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- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
Summing Up How will sustainability be achieved? To sum up responses to this month's column, the question is not whether global sustainability will be achieved but how. One school of thought could perhaps be characterized as enlightened...
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by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
to shift performance to a high level. The Trek: Adventure and Enlightenment on a Climb to the Summit of Kala Patthar, above Mount Everest Base Camp in the Himalayas by David Schachne (MBA 1990) (Relevant Corporation LLC) Schachne tells...
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- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
such a person might be needed. Does the United States need an artificial intelligence czar? What do you think? References: David Ignatius, China’s application of AI should be a Sputnik moment for the U.S. But will it be?, The Washington Post, November 6, 2018. Steven...
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- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
across the country. If we must, we will adaptPrevention would be more apt Enlightened citizen participation,Enables mangrove conservation. These were wise—and catchy—words shared to our IFC India class by the Chairman of the Board at...
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- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
Boston has always been fueled by an Enlightenment belief in scientific progress and human perfectibility. It is home to America's first public school, Boston Latin School (1635), and college, Harvard College (1636). After the American...
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by Spencer E. Ante
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
context of organizations. In total, however, this month’s comments provide little hope for change of the kind that will enable the leadership industry to become more effective in fostering enlightened leadership around the world. This...
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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
After the Storm
what these changes really, really meant. Those conversations have been enlightening and powerful in lots of ways, and I think helped us get better as an organization. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard...
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- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
of the happiest countries in spite of a tumultuous history, low life expectancy, a dismal literacy rate, a small and undiversified economy, and low GDP per capita. Everyone, it seemed, from tourists and Hollywood screenwriters to leading development economists, looked...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
(Fourth Quarter 2008) Abstract As Harvard Business School celebrates its first century, it can take pride in being a pioneer in exploring what transpires in the boardroom and how it helped shape the evolution of enlightened governance....
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
A New Model for Business: The Museum
curation—showing competitors' prices—than would a company whose products and services are easier to evaluate. Call it enlightened self-interest. I don't think we can expect manufacturers and retailers to change in ways that will harm...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
retailers empower their workers to improve processes at the store and also give them the tools and training needed to use the empowerment appropriately. Enlightened retailers also realize the importance of not overloading their store...
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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
problems ripe for innovations that can make a difference in the world. It is a privilege to work with enlightened SuperCorps to create partnerships across sectors combining capabilities for the greater good. That has the potential to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
Cranium states its purpose as being “to lighten and enlighten people’s lives.” While Furlong believes that much of Cranium’s success centers on its founders’ due diligence, the high quality of Cranium products, and the company’s ability...
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- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
enlightening guide, they show how Gates, Grove, and Jobs approached strategy and execution in remarkably similar ways-yet markedly differently from their erstwhile competitors-keeping their focus on five strategic rules. Strategy Rules...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
with voters across the United States. What she has learned will surprise you, enlighten you, give you hope, and change the way you think about your fellow Americans. Our inability to hear each other, our suspicion, and our impatience is...
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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
enough to be able to do that. And I wound up climbing Kilimanjaro with a Cambridge-trained economist. And he really enlightened me about the study of economics—that some of the questions that had emerged, he rightfully pointed out, I...
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- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
forthcoming Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the point where they can replace fossil fuels. Absent that radical transformation of the world’s energy model, changes in attitudes are needed, especially with the world’s population headed for 9 billion by 2050. Technology fixes and View Details
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
on state power. The authors delve into questions about the relationship between states and markets, politics and economics, through examinations of key Enlightenment and pre-Enlightenment figures in context—Hobbes, Rousseau, Spinoza, and...
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Sean Silverthorne