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- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
Summing Up The current global recession has, judging from responses to this month's column, many origins, among them housing and credit. All, of course, are traceable to human responses to both perceived opportunities and calamities, which in turn have been engineered...
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by Jim Heskett
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
Microfinance—essentially small loans that help impoverished individuals create jobs, small businesses, and stronger communities—may offer a window on new methods for widening access to healthcare for the poor. Led by Harvard Business School senior lecturer Michael Chu...
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- Book Review
Review of Tobacco in History: The Cultures of Dependence, by Jordan Goodman
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Koehn, Nancy F. "Review of Tobacco in History: The Cultures of Dependence, by Jordan Goodman." Journal of Economic History 55, no. 4 (December 1995): 968–971.
- 2000
- Article
The Struggle for Mau Mau Rehabilitation in Late Colonial Kenya
Elkins, Caroline M. "The Struggle for Mau Mau Rehabilitation in Late Colonial Kenya." International Journal of African Historical Studies 33, no. 1 (2000): 25–57.
- February 10, 2023
- Article
The Case for Having a Boring CEO
CEOs who avoid the cameras and minimize drama offer valuable leadership lessons. Their lifestyles aren’t splashed on the pages of magazines. They don’t speak out on every public issue, and their pronouncements are balanced and cautious. Sometimes when I name them as my...
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Leadership;
Company Management;
Personal Brand;
Reliability;
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Public Opinion
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Case for Having a Boring CEO." Wall Street Journal (online) (February 10, 2023).
- June 1987
- Article
Permanent Homelessness in America?
By: Brian Hall and Richard B. Freeman
Hall, Brian, and Richard B. Freeman. "Permanent Homelessness in America?" Population Research and Policy Review 6, no. 1 (June 1987).
- March–April 1978
- Article
Testing Social Theories in Marketing Settings
By: D. A. Leonard and E. M. Rogers
Leonard, D. A., and E. M. Rogers. "Testing Social Theories in Marketing Settings." American Behavioral Scientist 21, no. 4 (March–April 1978).
- Article
Misery Loves Companies: Rethinking Social Initiatives by Business
By: Joshua D. Margolis and James P. Walsh
Margolis, Joshua D., and James P. Walsh. "Misery Loves Companies: Rethinking Social Initiatives by Business." Administrative Science Quarterly 48, no. 2 (June 2003): 268–305.
- March – April 1975
- Article
Social Cost/Benefit Analysis for MNC's
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Social Cost/Benefit Analysis for MNC's." Harvard Business Review 53, no. 2 (March–April 1975). (Also reprinted in Frederick D.S. Choi, Essentials of Multinational Accounting: An Anthology. UMI, 1979; and Douglas N. Dickson (ed.) Managing Effectively in the World Marketplace. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1983.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal
By: Quy-Toan Do and Lakshmi Iyer
This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the geographic, economic and social factors that contributed to the spread of civil war in Nepal over the period 1996-2006. This within-country analysis complements existing cross-country studies on the same subject. Using a...
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Do, Quy-Toan, and Lakshmi Iyer. "Geography, Poverty and Conflict in Nepal." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-065, April 2007. (Revised February 2009, previously titled "Poverty, Social Divisions and Conflict in Nepal.")
- 19 Feb 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Dishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
What happens when a person owns property? Aside from the well-established financial benefits of equity and potential access to credit, there is the equally strong pull of the American Dream and everything it suggests—the idea that through hard work and determination,...
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by Julia Hanna
- 19 Jun 2001
- Other Presentation
Competition and Antitrust: Canadian Competition Policy: Preparing for the Future
Presentation delivered at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Toronto, Canada
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Porter, Michael E. "Competition and Antitrust: Canadian Competition Policy: Preparing for the Future." University of Western Ontario, Richard Ivey School of Business, Toronto, Canada, June 19, 2001.
- Winter 2001
- Other Article
Competition and Antitrust: A Productivity-Based Approach to Evaluating Mergers and Joint Ventures
This article seeks to contribute thinking on how the intellectual foundations of antitrust might be updated, based on a large body of theoretical and empirical research on company strategy, competition, and economic development. The aim is to outline a new direction...
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Porter, Michael E. "Competition and Antitrust: A Productivity-Based Approach to Evaluating Mergers and Joint Ventures." Antitrust Bulletin 46, no. 4 (Winter 2001): 919–958. (Revised May 30, 2002.)
- 10 Aug 2007
- Other Presentation
Doing Well at Doing Good: Do You Have a Strategy?
Strategy presentation at Willow Creek Association’s Leadership Summit, South Barrington, Illinois. Topics include: strategy for non-profits (museums) and social enterprises.
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Porter, Michael E. "Doing Well at Doing Good: Do You Have a Strategy?" Global Leadership Summit, Willow Creek Association, South Barrington, IL, August 10, 2007.
- 23 Sep 2008
- Other Presentation
Strategy for Social Enterprises
Strategy presentation at the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York. Topics include: strategy for museums and social enterprises.
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Porter, Michael E. "Strategy for Social Enterprises." Harvard Business School Club of New York Social Enterprise Summit, New York City, NY, September 23, 2008.
- 7 Mar 2012
- Other Presentation
Strategy and the New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value
Strategy and Creating Shared Value Presentation at Ford Canada Top 100 event
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Porter, Michael E. "Strategy and the New Competitive Advantage: Creating Shared Value." Ford Canada Top 100 Event, Boston, MA, March 7, 2012.
- September 11, 2007
- Editorial
When Not to Start a War
By: A. Zelleke
Keywords:
War
Zelleke, A. "When Not to Start a War." Christian Science Monitor (September 11, 2007).
- November 9, 2001
- Editorial
Help Us Think About The Hard Questions - On Prof Ulrich Beck's 'September 11th: Globalisation's Chernobyl'
By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Ketels, Christian H.M. "Help Us Think About The Hard Questions - On Prof Ulrich Beck's 'September 11th: Globalisation's Chernobyl'." Financial Times (November 9, 2001). (Letter to the Editor.)