Filter Results:
(3,381)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,381)
- People (9)
- News (695)
- Research (2,163)
- Events (34)
- Multimedia (26)
- Faculty Publications (1,256)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,381)
- People (9)
- News (695)
- Research (2,163)
- Events (34)
- Multimedia (26)
- Faculty Publications (1,256)
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
Blockchain for Good
eco-friendly consensus algorithm. She says they have also tested the first public stablecoin backed entirely by cash. “Our mission is for everyone in the world to experience the benefits of a truly digital financial ecosystem,” she... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Furthers Entrepreneurial Dreams
entrepreneurship and innovation because of how slow-moving medicine can be. That’s when I decided to explore the intersection of business and health care,” says Okeke. Receiving financial assistance to attend HBS has given him the freedom to View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Launch Codes
“Too often, they’ll design something for what they think their customers’ needs are, and they haven’t developed plans to test these assumptions.” #2 Aiming for perfection: “You want to go to market with a minimally viable product and get... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators
down to craft a deal or settle a dispute,” says Wheeler. “Your character is one thing you shouldn’t make up as you go along.” Wheeler presents three cases that test ethical negotiating behavior. The “steal deal” scenario involves an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Bookshelf: Try As One Might
the grasp of anyone who made it through high school chemistry. But effective experimentation is often poorly understood in practice, Liedtka says, and businesses that test their ideas without a solid understanding of experimental design... View Details
- Profile
David Gellis
Care Center. Under the tutelage of center director Laura Esserman, MD/MBA, David examined ways to leverage information systems to improve breast-cancer treatment. "Dr. Esserman used her clinic as a lab to test ideas for improving... View Details
- Web
Day in IFC: Marta Milkowska (HKS), United Kingdom - MBA
750 pages of interviews with subject matter experts in journal articles, academic papers, books, and other literature. In January 2017, our team spent ten days working with BI Ventures to design a "rainy day savings" intervention plan. The following photos showcase a... View Details
- Web
From Concept to Product: Meroë Morse and Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation, 1945–1969 | Baker Library
Black and White Photographic Research, director of Special Photographic Research, a trusted advisor to Land, and liaison to Ansel Adams, a Polaroid consultant who tested the company’s prototype cameras and films. Morse embodied the... View Details
- Web
Comparison of Output with Hours of Sleep – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library, Historical Collections
HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us Back to Exhibit Page Comparison of Output with Hours of Sleep First Relay Assembly Test Group, ca. 1930 Western Electric Company Hawthorne Studies Collection © 2007 President and Fellows of Harvard College;... View Details
- 15 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 15, 2006
financial markets change the interaction between banks and corporations? This paper compares the importance of interlocking boards of directors between corporations and banks in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States circa 1909. The hypothesis View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
comes to Black Friday and this holiday season. Instead of projecting certainty in an uncertain world, I think retailers should double-down on experimentation as a strategy. Test multiple campaigns, messages, and promotions more than you... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
A New Way to Cut Credit Card Debt: Pay Off One Purchase at a Time
A novel approach to repaying debt could help consumers free themselves from crushing credit card balances faster, according to new research. Rather than asking borrowers to make payments toward their total balances, Harvard Business School Professor Michael I. Norton... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
quality of care. Traditionally, doctors and hospitals have been paid separate fees for their services, an approach widely criticized for rewarding overuse of diagnostic tests and procedures while providing no incentives to integrate care.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
proposition.” McCance is confident that his support for the School will have a deep impact on HBS as well as on society, noting that “HBS has stood the test of time.” View Details
- 06 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
How to Thrive in an Unstructured Environment
execution mode and test the options to learn. For example, when I was researching the sales prospecting process, there were many software systems to choose from. Rather than spend weeks, even days, researching between them, we View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
product (MVP) one could imagine, and I’m very grateful for the advice. Our extensive MVP testing at corporate offices allowed us to validate key assumptions of our business model and value proposition, e.g. more than 70% of our users... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
achieve.” Mikitani expected that the initial global English-only conversion would be difficult. “This is going to be a long-term effort for us,” he states in the case. “Starting this month, my own speech will simply be in English.” All Rakuten workers were required to... View Details
- February 2020
- Supplement
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)
By: Nien-he Hsieh, Christina R. Wing and John Masko
This supplemental case tracks the results of the Colman and Taubman-Dye class action suit against Theranos as well as Theranos’ other legal challenges and chronicles the final demise of the company in 2019. View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Corporate Accountability; Organizational Culture; Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising; Crime and Corruption; Entrepreneurship; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business Exit or Shutdown; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; California; United States
Hsieh, Nien-he, Christina R. Wing, and John Masko. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-091, February 2020.
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
line.” Bernstein believes the key to breaking that cycle may lie in research partnerships that help organizations conduct more field experiments. Just as many companies test out new products with “a/b” testing, they might also take an... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2008
- Article
Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States
By: Michel Anteby and Mikell Hyman
Human cadavers are crucial to medical science. While the debate on how to secure sufficient cadavers has focused primarily on donors' behaviors, procuring organizations' roles in increasing donations remain less explored. The United States offers a unique setting in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Behavior; Programs; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Ventures; Health Testing and Trials; Demand and Consumers; Supply Chain; For-Profit Firms; Organizations; Training; United States
Anteby, Michel, and Mikell Hyman. "Entrepreneurial Ventures and Whole-body Donations: A Regional Perspective from the United States." Social Science & Medicine 66, no. 4 (2008): 963–969.