Global Understanding - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

what are the key drivers of technology; and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology. We prioritize in our discussion unified approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology. 2006 pub Dysfunction in the Boardroom: View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

19 Jun 2018
News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

Community Partners program is open to volunteer consultants “from HBS and other top business schools. It’s a way to build a network across our business community here,” Chussil says. Consultants typically help clients with challenges of limited resources, effectively... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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 scale. “Over time, my interest... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

23 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 23, 2008

represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American business education over the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

almost every facet of business," stated HBS professor Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., in a 1991 article. "You can't really understand some of them unless you understand the marketing issues, financial issues, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

concerned about cash, and employees worry about their jobs. But a downturn is no time to stop spending on marketing. The key, says professor John Quelch, is to understand how the needs of your customers and partners change, and adapt your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

risks—a process that can release more equity capacity. Finally, Merton argues, the job of managing the company's derivatives portfolio should not be delegated to in-house financial experts. The strategic importance of how a company manages risk requires executive View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

The Knowledge Coach

organization viable. As they put it, "Deep smarts are the engine of your organization. You cannot progress without them, and you will manage more effectively if you understand what they are, how they are built and cultivated, and the... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

eight experts and practitioners, all with ties to HBS, to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change in the context of an increasingly global world that has seen the complexity of corporations increase to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25

Publications Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance Author: Gary P. Pisano Publication: Harvard Business Review Press, in press. (due October 2012) Abstract For years-even decades-in response to intensifying View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry

This is a repost from the Alumni Stories blog. Brickson Diamond (MBA 1999) has never been one to, as he puts it, “just sit back and wait for progress to happen.” His role as cofounder and chair of the Blackhouse Foundation is a case in point. The organization took... View Details

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

could lead to substantial bias in understanding the nature of productivity gains from multinational production. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42615 Internalizing View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

civil society scrutiny that activates these firms' latent vulnerability. We test our hypotheses using a novel panel dataset of 4,484 public companies in many industries, headquartered in 38 countries, during 2005-2008, when environmental disclosure increased among... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

ago, to research the “new, but untested, financial system,” unregulated as all get-out, filled with “trust me” and “I don’t really understand the math.” Light and his experts seem to understand it now. What... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

2015 Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World By: Friedman, Jeremy Abstract—The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a View Details

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

questions for which the correct answer will be within their confidence interval, they tend to make fairly accurate global estimates (Gigerenzer, Hoffrage, and Kleinbolting 1991). Kahneman and Lovallo (1993) explain this inconsistency by... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

Gabarro, an expert on human resources management; Tom DeLong, who studies organizational change and globalization in professional service firms and served as Chief Development Officer of Morgan Stanley Group; Herminia Ibarra, who focuses... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

29 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research

going on at the School. This year the presentation topics included the human tendency toward dishonesty, the use of crowdsourcing to solve major scientific problems, and the impact of private equity investments. Understanding Dishonesty... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

as a multidisciplinary analytical tool for comparing countries and understanding change within a particular nation. In his award-winning 1975 book, The New American Ideology, and nine years later in The American Disease, Lodge urged... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008

manufacturer (ODM)? Tung Lung Metal Industries Co. Ltd. is a Taiwanese maker of door lock hardware that is faced with the question of whether to continue to focus on its ODM business or start placing more emphasis on its own brand development and growth in View Details