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  • 02 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

for these long-standing disparities.” For the past 20 years, Chandra has been examining differences in health outcomes between white and Black Americans, searching for solutions to shrink the gap. View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 02 Feb 2007
  • What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

man who also knows Why will always be his boss," before concluding that it's a "balance of 'Know Why' and 'Know How' that will generate results." Wisdom Chitedze, however, put purpose in a somewhat View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 01 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond

experimenting with different approaches: a series of alumni conversations on the role of business leaders in climate change, the exhibit, the Climate Rising podcast. We need to grow and refine what we're... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1996
  • News

Capitalist Revolutions Analyzed in MBA "Foundations" Course

for help. McCraw, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, enlisted his colleagues in the effort, and the group immersed itself in the project. All together, eight different authors... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • September 2022
  • Article

The Power and Limits of Expertise: Swiss–Swedish Linking of Vehicle Emission Standards in the 1970s and 1980s

By: Mattias Näsman and Sabine Pitteloud
Recent decades have witnessed increased public concern about vehicle emissions and growing frustration with political inaction and business preferences for the status quo. This article provides historical perspective on such regulatory dynamics by analyzing the Swiss... View Details
Keywords: Business And The Environment; Business And Society; Emission Reduction; Automobiles; Standard Setting; Norm-enforcement; Regulation; Expertise; Experts; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Regulation; Standards; Auto Industry; Switzerland; Sweden
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  • 10 Mar 2021
  • News

In My Humble Opinion: A Timely Tension

pandemic and climate change: “The awareness of climate change, and the motivation to do something about it, has increased hugely in the last few years. COVID-19 has helped society realize how interconnected we are, and—even more... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 11 Jul 2012
  • News

A Man, and a Plan, in Africa

continent with about one billion people and over 50 countries with radically different natural resources, cultures, and histories. Some countries will likely remain poor but a number are poised to grow dynamically. The growth... View Details
Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • Article

The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries.

Why have China's petrochemical and steel industries behaved so differently in seeking trade protection through anti-dumping measures, especially given that both industries face the full force of the global economy? We argue that the patterning of anti-dumping actions... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Trade; Economy; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Motivation and Incentives; Marketing Channels; Industry Structures; System Shocks; Price; Restructuring; Interests; Energy Industry; Steel Industry; China
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  • 14 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

strengthen consumer protections. The risk they run is that too stringent regulation could make it harder for borrowers in need to get money. In today's challenging economic climate and with high... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

form for their needs; earthquake victims looking for a new job may filter available job ads (in the same region or in a different region); and businesses willing to prioritize the employment of earthquake... View Details
  • July – August 2011
  • Article

The Enabling Role of Social Position in Diverging from the Institutional Status Quo: Evidence from the U.K. National Health Service

By: Julie Battilana
This study examines the relationship between social position, both within the field and within the organization, and the likelihood of individual actors initiating organizational changes that diverge from the institutional status quo. I explore this relationship using... View Details
Keywords: Status and Position; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Projects; Leading Change; Managerial Roles; Relationships; Power and Influence; Health Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 11 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

constantly learning and are transformed by their experiences and interactions. Through their leadership, "they create a context in which other people can be enterprising in their own right," she... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 24 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

for having a poor location score relative to nonblack hosts," the researchers write in the paper. "These differences highlight the risk of discrimination in online... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising
  • 16 Jun 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite

We are on the cusp of a new millennium; yet the face of corporate power in the United States remains overwhelmingly white. People of color hold less than 1 percent of all senior executive posts. But what about leaders such as Kenneth... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
  • 13 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

Investment Behavior of Public and Private Firms," written by Farre-Mensa with New York University's John Asker and Alexander Ljungqvist, details how and why public and private companies differ when it comes to expanding a company... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • Research Summary

The Effects of Firm Size and Sales Growth Rate on Inventory Turnover Performance in the U.S. Retail Sector

We review and extend recent academic literature on the inventory turnover performance of public-listed U.S. retailers using firm-level financial data. Past research has shown that there is a large variation in the inventory turnover performance of retailers across... View Details
  • 04 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

nonstop flights—matters most when collaborators are in different time zones or overcoming cultural distance. “It seems that, if the two locations are in the same time zone and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • Web

Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

comprehensive as an MBA program and differs in a few other key dimensions, including price, length, and modality. CLIMB is a lower price point than most full-time MBA programs. CLIMB is approximately one... View Details
  • 03 Jan 2018
  • News

Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

aren’t so different from our own. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Professional football players are larger-than-life people, both literally and figuratively. When you think about the role that the sport plays in our... View Details