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- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
misinterpretation to assure that state and local governments can appropriately respond to the digital activities that impact physical realities. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53823 Harvard Business School Case 818-052 Updating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
says. “So producers started coloring their winter butter with a golden shade to make it look tasty. The color was known as ‘June shade.’” The practice dates back to at least the fourteenth century in Europe, Hisano says. Dairy farmers... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
or $2, which would match prices charged by pirates? After examining the numbers, Iyer says students understand that selling low is a losing strategy. "They take such a loss [on the profit margin] that the extra sales don't make up for it." Should a single... View Details
- 02 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Social Entrepreneurship in Transforming American Public Education
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Stacey Childress, HBS faculty... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 21 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Managing Human Capital—Global Trends and Challenges
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Moderator: David H. Thomas, HBS faculty... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Thomas
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
epic quest of trying to create that infrastructure and that new kind of commodities marketplace. And that's what we've been doing at FreeMarkets ever since. The anniversary date of the day I left GE was the end of February, five years... View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
2014. The program involves linking a 12-digit randomly assigned number to a person's biometric data-a photograph, all 10 fingerprints, and iris scans of both eyes--as well as to demographic information, including name, address, date of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
time crunched, the last thing we want to do is squander labor market opportunity and flexibility. Yet that’s what could happen if new companies are forced to build workforces based on dated assumptions about employees and independent... View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
everything will be “back to normal” by any particular date in the medium-term future are setting themselves up for heartbreak. The vaccine rollout has been slow, uneven, and plagued with logistical problems in many countries. Meanwhile,... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
dating application. The case recounts the process of launching a consumer Internet startup, from idea conception through initial efforts to validate the concept, followed by product launch and subsequent business model "pivots."... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Lawrence Summers on Market Capitalism’s Historic Opportunity
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Speaker: Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the... View Details
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
career relationships help to build up organizations. The study of careers seems to act as a powerful lens for examining the birth of biotech. Higgins, who specializes in research, teaching, and course development surrounding the field of careers, has focused much of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
problems. Yet, they also enjoyed unexpected benefits, including plenty of networking and after-war opportunities for the tight community of German businesspeople in India. "The business implications of civil internment are uncharted territory" “The literature... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
come into fashion? For example, I was reminded of stretch when the goal of a 50 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2040 was at least informally agreed to at a recent economic summit. In that case, the end date was conveniently set... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
terms. The technical problem is that any two applications are virtually guaranteed to contain dissimilar data and execute dissimilar business processes. One might store dates as DD/MM/YYYY and put the date... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 22 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panel on Pedagogical Innovations in MBA Courses
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Faculty Research Symposium 2010 presentation. View a full summary from the link below. Date of Event:May 10, 2010 Speakers:Ray Gilmartin, Joseph Lassiter, Youngme Moon, Nitin Nohria Multiple... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?
psychological “nudges” can improve healthy behavior. It’s not that easy, it turns out. One of the prime reasons is sheer forgetfulness, he says. Many of us have every intention of getting vaccinated, but forget when the actual date rolls... View Details
- 30 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Harvard and HBS: The Next 100 Years
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Speakers: Jay O. Light, Dean of HBSDrew... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
that drivers attach different value amounts to different kinds of flexibility. “Some can work the same days and the same shift from week to week, but others like to be able to change [their schedules] at the last minute,” they explain. The View Details
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
Media Lab) with Hidalgo and Raskar to develop a computer vision method for quantifying perceived safety of street scenes. The next breakthrough came when Google released a “time machine” feature, allowing users to access historical images of areas View Details