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- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
can access contents on an alleged terrorist’s iPhone has generated a vigorous debate with daily developments. As they say, this is a big deal. It raises critical questions. Apple argues that doing what the FBI demands would potentially... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
needed to be done. Still other organizations give potential employees some latitude in choosing their bosses. At Google, reporting relationships are sufficiently pliable that a new employee has a significant voice in the choice, moving... View Details
- 31 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World
receive," Zhu explains. "I could also find advertisers interested in reaching scientists, and these advertisers may have a high willingness to pay once you bring them a targeted group of potential customers." Changing the... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
government are at their lowest ever," says Buell. "There is a danger that that disgust can lead to disengagement. Showing the ways in which government materially affects people's lives through its actions has the potential to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
unlimited potential for the university's schools, including HBS and the GSD, to work together researching and devising practical, replicable solutions for an environmentally and economically sustainable global built environment. Harvard's... View Details
- 02 Jan 2013
- What Do You Think?
Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?
accommodates contributions from both extroverts and introverts and reduces the influence of the former. Teams comprising both extroverts and introverts, particularly those with diverse backgrounds, have been shown to have a lot of creative View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 24
Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge sharing networks, due to inexperience, location, or lack of social capital, may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. An electronic knowledge repository (KR) has the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2006
and scientists has caused the extended social networks of inventors to become increasingly connected. As a result, invention increasingly occurs within small worlds (or social networks) that straddle firm boundaries. Small worlds provide both strategic opportunity and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
pan out. But they then went away and came back in ten weeks with a new quantum dot application—and a patent disclosure. They made a fantastic final presentation about science, potential markets, and commercialization strategies. Q: Didn't... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
rise to 2.75 percent. It may not sound like much, but a 37.5 percent increase in benefits to the average recipient of social security could look very attractive. Further, it would address a potential shortfall of huge proportions in the... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
that the back end of the operation keeps pace with the front end to avoid the costly control issues that exist today." Looking ahead, Seifert sees the Internet as a force to be reckoned with in terms of costs and productivity. "The pool of View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 15 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?
Zlatev. “One potential reason is that they might be saying something about who you are as a person that might lead others to evaluate you negatively, and that’s driving people’s hesitancy.” Zlatev coauthored the research with Ariella... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)
graduation. “I really believe in the potential of Moderna products and in this role, I’m imagining the future of global success and what will be needed from the government engagement function,” said Llano. “We’re looking to bring in best... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
Bill Leigh. Broader takeaways and thoughts for potential applications in the U.S. context As with Crossbridge Energy in Denmark, the processes, infrastructure, and expertise of traditional energy players in the U.S. is critical and... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
some storage, is not viable at the scale of energy storage India requires. Nuclear power, on the other hand, is already growing in India and plants can be located on more compact parcels. At present, there are several new reactors under construction leveraging a fully... View Details
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Trade Catalogs - The Art of American Advertising
of particular products such as fabric swatches or small sheets of wallpaper. A corps of traveling salesmen, known as “drummers,” circulated trade catalogs to potential customers along with product samples. 14 Trade catalogs were also... View Details
- Web
South Asia - Global Activities 2020
located not far from one of the world’s busiest maritime shipping lanes, the students and faculty members heard about the potential for this new port and its environs to become an important hub of economic activity. They also discussed... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
“Zoom Video Communications and COVID-19,” by Scott Duke Kominers, the MBA Class of 1960 Associate Professor of Business Administration, and George Gonzalez, senior researcher. The case examines Zoom’s strengths and weaknesses, role in society, and View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
According to a report from the University of California Berkeley, “Current carbon sequestration in US cropland soils is only 8.4 million metric tons CO2 Eq. per year, compared to an annual potential of 100 million.” Practices like organic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
cost of starting firms falls, this lowers the cost of the option, so you will take on higher option value projects. You will potentially take on more of them and focus less on governance in the early stages. It’s what is known as a “spray... View Details
Keywords: April White