S.A. is a global View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Mar 2025
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Borders and the Self By Chinwe Ajena-Sagna (MBA 2003) Masobe Books “Who are you?” Every border tells a story. Every story has its origins. Tracing a cultural lineage from the beginnings of Igbo history in the ninth century by delineating... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

products of countries where those sports were already widely popular and enjoyed high-caliber infrastructure and player-development systems. The success of these star imports to North America created demand back home, and globally, for... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

does NASA move up to this higher level? A: There are three areas that benefit from program management. The first is related to infrastructure investments that are common to several projects, for example, like navigation software. There is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 17, 2015

weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant markets, buy an ownership stake in Istanbul's other remaining airport, diversify into related businesses, or seek out large infrastructure projects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

http://vpr.harvard.edu/ . Our computing infrastructure is a shared resource, supporting concurrent access by many users. As a result, RCS must enforce some basic guidelines for behavior and interaction to provide each user with the... View Details
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • News

Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

roles, but hospitals’ current organizational infrastructure inhibits their ability to meet those needs.” Like Hue, the concept for M7 Health was born while its cofounders were still at HBS. “We actually started this business in Julia... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley