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03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

critical role in global society. In the lead-up to COP26, the Business and Environment Initiative asked HBS alumni business leaders from a wide range of sectors and disciplines what they see as the role of business and business leaders in this important moment.... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

moral hazard in the financial system to an entirely new level,” he warns. But Moss has a fix: The federal government should slap tough new regulations on all firms that pose “systemic risk” — the risk that a failure of one institution... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

01 Mar 2010
News

Rx for Too Big to Fail

In the wake of the financial crisis and the massive federal response, it has become fashionable to declare that “too big to fail is too big to exist.” Powerful lawmakers and popular commentators regularly endorse this notion, promising to... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

30 Jan 2006
HBS Case

The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand

tastes. People don't want to be fed a menu of books based on their past selections.—John Deighton One question the case poses is whether Patterson could use the sort of individualized information gathered by book clubs about readers'... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

vertical portals have a profound effect on traditional distribution networks, but because many vertical portals will have production capabilities, they may also pose a threat to specialty producers that choose to downplay the significance... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

20 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit

across the country. In the bustling city of Bangalore, where tradition meets technology, we had the privilege of visiting the Tata Solar manufacturing facility. This visit offered a window into India’s renewable energy journey, showcasing both significant achievements... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

quality responses from the community. A beverage company client for Tongal initially asked for an ad that would convince people that its product was healthier than competitors. But if the question were posed in that way, many of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

influential books and articles on marketing, was to "grab business people by the lapels, shake them, and say, 'Wake up!'," Tedlow said. You couldn't ignore Levitt, and what he said, the way he said it, and the questions he posed... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Development while Decarbonizing - Understanding India’s Agriculture Landscape

standpoint, lowering its carbon intensity in India is key to unlocking a sustainable future. In 2019, agriculture generated 585 Mt CO2e, making it the third most contributing sector behind power generation and heavy industry. Nonetheless,... View Details

22 Sep 2016
News

Words and Pictures

he says. So Deifell, a multimedia artist, decided to combine his skills as a photographer with a question from the last line of a Mary Oliver poem: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” He posed this... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

13 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

Last year, Harvard Business School professor Ranjay Gulati met with the marketing department of a large American corporation and posed a seemingly simple question: What do marketing people actually do? "I got this nervous... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1996
News

On Eve of Transition, Alumni Conference Set for Hong Kong

Myths, Realities, Opportunities," the conference will be held in Hong Kong April 5 through 8 on the eve of the official transfer of power in June. "We timed the conference to coincide with the transition," says David B. Yoffie, Max and... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

presentation or job interview? Holding one's body in "high-power" poses for short time periods can summon an extra surge of power and sense of well-being when it's needed, according to Amy J.C.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Jun 1996
News

New Releases

Engines of Innovation edited by Richard S. Rosenbloom and William J. Spencer (HBS Press) In past decades, industrial laboratories such as AT&T's Bell Labs and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center were wellsprings of powerful new... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices

your location?" Balis asked. Few people raised their hands. "How many people have turned off the location-tracking feature on their mobile phone" Balis asked. Hardly anyone raised a hand. And then Gupta posed a different question: "How... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

01 Dec 2005
News

Buy the Book

of interactive marketing, where a company uses individual customer data to tailor its pitch to a customer’s interests and tastes. One question the case poses is whether Patterson could use the sort of individualized information gathered... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

disclosure of those details poses a threat to national security, the government can order the inventors to keep it secret. 11,000 secrecy applications during WWII The WWII patent secrecy policy, for example, was established in 1940. Over... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

added: “China has surplus trade with the world and the US has a deficit trade balance As such, the US lost the race several years ago.” In the same tone, Salvatore posed a question for us: “Leadership in global trade is as fluid as... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Sep 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?

to have had as much resonance among readers as it did among CEOs who made it a summer reading favorite. Perhaps others agreed with Mary L, who commented that, “Today’s tech enabled networks pose no greater threat than any other networks... View Details