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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
are some ways forward, says Fuller. Companies might need to embrace automation technologies that can help reduce labor hours per unit, an approach Fuller has seen start to take hold in the garment industry. There could be regulatory aid, too, with Congress assessing...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
discussed in a pub in Toronto before he came to Soldiers Field, it was fine-tuned during his second year at HBS. “The contest and our field study afforded us the opportunity to test ideas in a relatively risk-free environment,” remarks...
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- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
There's a classic cartoon plot device that represents a struggle with temptation. A tiny angel pops up on the conflicted character's left shoulder, urging him to follow the path of righteousness. A tiny devil sits on his right shoulder, pressing him to give into his...
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- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
If it's one lesson the individual investor learned the hard way from the collapse of Enron, it is that the recommendations of Wall Street stock analysts can be influenced by much more than purely objective research. Just look at the large number of analysts who kept...
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- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
data-driven decision making I had practiced in the military. Using dozens of interviews inside and outside of the team, I synthesized the major issues they faced and collected their own ideas on how to fix them. I ran two surveys to collect usage View Details
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Training Course in Personnel Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
The curricula included economics, sociology, guidance, government, and educational psychology. 142, 139, 185 Edith Stedman, a director of Radcliffe's Career Appointment Bureau, served as a vigorous supporter and first director of the Training Course. "At that time,...
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- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
this is something tough to go and do, that there’s a high rate of failure, they’re not willing to go and dive into there. If we can have the passionate founders be able to have the analytic, be able to realize when to pull back on the...
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- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
real actions to boost earnings to meet different types of earnings benchmarks. We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 5% depending on the depth and duration of promotion. However, there is a...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
interested in why some star analysts were able to maintain their star rating over this period while others had a harder time doing so. We found that having high-performing colleagues in different locations in the firm—at the team level,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
example, the data indicate that GE earns a much higher return on overseas activities than Siemens does in the United States. Indeed, over the last 25 years, the accounting rate of return on inbound FDI to the United States has averaged...
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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
call is complete, peers are asked to rate and comment on the response. Also included is an interactive polling function, a "flash group" tool to facilitate online discussion, and a "3 strikes" tool where students respond to a question...
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Julia Hanna
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
effect: the growth rate of an industry within a region may be declining in the level of economic activity of that industry. At the same time, positive spillovers across complementary economic activities can provide an impetus for...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
some way—there's no substitute for real contact with the whole organization. Finally, specify simple exit provisions at the onset and then don't be afraid to walk and go it alone. I think understanding and then incorporating risk-return...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
algorithms and data collected from the individual student (and from other students previously) to create, according to that student's needs and knowledge, a customized road map for arriving at the individual's educational objective. Knewton does this by assessing in...
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- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
Brian Kenny: In September of 2013, President Obama sent shock waves through American higher education by announcing plans to create a federal rating system that would allow parents and students to easily compare colleges. He said he would...
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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
the US economy? A: The immediate direct impact on the real economy is measurable but modest. About 800,000 people are now taking unpaid days off, and they are generally people of middle- or upper-middle- class incomes, so they are...
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by Jim Aisner
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
designing it for the future.” How has technology reshaped the business landscape in the 21st century? Karim R. Lakhani: Over the last 20 years, we have entered an era where the rate of improvement in these digital technologies is growing...
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April White
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
implemented pretty quickly by command—acquisitions, divestitures, real estate purchases, layoffs. Long marches take time and the involvement of many people who must produce new elements and coordinate their actions before the change can...
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- 17 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan
aftermath of Japan's 3/11 tragedy. But even as we focus on immediate human needs, we cannot avoid recognizing--and coping with--the long economic shadow cast by this disaster. The direct impact on real economic activity worldwide is...
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- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
associate knowledge with editorials, professional and customer reviews, and ratings systems. Expanding fulfillment networks get products to customers in increasingly shorter time windows, defeating any convenience advantage that category...
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