World Economic Forum - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public

Commencement has always marked a time of promise and possibility, but this year's festivities seem especially charged with anticipation. Not only is the Class of 2000 the first to set forth into a new century, but it graduates into what is widely viewed as the... View Details

10 Jul 2018
Blog Post

Embracing Entrepreneurship & the Asian American Community

there are over 100 members, and their mission is to provide a forum for the promotion, understanding, and cross-cultural exchange of East Asian and Asian-American business, social, academic, cultural, political, and community-related... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Professors Fox, Mace Remembered

Jacob H. Schiff Professorship of Investment Banking. During the Korean War, Fox was an advisor to the Office of Defense Mobilization. Previously, during World War II, he had spent four years in Washington, D.C., in charge of the economic,... View Details

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

only—measure of success. But recent forces are pushing CEOs to adopt long-term and broader considerations, which requires consideration of various outcomes related to sustainability. For example, a growing number of companies around the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

01 Jun 2024
News

Outside Voices

In just 15 years, Greece managed to seesaw from one economic extreme to the other, from almost breaking the eurozone at the depth of its debt crisis to becoming one of the fastest growing economies in Europe in 2023, according to the IMF. Now wages are rebounding,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

01 Jun 2008
News

Social Enterprise Pioneer

examining how, in their teaching and research, they can best prepare students for leadership roles in this key sector of the economy. The Prophet of Start-Ups A new biography of HBS professor Georges Doriot declares him the prophet of modern venture capital and the... View Details

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Career Outcomes | Research Associates

training with for-credit courses. Sample Next Steps Graduate Programs PhD, Harvard Business School PhD, Stanford University PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD, London School of Economics JD, Harvard Law School JD, New York... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs

tradeoffs, and how her current role compares with her career expectations when she graduated from HBS. “I’m the CEO of the Council for Economic Education. We’re a national not-for-profit that teaches little kids about the real View Details

01 Oct 2021
News

Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region

organizations, and local towns), garnering unforgettable lessons in crisis leadership, entrepreneurship, and economic revival. Some of their projects are documented in HBS cases written by Takeuchi in collaboration with students—such as... View Details

Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

interest in both economics and sociology. Students in the program come from diverse backgrounds ranging from computer science to psychology. It's really fascinating how different our world views are! Without... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

"You have to be absolutely conscious of standards. The reason Bill Gates is the richest man in the world after the Sultan of Brunei is because he captured the standards. Are we subject to the emergence of new standards?" he... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

01 Jun 2022
News

Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

by so many financial and regulatory systems that can be invisible or unexpected. If we can inspire more small businesses to stand up, identify the obstacles ahead of them, and work together to change them, then I think we could experience the greatest era of View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

19 Jan 2024
News

Blockchain for Good

eco-friendly consensus algorithm. She says they have also tested the first public stablecoin backed entirely by cash. “Our mission is for everyone in the world to experience the benefits of a truly digital financial ecosystem,” she... View Details

Making Sense of Past and Present

Coco Chanel climbed the ladders of her success from lover to lover, nor that she was a Nazi agent. I would have never suspected that the famous cultural patron Guggenheim pushed Chile to an economic and political crisis in order to... View Details

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

working in the welfarist normative tradition should include nonwelfarist principles in how they judge economic policy. The key idea behind this argument is that the world is too complex, and our ability to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

thought was that globalization was making the world so similar that [location] didn't matter," says Christopher Marquis, an associate professor at Harvard Business School, who coauthored the paper with András Tilcsik (HBS PhDOB '12),... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Dec 2015
News

Living the Legacy

world examples and progress monitoring tools especially motivating. “I’m less intimidated about business after taking this course,” she confirms. “I already know the terminology.” Paul and Kevin, the Kusisto’s twin boys, have very... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

Clusters and Competition

School's impact on his own life: “There is no place else in the world where I could do this sort of research,” he said, after noting that being a student at HBS changed his life. “We have been able to create information that is having a... View Details

07 Jul 2016
News

Rescuing Fresh Food to End Hunger in Australia

Social Entrepreneur of the Year from the World Economic Forum’s Schwab Foundation. SecondBite expects to feed 17,000,000 meals this year. For Carson, the ability to adapt to clients’ needs, especially on an... View Details

20 May 2013
Op-Ed

Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again

Critics have denounced this proposal as yet another government intrusion into the market and a futile attempt to "pick winners." What these critics ignore is that the US government has a long history of investing in research that supports innovation in... View Details

Keywords: by Gary Pisano; Manufacturing

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