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- 18 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
this, Fong has reminders set to get up from her desk at regular intervals and to make sure she’s drinking enough water. Stephan echoes this point and emphasizes how important little breaks can be for your day so that you aren’t at your View Details
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Sebastian Vargas
to take. Ultimately, it is up to you to embark on and complete the journey. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? From an early age, I was good with computers and loved gadgets, so I wanted to be a software engineer. Growing... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
checkout counter. Similarly, IBM developed a video camera that could recognize a retailer's best customers as they walked into the store so that salespeople could offer outstanding personalized service. Unfortunately, shoppers felt it was... View Details
Frank T. Cary
Following the legacies of Watson Sr. and Watson Jr., who ran IBM for almost 60 years, was no easy feat, but Cary more than proved his mettle. Under his direction, IBM expanded into new markets outside its traditional mainframe business into View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman
A show of hands, please. "How many of you would be fifteen minutes late for an appointment with your CEO?" Gail McGovern, president of Fidelity Personal Investments, scanned the audience, but only a few hands wavered upwards.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
belong. Maybe you’re mission-driven with a mind to tackle a deeply entrenched social issue. The interactions we have serve as a significant source of information that can propel personal and professional change. When we put design in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
personal computing and the power of the Internet. CEO Jack Welch responded with his typical high-energy enthusiasm. After seeking out a young mentor in the organization to help him learn, he “suggested” that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
enough to email “goodbyes.” As one remote worker put it, “The screen (on your computer) goes blank.” The Zoom account is closed and the company wants its computer sent back. For hiring (perhaps the next day), the process is reversed, only... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Research at HBS | Information Technology
requirements. Resources for Researchers Creating a Data Safety Submission (DAT) at HBS Using Cloud Based Collaboration Tools for Research Research Compliance/IRB Information on the Compute Cluster (RCS) Using View Details
- March 2005
- Supplement
Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (B)
By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Profit; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Motivation and Incentives; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
George, William W., and Andrew N. McLean. "Anne Mulcahy: Leading Xerox through the Perfect Storm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-065, March 2005.
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh
then rent to marketers, who send our members online advertisements that match their stated interests and activities." So what's in it for members? ClickDough shares with them at least 50 percent of the revenues it earns from advertisers, whose ads appear in a pop-up... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
headquarters or our Long Beach facility could be taken out by a hurricane. One of the things we didn’t anticipate was a storm that was massive enough to take out both locations simultaneously. Ahead of the storm, we backed up and shut down our View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
Great Firms to Fail, which sounded the alarm on how disruptive innovations — such as the personal computer and discount retailers — caused many otherwise strong and healthy companies to fail. The Innovator’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
AI Enhances Diagnostic Care
A radiologist and technician at Misr Radiology Center review images taken of a patient and discuss protocol for a brain PET/MRI exam. “AI has improved workflow through higher efficiency and has helped us deliver more personalized care,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
the founder of the modern VC industry, but there’s been remarkably little written about him,” says Josh Lerner, a professor at HBS who specializes in the study of private equity. “He is the first person who basically ran an institutional... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
was a role model for me. I decided back then that I wanted to do what he did, work in technology and build a business.” That desire led Mistele to the University of Michigan, where he earned an undergraduate degree in computer engineering... View Details
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/new_publications/papers/amabile/Challenges_of_Person-Centric%20Work_Psych_Amabile.pdf Perceiving Freedom Givers: Effects of Granting Decision Latitude on Personality and Leadership Perceptions Authors:Roy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Action Plan: Writing the Next Chapter
note, but for Hubscher, the romance of an analog writing implement remains: “For me, they are tools of freedom. You don’t have anything between you, your soul, and the paper and the mark that you leave.” How to: Pick your pen-and-paper moments For creativity. View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
costs and retail prices down, prompting global production to shift to economies with lower input costs. The manufacture of personal computer components is now concentrated in Asia and manufacturers are... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
No Bull — Nancy E. Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971)
When Nancy Havens-Hasty stepped onto Wall Street after graduating from HBS, her first account as a corporate finance associate was not one of Kidder Peabody's several computer company clients, despite her background as a physics major at... View Details
Keywords: Linda Goodspeed