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- 14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016
which analysis of the numbers, facts, and data fails to provide a clear answer. Gray areas test not only managers’ skills but also their humanity. This book presents a five-question framework—based on the long humanist tradition of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
I think one thing we have learned is to be careful when we try to generalize about the importance of institutions. Since the work of Nobel Prize winning economic historian Douglass North, the importance of institutions in View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
environmental and social change—to transition employees to remote work, attract new customers, and spur innovation. The faculty produced nearly 700 cases and course development materials in fiscal 2020, along with more than 400 books, articles, and working papers.... View Details
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
information provided by office culture is gone. You could wear your best suit and have a two-hour meeting in the middle of the day with the C-suite of your firm’s biggest competitor without anyone being the wiser. Pause for a moment and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
homes, while wave energy could power more than 200 million. And global capacity for ocean energy is even greater, with experts saying that marine sources could provide enough electricity to satisfy worldwide demand four times over. Yet... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
(treadmills attached to desks that enable employees to walk while working), provided employees with feedback on their own and their co-workers' usage, and assessed usage over six months. We report how we determined our sample size, as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, Massachusetts, a research lab dedicated for the last sixty years to providing America’s soldiers with the world’s best equipment. In 1957, his dream of a European business school came to life... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
unexplored dimension. Deliberate Learning to Improve Performance in Dynamic Service Settings: Evidence from Hospital Intensive Care Units Authors:I. M. Nembhard and A. L. Tucker. Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
to move to Havana. The decision came in January 2017, when Gordon was working in a sales position at Castlight, a Bay Area B2B health care technology company. The couple had met while Gordon was working for the Clinton Foundation in... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
out of poverty, and to do it in the context of a very freewheeling and open democracy. It could be a huge example for the world.” The primary catalyst for India’s economic growth can be linked to sweeping reforms instituted in 1991 under... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
had bonds with. I struggled to grasp the significance of that moment, in which two of the people I cared most about shared what their rishte meant to them. Over time, I realized that the word translates to “relationships.” My... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
chosen to designate an individual as a business leader (i.e., CEO), regardless of specific title, if he or she was regarded as the primary and, in some cases, sole leader in setting the company's direction, allocating resources, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
yours to provide unique customer solutions. Purchase this book: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/web/product_detail.seam?R=1721-HBK-ENG&conversationId=355532&E=3159 Merchants to Multinationals Author:Geoffrey Jones Publication:Tokyo:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
times out after 30 minutes. That is an injustice, and it's not just about people getting food assistance, which is a fundamental human right, but it's also about what is their experience of government today. What is their experience of society? Are we thinking about... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
processes for sorting and recycling waste materials that are still employed today. Yet it proved difficult to combine making profits and achieving social value in accordance with the "shared value" model of today. As providers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
provide higher quality. When the cost of providing quality is not too high, firms use only one attribute to differentiate their products: they maximally differentiate on one dimension and minimally... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
now GFI, Baker has become a leading expert on the world’s shadow financial structure and illicit money supply. He also understands corruption’s human toll. Burned into his memory is the Nigerian lady who helped care for his children,... View Details
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
patient satisfaction, and problems with patient safety. Nearly all U.S. health care organizations have used similar evidence to justify their investments in safety and quality. Herein, we provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne