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- 07 Mar 2019
- HBS Seminar
Petra Moser, NYU Stern School of Business
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- May 2019 (Revised February 2022)
- Background Note
The Gig Economy: Leasing Skills to Pay the Bills
By: Joseph Fuller, William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
This primer provides a comprehensive exploration into the gig economy and how it is reshaping global business. It shows how the Uber driver, the freelancing programmer in India, and the independent corporate consultant are all different variants of the modern-day gig... View Details
Keywords: Gig Economy; COVID-19 Pandemic; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Labor; Strategy; Management; Globalization; North America; Europe; United States; United Kingdom
Fuller, Joseph, William R. Kerr, and Carl Kreitzberg. "The Gig Economy: Leasing Skills to Pay the Bills." Harvard Business School Background Note 819-146, May 2019. (Revised February 2022.)
- May 2004 (Revised September 2004)
- Background Note
Outsourcing IT: The Global Landscape in 2004
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
Profiles the history and context of outsourcing, with particular focus on information technology. View Details
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "Outsourcing IT: The Global Landscape in 2004." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-104, May 2004. (Revised September 2004.)
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
my own history and ancestry. I think it’s so important for us to know about where we came from and what our ancestors experienced. I’ve read several of Kazuo Ishiguro’s books... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America
- Research Summary
Impact of Technology on Industry Structure and Competitive Strategy
Stephen Bradley’s research has focused for several years on the impact of technology on industry structure and competitive strategy. In particular he has been studying the convergence of information technology and telecommunications and how this convergence is... View Details
- Blog
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
Book of Living and Dying. In my Catholic tradition, I am finally reading Dark Night of the Soul by St. John of... View Details
- 10 Sep 2021
- News
The Evolution of Black Friday Shopping — And What 2021 May Bring
- February 2019
- Background Note
Mexican Farmworkers in the United States
By: Forest Reinhardt and Jonathan Schlefer
This note discusses the centuries-long history and current situation of Mexican farmworkers north of the border—documented or undocumented, resident or temporary, and increasingly indigenous. The story provides the background for discussion of dilemmas facing... View Details
Keywords: Migrant Farmworkers; Mexican Farmworkers; Agribusiness; Labor; History; Policy; Problems and Challenges; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
Reinhardt, Forest, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Mexican Farmworkers in the United States." Harvard Business School Background Note 719-047, February 2019.
- Summer 2018
- Book Review
Leslie Berlin, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age
Leslie Berlin's book Troublemakers, is an engaging and insightful people-first exploration of the roots of Silicon Valley, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Berlin portrays seven individuals who played important roles at critical junctures in the... View Details
Sahlman, William A. "Leslie Berlin, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age." Business History Review 92, no. 2 (Summer 2018): 343–353.
Rethinking the MBA
For decades, MBA graduates from top-tier schools set the standard for cutting-edge business knowledge and skills. Now the business... View Details
- 2018
- Book
Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level
By: James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger)
As professors and practitioners with careers devoted to negotiation, we are often asked “Who are the world’s best negotiators? What makes them effective?” Inevitably Henry Kissinger’s name comes up as an elite, if controversial, negotiator from whom we can learn a... View Details
Keywords: History; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Personal Development and Career; Negotiation Style; United States
Sebenius, James K., R. Nicholas Burns, and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger). Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level. New York: HarperCollins, 2018.
- 15 Oct 2018
- News
Venezuela’s Meltdown Creates a Nation of Desperate Capitalists
The Big Ditch
On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal officially opened for business, forever changing the face of global trade and military power, as well as the role of the United States on the world stage. The Canal's creation is often seen as an example of U.S. triumphalism, but... View Details
- 11 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard
in the book the different roles, frequencies, participants, and agendas for operational review meetings and strategy review meetings. We open the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2022
- News