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- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
adopt the innovation later. Since innovators are the first to adopt and are more likely to influence others, they do not need to be influenced. However, organizations should harness their influence, using targeted communication to... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
over time, the relationship between firm size and corporate vulnerability is relatively time invariant. All else being equal, large firms in emerging markets are more financially vulnerable and also systemically important. Consistent with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors
chance to thrive. Drawing on more than a decade of researching smashing successes and painful failures alike, Wasserman walks readers through the dilemmas that plague and challenge most new entrepreneurs, starting with pre-founding career dilemmas: Is this the right... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
- 14 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need
of delivering effective patient care. Then you need to make sure that the incentives physicians face do not run counter to their using the most effective approach for a given patient. Making all of this happen may require physicians to... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
determine what the telling of these stories can teach us about how we tell our own. CASE STUDY Linking Purpose to Profits: Satya Nadella at Microsoft Professor Krishna Palepu No additional materials available + More Info – Less Info When... View Details
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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Experience Feedback from students and employers has helped us identify some key elements for a successful experience: A high level of responsibility with significant chance to explore issues of management in social enterprise A clear... View Details
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Molly Welch
Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I worked for several years at Google in marketing and public policy roles, first related to corporate social responsibility initiatives and subsequently to emerging technologies. In my View Details
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Jay Bhandari
of his selection tests, where dozens of candidates had to swim together across a pool at night without visibility. Short on breath and under time pressure, many would attempt to exit the pool as quickly as possible. However, a select few... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
solo travelers or small groups. You step inside, press a button for your destination, the door closes, and off you go down a narrow track. Two minutes later—presto, the door opens again and you alight at your destination. You've arrived for your meeting on View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
growing body of research yields ample evidence that individuals’ behavior often reflects an apparent concern for moral considerations. Using a broad definition of morality—to include varied non-egoistic motivations such as fairness,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Home for External Relations
five-story building at 230 Western Avenue (see map). "We're excited about the move, which has allowed us to consolidate our operations and to help provide additional faculty office space on campus," notes ER executive director James C.... View Details
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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
well have been stifled or ignored by a jaded trade press corps, used to handouts from established giant firms," Land biographer Victor McElheny argues. "Instead, instant photography was unveiled at a scientific conference as a technical... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS
so many students from different cultures and backgrounds and unites us around one common interest – shoes! We talk about the sneakers we’re trying to grab, the ones we missed out on, and everything else happening in the sneaker industry.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
Video: Professor Frances Frei on the Limitations of the Golden Rule Video: Professor Frances Frei on the Limitations of the Golden Rule Frances, you have also recommended something called an “indignities list.” Tell us what that means and... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 10 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink
category levels, which over time would destroy the economics of the entire store. Amazon.com and other e-commerce players did a tremendous job focusing on goods and categories that shoppers were now willing to buy via the Internet, such... View Details
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Ignacio Lartirigoyen
After applying his skills at ExxonMobil – "a very exciting time because of the company's size and its level of professionalism"– Ignacio moved to an agribusiness closer to his roots, Adecoagro, where he joined the planning team... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
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Payment and Financial Aid - HBS Online
or payment is only provided upon course completion, you may not use it to pay for an HBS Online course, unless the award directly reimburses you. Federal financial aid, except for eligible participants enrolled in the undergraduate credit... View Details
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
successful strategy of commercializing new technologies by using the learning and income from the previous set of successful innovations. Matsushita's story is different and unique. In 1952, Matsushita arranged to acquire the technical... View Details