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- 04 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Advice from My HBS Career Journey in Renewable Energy
our wind, solar, and battery storage development efforts in a few different regions. I got a lot of really amazing experience from an operator perspective, and I learned about how renewable energy projects... View Details
- 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
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Illustration by Ket-le / iStock; photo courtesy of Jeff Immelt Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jeff Immelt graduated from HBS in 1982, he had job... View Details
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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
- 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
- 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
Battilana, Julie. "The Enabling Role of Social Position in Diverging from the Institutional Status Quo: Evidence from the U.K. National Health Service." Organization Science 22, no. 4 (July–August 2011): 817–834.
- 22 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing
Manufacturers generally classify products in terms of broad product lines, developing a single marketing strategy and production plan for each line. That makes sense for marketing, but it's a mistake for production. View Details
- 22 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Decarbonization and Sustainable Production: Immersive Field Course in Denmark and the Netherlands
that I was never going to put into practice. Nonetheless, I figured I would at least use the skills I gained in school to find a different solution to Nigeria’s energy issues. Hence, I decided to explore a... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Janet Kraus doesn’t wear a hoodie. She doesn’t live in Silicon Valley. She doesn’t write code. And she isn’t, perhaps most significantly, a straight, white, 20-something man. “I have built tech-enabled businesses,” says the HBS... View Details
Keywords: April White
- March 2011
- Article
Talking Past Each Other?: Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
This article analyzes the extent to which two institutional logics around climate change—the climate change “convinced” and the climate change “skeptical” logics—are truly competing or talking past each other in a way that can be described as a logic schism. Drawing on... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Talking Past Each Other? Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate." Organization & Environment 24, no. 1 (March 2011): 3–33. (Winner of the 2014 Organization & Environment Best Paper Award.)
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
successful strategy of commercializing new technologies by using the learning and income from the previous set of successful innovations. Matsushita's story is different and unique. In 1952, Matsushita... View Details
- 11 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras
- 21 Aug 2023
- Book
You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance
tenure. We’re seeing layoffs across the board, and senior employees aren’t protected from these headwinds,” she says. “When your identity is your job, it’s going to be harder for you to see your options. You won’t have as much flexibility to go View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
don't want to discriminate, or don't want to treat people differently based on their demographic characteristics—fall into these stereotype traps because stereotypes have something to do with how the world is," says Bohnet. "As... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- Web
A Virtual Offering of AMP
Beginning in April 2021, the Advanced Management Program will be offered virtually. The need for leaders who make a difference in the world has never been greater. We encourage... View Details
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm... View Details
- March 2020
- Article
Is This My Group or Not? The Role of Ensemble Coding of Emotional Expressions in Group Categorization
By: Amit Goldenberg, Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Shpigel and James J. Gross
When exposed to others’ emotional responses, people often make rapid decisions as to whether these others are members of their group or not. These group categorization decisions have been shown to be extremely important to understanding group behavior. Yet, despite... View Details
Keywords: Categorization; Ensemble Coding; Summary Statistical Perception; Social Cognition; Emotions; Perception; Groups and Teams
Goldenberg, Amit, Timothy D. Sweeny, Emmanuel Shpigel, and James J. Gross. "Is This My Group or Not? The Role of Ensemble Coding of Emotional Expressions in Group Categorization." Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 149, no. 3 (March 2020).
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Putting Entrepreneurial Skills to Work in City Hall
hard to help people, to make a difference in their lives, to make Boston a better place for jobs, a better place for families, and to give chances to kids to reach their full potential. We set, I hope, a bit... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business
"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 11 Jul 2018
HBS Social Enterprise Information Session in Bay Area
This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates with an interest in social enterprise. HBS Admissions will be joined by the Social Enterprise Initiative and local alumni. During the session attendees will learn about the social... View Details