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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
that drives economic advancement and development. It’s a process she’d eventually like to go home and be part of: “I believe,” she says, “in South Africa and its future.” —GE Rob Sundy Sundy at Harvard Stadium. Rob Sundy describes himself... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
otherwise healthy parent corporation can deter a manager from making the investment in the first place even if it is likely to have a positive net present value in expectation. As a result, the firm will suffer an opportunity cost of... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
Editor's note: With the death of Nelson Mandela, the words of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 27 BC) seem particularly appropriate in celebrating his life and achievements in freeing South Africa from the oppression of apartheid and leading his country into a new era of... View Details
- 20 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details
- Profile
Matt Segneri
In high school, Matt Segneri excelled in math and science. "In college," Matt says, "I wanted to move from discrete problem-solving to more complex issues." Matt majored in psychology at Harvard, where he had the View Details
- 12 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree
immediate community. The 2+2 program gave me the confidence to more boldly seek an opportunity that I may not have considered otherwise. In an attempt to find a role that would allow me to give back to the city I was born and raised in,... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
Editor's note: When did America's declining global competitiveness begin? One starting spot might be 2008, the last year the country topped the World Economic Forum's list of most globally competitive nations. Four years later, the US has... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
world on which they ultimately depend,” said HBS professor Forest Reinhardt (MBA 1987), who moderated a panel focused on the impact of climate change as part of two panels at the event titled “Confronting Climate Change: Opportunities and... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
as well as recent articles that help give the reader a sense of where the field is headed and where likely opportunities for future research lie. This article seeks to strike an equilibrium among the variety of perspectives that exist in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
anti-Communist.” When his parents' marriage ended, his university-educated mother was forced to become a seamstress, and Djelic experienced economic deprivation firsthand. But his obvious talents won him admission to elite schools. With... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2015
- First Look
First Look -- September 1, 2015
high levels of reserves acts as a hedge against negative external shocks. A quantitative exercise, in which our model matches features of the Brazilian economic fluctuations and exchange-rate volatility, suggests this strategy to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
the quality of research. Does Familiarity Breed Trust? Revisiting the Antecedents of Trust Authors:Ranjay Gulati and Maxim Sytch Periodical:Managerial and Decision Economics 29 (March - April 2008): 165-190 Abstract This paper... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
has ever seen. In the past, biographers of Lord Liverpool have not sufficiently acknowledged the importance of his foremost skill: economic policy (including fiscal, monetary, and banking system questions). Here, Hutchinson's decades of... View Details
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
development. Through the lens of case protagonists at various stages of their careers, LEAP gives students the opportunity to practice identifying common execution traps and missteps. LEAP is an integrated leadership course, building on... View Details
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog
Operations Management Fall 2024 Q1 1.5 Rebecca Karp Innovating at Scale Strategy Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Michael S. Kaufman Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry General Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Matt Kelly Real Estate... View Details
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
Technology Adoption Author:Diego A. Comin Publication:In Handbook of Economic Growth, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven Durlauf. Elsevier, forthcoming Abstract We present a tractable model for analyzing the relationship between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
Kominers worked with Jesse Shapiro, the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School, to study how content moderation works best. The debate over moderating content comes as the US presidential... View Details
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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
clusters for economic development. Pursuing productivity and profitability by positioning business activities to draw on America’s unique strengths. Reining in short-sighted, self-interested actions, especially in lobbying and government... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
concedes. But glass is a rare material that, while energy-intensive to create, can be reused literally for centuries. Given that, he sees a unique opportunity to build a storied brand with the potential to become a lasting household name.... View Details