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  • 09 May 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Robin Williams’ Son Help Other Families Heal Addiction and Depression?

Keywords: Re: Lauren H. Cohen; Health; Entertainment & Recreation
  • June 2022 (Revised August 2023)
  • Case

Strategic Innovation at the United Nations: A Network of Ecosystems

By: Frank Nagle, Elizabeth J. Altman and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2021, Gina Lucarelli, leader of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Accelerator Labs, prepared for a meeting with UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. The two planned to discuss the future of the Accelerator Labs, a network of social innovation labs located... View Details
Keywords: Change; Disruption; Transformation; Change Management; Education; Learning; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Local Range; Geopolitical Units; Country; Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Information Technology; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Psychology; Social and Collaborative Networks; Society; Social Issues; Welfare; Strategy; Cooperation; Adaptation; Public Administration Industry; North and Central America
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  • 19 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

"It's a gap that might make you less competitive compared with someone who is of the same ethnic culture." “To the extent that you could speak the language or demonstrate a certain level of understanding of culture, that might... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

health care delivery. Will these new entrants be competitors or partners with respect to existing health care players? Drawing upon examples of entrant moves into health care—at Walmart, Best Buy, and Amazon—this session helped... View Details
  • 21 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year

redistributive policies and a stronger welfare state support parties that have the opposite political agenda. “This is a factor that has led to the erosion of the link between economic need and support for left wing parties.” Layne: Your... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 12 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

companies weather the next global shock or crisis when it inevitably happens. “Some geographic diversity may pay off,” Alfaro says. “Firms used to know this, then they moved into a world where they thought there were no more shocks. Now,... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • Web

Clubs - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Clubs 14ms Student-led clubs and activities give students the opportunity to become better informed about and engaged in issues and possible career paths. A number of clubs focus on the link between business and environment View Details
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

choice without government interference. If elected, I will do everything possible to guarantee that there will be no real reduction in Social Security or Medicare spending. If elected, I will do everything possible to protect our natural... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
  • November 2002 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Global Conservation Trust, The: A Foundation for Food Security

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Biodiversity is being lost due to the delegation of the ability to store and maintain various types of plants to governments and foundations with no or little financial base. How does one develop the resources to maintain plant diversity for the future benefit of... View Details
Keywords: Food; Safety; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Finance; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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  • 23 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

times more likely to experience work-related problems than employees with chronic physical illnesses like diabetes or heart disease. So why do many companies fail to help their workers battle mental health disorders? “There’s a silence... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
  • Case

The World Food Programme during the Global Food Crisis (A)

By: Anette Mikes, Peter Tufano, Eric D. Werker and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve
Rising food prices threatened an unprecedented number of people around the world with malnutrition or starvation in 2008. The new Executive Director of the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP)—the world's largest food relief agency—must not only address this... View Details
Keywords: Food; Globalized Firms and Management; Nutrition; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare
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  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social issues or a large number of concerns about a firm's environmental View Details
  • Web

Student Research - Doctoral

Berquist, Lev Klarnet and Leemore Dafny Private equity (PE) ownership of physician practices is increasing, with owners targeting sales, or exits, in 3 to 7 years. Little is known about the association of exit with physician retention and... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

markets. We find that introducing a signaling mechanism increases the welfare of workers and the number of matches, while the change in firm welfare is ambiguous. A signaling mechanism adds the most value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Profiles - MBA

my position to truly drive societal impact. Professional goals: I have a vision: to bring more 'seon,' or good, to the world. I am building a community of innovators who can envision and build progress from 0 to 1 and create a positive... View Details
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

decision, to consider whether they are facing a "thinking too much" or "thinking too little" problem and adjust accordingly. Download the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcs.90/abstract How to Design... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2014 (Revised April 2015)
  • Background Note

Affordable Housing and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits in the United States

By: Arthur I Segel and Nicolas P. Retsinas
This background note explores the basic themes surrounding the government's approach to providing housing: namely its shift from a supplier and builder of affordable housing to an approach that focuses on demand-side solutions and indirect subsidies to private... View Details
Keywords: Housing; Welfare; Government and Politics
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  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Book

Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 26

elasticity is two, optimal rates fall to 0.6% on average and 1.6% on high earners. Nevertheless, in all cases that we consider, the welfare gains of using optimal capital taxes are small. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne