Business Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

business owners that promotes economic growth by mentoring and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. Ko was looking for a new managing director of the Philippine chapter of Entrepreneurs’ Organization, and Ayala’s name kept surfacing. At... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

wise or lucky. His blend of new statistical methods and old common-sense reasoning helped him profit as the forecasting industry first developed. Irving Fisher, Economic Forecasting, and the Myth of the Business Cycle Author:Walter A.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey 2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey 1. Survey Background In October of 2018, Harvard Business School hosted The Global Financial Crisis: What We Learned, Where We're Headed, a conference... View Details

Blog

Is the Digital Transformation Certificate Right for You?

today is engaged in some type of digital transformation, but with technology changing so fast, it can be hard to stay on top of the trends that matter most. That's why HBS Executive Education is continuing to expand our offerings related... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

is an essential skill, and where the science of negotiation is headed. Negotiation is a core competence for life, "not merely an important skill to be wheeled out for special occasions," they argue. James K. Sebenius is the Gordon Donaldson Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Jan 2024
News

Alumni Gain Insights on Nigeria’s New Government; Taipei Alumni Host Faculty Guest

government spending, proposed reviews of tax laws and of the constitution, and stakeholder and citizen engagement in helping to shape these fiscal policies. “We hope our members will take the learnings from the presentation to make sound... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

accountable. “But what you start to realize is that the problems that have been uncovered have been going on for a very long time,” says Dennis Campbell, a professor of business administration at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

challenges and opportunities posed by digital platforms, The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power is a new book by Harvard Business School Professor David... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

a startup. Most importantly, I’m ending this summer with the confidence that I can be a founder. Rea: This summer, our focus was to comprehensively understand India's solar irrigation landscape. We conducted field interviews with over 100 farmers and View Details

26 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

feel they can contribute to overcoming the uncertainty, overcoming the crisis. Engaging employees in this way will also reduce that rumor mill, give confidence to them that they will then project in turn to the people who are relying on... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

lead to lower social engagement due to lack of care options , or resources through the healthcare system. Growing up with a condition that causes regular nosebleeds and life-threatening debilitations was always an embarrassing thing in my... View Details

20 May 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

Neither Jeff Surette (MBA 2010) nor Mike Peters (MBA 2017) expected to be drafted onto a team with Tom Brady after business school. However, the perspectives, experience, and skills they each brought to the table were exactly what Tom... View Details

24 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 24

at one of the most rigorous extant methodologies for detecting "tunneling," or efforts by firms' controlling owner managers to take money for themselves at the expense of minority shareholders. We find that, in contrast to prior views, Indian View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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William R. Kerr | About

businesses compete with each other and engage workers. This multi-faculty project identifies how companies, schools, workers and the public sector can come together to manage the challenging transitions... View Details

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John H. McArthur | About

John H. McArthur 1934—2019 John H. McArthur, a member of the Harvard Business School community for more than six decades—as student (MBA 1959 and DBA 1963), as faculty member (beginning in 1962), as Dean (from 1980 to 1995), and as Dean... View Details

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Visit Date:... View Details

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

published in the company’s prospectus. The lessons to be found there are classic examples (and warnings to other IPO companies) of how not to frame a public offering. WeWork took advantage of being deemed an “emerging company” under the Jumpstart Our View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

performance. The Balanced Scorecard approach has evolved into a tool that can be used to help companies create greater value at the business unit level, the corporate level, and the board level. This is done through three Balanced... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

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HBS - The year in Review

Force, a group of 25 students, alumni, faculty, and staff who engaged an even broader swath of the community in devising its recommendations. The plan seeks to advance anti-racism education and research, support the Black community at HBS... View Details

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

to organizations seeking to improve creativity and innovation. Researchers and businesses want to know what factors facilitate or inhibit creativity in a variety of organizational settings. Individual Creativity in the Workplace... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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