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- 14 May 2020
- Blog Post
A PRIDE Farewell
like the Back to School 80s Party, National Coming Out Day MyTakes, World AIDS Day movie screening, and February’s Love at HBS Portrait Project. And continued our partnership with other under-represented minority (URM) clubs through the... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
that occurs when group members reflect seems integral to the creative process." Sometimes, literally sleeping on an idea —perhaps dreaming about it — is enough to provide the necessary perspective and get a group moving from divergence to convergence. Something as... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 31 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom
to friends. The case is about the marketers' decisions regarding what to do with these films: They could put them on DVDs, or run them in movie theaters before feature films, or do any number of other things. Q: What's the takeaway from... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
on average, firms' self-reported anticorruption efforts reflect real efforts to combat corruption and are not merely cheap talk. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2229039 When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2025
- News
Uncertain Terms
After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Getting Personal
decisions regarding what to do with these films: They could put them on DVDs, or run them in movie theaters before feature films, or do any number of other things. What’s the takeaway from the case? One surprise is that the method of... View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
failures to protect citizens. The paper argues that avoiding complicity should be the appropriate focus of managerial responsibility. February 2015 Management Science When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
forward prep to the time we deliver it. We have these incredible movie nights or movie days where we take people out of the office. We shut down the office about once a month and go have a service project.... View Details
- 02 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 2, 2009
books, and movies has increased sharply. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-132.pdf Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration Authors:Mark... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
revolution. The facts are undeniable. Watch an old movie in which people remove the telephone receiver from the wall, type (either manually or electronically), and even begin to email (as in "You've Got Mail!"). It's always good... View Details
- 19 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo
Carolina uses Internet2 for nano-research: building material from the atomic level up. Other forums on the horizon for Internet2 include digital libraries and digital video. A DVD version of the Hollywood movie The Matrix, for example,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
E-Commerce Unplugged
Guess? Tommy's wireless device has GPS-like location-sensing capabilities.) Tommy's tempted, but he's running late to meet Jenny—and she wanted to go to a movie anyway. Still, it can't hurt to ask her. He pushes a button and calls Jenny.... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
Struggle is an experience we instinctively avoid, looking for any way to minimize the hard work and pain involved in getting what we want. And yet—nearly every book we read and movie we watch involves someone struggling mightily to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
Katie Hood: Fast Forward Hood Hood and Fox In the hit movie Back to the Future, actor Michael J. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager in a hurry. Accidentally sent backward through time, Marty encounters a slew of nasty complications. (One... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
social events such as movies and bingo nights, providing additional opportunities to observe their patients and identify who has suddenly stopped showing up for activities, an early indication that something seriously wrong might be... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
nostalgic memories of startups that bring to mind my favorite line from the movie Blade Runner: “The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.” Remember Boo.com, Webvan, eToys, Pseudo.com, Pets.com, and Kozmo? Disney’s $790... View Details
- 23 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Little Understanding Motivates Copyright Abusers to Pay Up
threats may not be very effective.” Someone who willfully downloads music or movies may be liable for thousands of dollars or even more in statuary damages. However, fees for inadvertent usage are typically limited to the actual damages,... View Details
- 19 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail
There's a famous line from the movie The Godfather, which is often repeated in corporate settings: "This is business, not personal." Ironically, though, that statement is actually bad business advice. During the Consortium for Operational... View Details
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Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library
photography lab, and she went on to head the group for transparency, slide, and movie film. (6) Crystal Woodward, Eudoxia Muller Woodward’s daughter, recalls speaking frequently with Land of his interest “in hiring artists and majors in... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Starting a job can feel like stepping onto a movie set without a script. Everyone knows the plot; the challenge is figuring out the role. Managers often know what they want from top performers but rarely explain it. That perspective... View Details