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- 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 tested two... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 28 May 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: In Security
YOUNG: Always start by focusing on areas where you have the most risk. Good protection starts with good IT hygiene. The basics—patching and updating systems and basic protections (and controls)—should be in place across the entire... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
international clubs continue to face the challenges of producing viable levels of membership, activities, and finances. This committee hopes to recommend and implement several initiatives that will provide club officers with the View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
likelihood that policyholders will suffer a breach, and that At-Bay will pay a large claim. The company even offers discounts to clients who adopt recommended security measures, just as car-insurance providers offer discounts for having... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 15 Jun 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020
system clash with the digital age, and how to take action. Presenting examples of companies already making a difference, the authors show how business must serve both as innovator and activist, developing corporate strategies that effect... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
disaster, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Some research reports estimate that the cost of the CrowdStrike event could exceed $1 billion. Preparation for a crisis is just as crucial as the response. We View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
this effect drives advisor reactions to one of the most widely recommended advice-seeking strategies: seeking advice from multiple advisors to leverage the wisdom of crowds. Advisors negatively judge and interpersonally distance... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
committee, established by then SEC chair Arthur Levitt, to formulate best practices with regard to stockbrokers' activities and compensation. These were not legislative remedies, they were recommendations for voluntary standards of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
University have distinguished between what they call System 1 and System 2 thought. System 1 thought describes our intuition: quick, automatic, effortless, and influenced by... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 27 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
HBS Impact Investing Fund Course: An Experiential Education in Social Financing
report. Small businesses are a major growth lever for wealth creation and employment in Massachusetts and across the country. Yet, many BIPOC-led and -owned businesses currently face systemic barriers to raising capital, including... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Professor Emeritus Mills lays out his recommendations for building a world-class university in Asia, including how to hire faculty, build a curriculum, attract and retain students, achieve top-quality research, ensure autonomy, and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
that's where the good stuff happens. That's where the answer lies at that intersection.” Many guests expressed their desire to hire candidates who understand the interconnectivity of climate challenges and can translate complex climate topics into simple terms. They... View Details
- Profile
Margo Cramer
"I was the key point of contact to explain the system and connect people to resources," Margo says. Crossing private and public sectors After a year in the DA's office, Margo reviewed her work experience in an effort to clarify... View Details
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
for systemically risky firms that would take a holistic look at the five systems to identify weaknesses, make recommendations to managers and boards, and set regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
chairman of both the MBA and doctoral programs. Much of Christenson's research has focused on organizations as learning systems, examining the processes by which they adapt to their environments. He has also considered how decision-making, structure, and information... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
noticed that the students who did have a large number of opportunities available to them sometimes felt overwhelmed with information and options. “I became interested in what is the best way to make the education system fairer, while also... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
deliver value for patients, and a set of recommendations for getting there.” After two more years of research, Porter and Teisberg produced Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results. The book describes a path to... View Details
- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
company’s offices in downtown Kigali,” Barry says. “So you might think, great, we’ll figure out how to get people to pay by check. But you start to understand the system better once you go to a Rwandan bank and see that it takes three... View Details
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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555). Application Submission: We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
Is a host's physical appearance really the information Airbnb most wants to emphasize?" More generally, the researchers recommend that sharing-economy companies take website design seriously and to question early on whether their View Details