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- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful forces-income inequality, resource depletion, and mass migrations from poor to rich countries, to name just a few-pose... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
competition. They do so by initially differentiating themselves to develop distinctive capabilities, but subsequently integrate these capabilities with those of the core units. At the corporate level, the new units demonstrate their value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
and value-creation problems arise when such products are developed and sold by separate firms. Although the firms tend to price higher for given quality levels, their provision of quality is so low that, in equilibrium, prices are set well below what an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
and Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, 2007 Abstract Rental housing is increasingly recognized as a vital housing option in the United States. Yet government policies and programs continue to grapple with widespread... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
ship-from-store (SFS), to increase their store productivity and expand their integrated presence across multiple retail channels (i.e. brick-and-mortar store, web, and mobile; also known as omnichannel retailing). The Scale Of The Threat... View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
R&D and engineering. The region is now producing an estimated 90 percent of women's luxury shoes that sell for $500 or more per pair. Why Clusters Still Work The cluster's success is largely due to a lead firm acting as what Pisano calls a knowledge integrator. The... View Details
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
work," King recalls with a grin. The name MapEcos emphasizes an attempt to integrate information that is relevant to both ecology and economics. A Niche To Fill The observation that led to the site's founding is a common one that... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
and challenges created by digital technology and describe some of the most pressing policy issues. As digital technologies continue to gain in momentum and importance, it has become clear that digitization has features that do not fit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
both of whom started remotely in June. They have been collaborating with McKenna on any number of major issues over several weeks—onboarding a new leadership team, steering the NGO through the pandemic, finding ways to continue to deliver... View Details
- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
Berlin-based nonprofit that supports "national integrity systems" to help curb corruption, Ezekwesili told the HBS audience that it's not enough for African governments to aspire to macro- and microeconomic stability. "We... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Clark will also brief attendees on the School's efforts to build intellectual capital around these ideas and integrate them into the curriculum. He will report on some of the early work of HBS's California Research Center, our new... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ink
Online, students can pace themselves, taking as long as needed to master difficult concepts before moving on. Inside the school, students are supervised, mentored, protected, and nourished. Blended learning combines the two approaches to deliver an View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
journalists. Contemporaries complained that Luce was cultivating "middlebrow" cultural tastes instead of striving for journalistic excellence. Nevertheless, Luce's media empire continues to endure into the 21st century, shaping... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
have yet to achieve its potential as a commercial power source. However, its promise has continued to drive interest with the understanding that successfully deployed fusion power would transform the world’s energy landscape. Commonwealth... View Details
- 22 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Jesse Lou (MBA 2022) – Working to Change the Food System
at HBS for confronting environmental challenges like climate change? It’s increasingly evident that challenges in food, climate, and society are inextricably linked, disproportionately impacting those on the fringes and in poverty, and worsening over time. HBS should... View Details
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Patience Experience working with students and faculty What makes it challenging to work in the Healthcare Initiative? We are a small department with broad goals and high aspirations. Continuing to adapt to our stakeholders needs while... View Details
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
client's inner workings than someone who's already been working there full-time? “It takes a stronger reinforcement of a team culture of contribution, challenge, learning, and egalitarianism to both reverse and fortify positive processes.” It's somewhat... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
Don't Learn: Our Traditional Obsessions—Success, Taking Action, Fitting In, and Relying on Experts—Undermine Continuous Improvement By: Gino, F., and B. Staats Abstract—For any enterprise to be competitive, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
be allocated? To which groups? And on what basis?” To integrate operations and reach the public, she also oversaw the launch of SJDigitalInclusion.org, San Jose’s portal for the initiative. Building the website from scratch, along with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
community and a set of organizational capabilities so that talented individuals can collaborate and engage in discovery-driven learning and integrative decision-making. At HBS, we see our alumni as partners in all we do. Our graduates are... View Details