Generative Models - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2017
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The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

dire need for US federal policy to address climate change. RH: When you look at Europe, you see many companies agitating for some kind of carbon regulation and beginning to shift their business models in this direction. If you expect your... View Details

24 May 2017
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John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

legal and administrative effort. In Canada, he served as a founding director of the Canada Development Investment Corporation. Locally, he helped engineer the merger of Brigham and Women’s (BWH) and Mass General Hospitals. “John is the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

focus on educational program innovations, and other initiatives, in fiscal 2023, the School continued to execute its pedagogical mission: to educate the next generation of global leaders who make a difference in the world. For the first... View Details

08 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 8

Working Papers Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation Authors: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

generally in organizations with excess CEO pay, suggesting that some companies acted in advance of the annual meeting to avoid a confrontation with shareholders. These findings suggest that say-on-pay legislation can be a useful tool for... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21

summer of 2010. With tourism on the decline due to the global economic recession, General Manager Giannuzzi must decide how to set prices at the Forte Village Resort, the Group's most well-known property. His management team is further... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

productivity externalities in the host country generated by foreign multinational companies. We propose a mechanism that emphasizes the role of local financial markets in enabling foreign direct investment (FDI) to promote growth through... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Feb 2021
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A Playbook for Progress

model that creates a better sense of belonging and well-being for underrepresented talent. Chitra: On the generational side, in terms of the similarity and difference that you found across the four... View Details

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

capacity for innovation, can and often should be structured as artists structure their work. Managers should look to collaborative artists rather than to more traditional management models if they want to create economic value in this new... View Details

Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin

22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

forthcoming American Economic Review Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3

in bringing their products to market, yet we know very little about the kinds of strategies they can employ to influence regulatory actor decision making. In this paper, we highlight a firm's strategic use of symbolic signaling in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

and promising a new generation of singles a better way to date. With the help of Facebook and smartphones, this new era of online dating entrepreneurs is trying to design women-friendly dating options. If you squint, you can find an early... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Jun 2017
News

Finding Common Ground

departments—with the goal of improving the health of honey bees in general and especially in production agriculture. Building trust is crucial to the relationships CollaborateUp fosters. Activists fear business executives will take... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

the Japanese model of government policy actually did not work, and does not explain the Japanese economic miracle. We show that, in fact, the reverse was the case: that the approach is actually at the root of most of what is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

15 Sep 2011
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High Ambition Leadership

Martha Lagace: What is missing in leadership models today? Michael Beer: Most formal leadership models do not incorporate institution-building in their definition of leadership. Leadership is thought of as a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 May 2023
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Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

develop solutions—scalable and profitable business models and services bettering the lives of people,” said Professor George Serafeim at the opening of the Accelerating Climate Solutions alumni conference at the Harvard Business School... View Details

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Finalists | New Venture Competition

cancer. Earthbond Chidalu Onyenso (MBA 2023) Earthbond is a platform that connects urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of Nigeria's $14B... View Details

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

agreements or use the threat of such rejection as leverage to obtain financial concessions from lessors and other counterparties. For an airline that leases its planes, this can generate enormous cost savings. This ability to reject or... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy 4.0 General Policies This policy outlines guidance and requirements for and restrictions on demonstrations and other forms of dissent on the Harvard Business School campus. It complements the... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program

campus to be a model of best practice for them. On the academic front, in addition to a burgeoning number of technology-related courses in the curriculum, students use technological tools - interactive cases, for instance - in their class... View Details

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