Public Conversations Project - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

partial conversion (only part of the waste stream is converted into by-product), full+ conversion (the entire waste stream is converted into by-product and "waste substitute" virgin raw material is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

Florida, in 1998. That experience was an excellent proving ground for the level of detail and oversight involved in building the new Busch Stadium. In an era that has seen a number of sports facilities built with public funds, nearly 90... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

conversation that a good deal is or isn't likely to see the light of day. Or, it can take years to figure it out. In situations that take a long time to develop, it's easy to fall prey to "the fat file syndrome," getting too... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

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Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation - Blog: Health Supplement

Practitioners Topics Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical devices/diagnostics Precision Medicine View Details

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Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

characteristics of virtually every major kind of health care organization. Understand how to align the innovation with the Six Factors that critically influence this kind of innovation—structure (the status quo), financing (who pays for what and why), technology,... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

New Releases

present readers with a personal portrait of McArthur as well as an in-depth look at several of the research projects and initiatives that flourished under his leadership. The Intellectual Venture Capitalist: John H. McArthur and the Work... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Feb 2000
News

No Place Like Home

large that only a few demonstration projects get funded." Also watching developments on the housing front has been HBS professor Michael A. Wheeler, who teaches courses in negotiation that include housing issues. Prior to his arrival at... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

every decision. I don’t have to tell anyone here that we face an uphill battle in Scranton, but I have seen that with a collaborative effort, public officials can accomplish extraordinary things. It can’t happen overnight, and officials... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

across a dozen jurisdictions in Asia. Being educated and having worked in Asia, the United States, and Europe has given me a measure of appreciation of the diversity in cultural and business practices. Moreover, serving on various public... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

were measured by asking people how frequently they felt nervous, anxious, or on edge and were “worrying too much about different things.” To measure presenteeism, participants were asked how often they were unable to concentrate on their jobs or how often they delayed... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

11 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

identities can shape team members' side conversations in ways that create shared interests and information among those with similar identities, even before the team begins its formal meetings. Originality/value-By identifying new routes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

about does it make people happier, more successful? Does it make companies have greater retention, better recruiting? We need to get to the evidence in order to actually change the culture around this, to enable more people to be able to take sabbaticals. As you... View Details

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

project was born from that feeling, and the belief that the school could convene and analyze and understand in ways we had not taken full advantage of. As Jan and I started looking at the data, a whole set of indicators validated... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

among graduates aiming for both success in business and beneficial impact on the world around them. They have come to believe that one can either succeed in business or enhance society—by expanding economic opportunity or by improving View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

executives at dozens of organizations—Google and Yahoo!, health care organizations, even a knitting business in a fishing village. They've talked with public officials in Japan and the staff of the US Embassy, and undertaken service View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

variety of interesting issues, the limited circulation of the periodicals in which the works appeared and the necessarily technical nature of the articles meant their impact was limited. Meanwhile, in many settings—from panel discussions to consulting View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

to study must have had a compounded annual growth rate in revenues, profits, and market capitalization that exceeded the 50th percentile of industry peers between 1997 and 2006 or for the CEO's tenure. Corresponding figures were used for View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 24

4,646 public companies in many industries, headquartered in 46 countries during 2005-2008, when environmental disclosure increased among many global corporations. Controlling for a host of organizational, industry, and national... View Details