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- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
this instructor's guide an invaluable resource. Purchase the instructor's guide: http://www.hepg.org/hep/Book/75 America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter Publication:New... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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HBS - The year in Review
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Ed Cordell, The Juilliard School Afroza Damji, MassChallenge Kyler Evitt, Year Up Liza Gaylord, Boston Ballet Nina Harstad, Equal Justice Initiative Vi Mai, MBTA Alejandro Molina, White House National... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
entrepreneurs as they pursue impact or scale, or both. In our framework, scale can be interpreted at two levels: either as operational efficiency, which is achieved by minimizing unit costs, or expanding reach to cover a large proportion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2021
- In Practice
What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?
The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region of the United States in August 2005, it destroyed homes and lives. A paradoxical effect, however, is that the storm's aftermath created an opening in New Orleans for school leaders... View Details
- August 2019
- Case
Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War
By: Elie Ofek and John Masko
In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker and telecommunications empire Huawei was preparing to launch its new flagship smartphone series, the Mate 30. After years of explosive growth, the previous 18 months had been a challenge for the company. In early 2018, Huawei’s planned... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Global Strategy; International Relations; National Security; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Infrastructure; Volatility; Adaptation; Telecommunications Industry; China; United States; European Union
Ofek, Elie, and John Masko. "Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War." Harvard Business School Case 520-017, August 2019.
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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
Treaty tacked on to ensure that the United States retained the right to return should canal operations be threatened. President Carter's national security advisor, Zbigniew... View Details
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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About
board of the National Tax Association, and on the editorial boards of Social Choice and Welfare and National Tax Journal . Prior to completing his PhD in economics at Harvard University in 2008, Professor... View Details
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an authentic desire to build the world they want to live in. ” Tech areas of interest: AI/ML, Design, Human Computer Interaction, Sustainability, Privacy, Security & Trust Formative experience at the intersection of technology and... View Details
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
2018 Northamption, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Varieties of Green Business: Industries, Nations and Time By: Jones, G. Abstract—Published at a time of ever-increasing warnings that the pace of climate change and other environmental... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
Programme Finance Initiative Eric Usher heads the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), a global partnership bringing together the United Nations with a global group of banks, insurers, and... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Abstract We use oil price fluctuations to construct a new instrument to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous variation in foreign aid. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, providing aid to postwar Europe and Asia. From 1949 until 1957, he represented the state of New York in the U.S. Senate, working tirelessly to protect... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
In June 2000, when the National Commission on Terrorism released its report, the commission's chairman, L. Paul ("Jerry") Bremer III (MBA '66), issued a warning. "There's a chance terrorists will try to stage a catastrophic event in the... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
the patent application, the invention is unpatentable in that country. For example, if the invention is publicly disclosed to a Japanese national visiting a tradeshow in the United States, then under... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
environmental regulation. Previously, it was believed that corporate managers resisted the extra costs imposed by environmental regulation from the 1960s. This argument was primarily based on empirical evidence from the United States. It... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Competitiveness & Economic Development CED Competitiveness & Economic Development Frameworks & Key Concepts Research & Applications Research & Applications Research & Applications National Competitiveness Strategies for... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
the nature of technological discovery. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/15-038_54e189cf-0289-4cfc-b0da-e29552016f3b.pdf Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing By: Weinzierl, Matthew... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry is the first serious attempt to trace the history of the $330 billion global beauty industry and its large collection of fascinating entrepreneurs through countries including France, the View Details