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24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

Kim, who teaches the MBA elective course Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education, also believes entrepreneurship can have a significant impact on educational practices and structures. "As a graduate of HBS and having... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Democrat-Republican nonsense. They get elected to help people, but it's criminal those people in Washington don't work together, don't speak together." Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

07 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 7

Path-Breakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether the event of a woman winning office in a competitive election... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

of Business. For their first experiment, Santana and Morwitz asked participants how much money they would pay for a cookie sold at a local café. Those who elected to purchase a cookie paid anywhere from zero to $2, with an average price... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

On Tuesday, the family of deceased musician and celebrated marijuana user Bob Marley announced what it claimed will be the first global cannabis brand, Marley Natural. Suddenly, marijuana is a growth industry—and increasingly, a legal one. When the smoke cleared after... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

complete the requirements of the first-year MBA core curriculum. In the fifth and final year, they take electives at both HMS and HBS in a sequence determined by each student. Change Is In The Air Gilmartin, the former CEO of Merck, said... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

full-blown crises. We explore the reasons—cognitive, organizational, and political—why predictable surprises happen and we develop a framework to help leaders recognize, prioritize, and mobilize to avoid them. Once that is done, I'm planning to work on a book on... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

05 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Business and the Global Poor

several HBS elective offerings in this area. Could you describe those courses and the reaction of students who take them? A: I teach two elective courses: Social Marketing, and Business at the Base of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

This speaks to a very large leaky pipe, into which the government is pouring more resources in the futile hope that the pipe repairs itself. The fear is that this is an election sop, before next year's national elections, in order to... View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

process." That said, the study's implications extend beyond cadaver donations. To Anteby, who teaches the MBA elective Managing Human Capital, the findings offer proof that our career choices directly affect other major life... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

06 Feb 2006
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

for shareholders." Perhaps with this in mind, a small but growing number of public company CEOs are electing not to provide earnings guidance, risking reduced interest on the part of analysts and possibly less publicity for their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
Supplement

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu

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25 Feb 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

build a scholarly community that reflects what is happening in the broader world while creating new learning materials for students and practitioners." Iansiti and Lakhani's MBA elective course Digital Innovation and Transformation... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology

17 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Decoding the Artful Sidestep

Question the Right Way," is available for download [PDF]. Todd Rogers, now Executive Director of the Analyst Institute, explained more. Martha Lagace: What observations or experiences got you interested in studying conversational blindness? Was it inspired by the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

elective course, Managing Global Health: Applying Behavioral Economics to Create Impact, which she teaches to second-year MBA students at HBS and select students from Harvard Medical School and the Kennedy School of Government. The User's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

05 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

The Changing Face of American Innovation

science and engineering workforce and nearly 50 percent of those with science and engineering doctorates. And at the Ph.D. level, ethnic researchers make an exceptional contribution to science as measured by Nobel Prizes, election to the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Technology

10 Jan 2007
HBS Case

The Challenge of Managing National Security

Associate Professor Jan Rivkin joined the HBS faculty in 1997 as a member of the Strategy Unit. His special area of interest is examining the interactions that occur between and across the various functional and product boundaries of the firm, which is the subject of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

you need to distribute that resource to people with different skills and backgrounds, these types of tools can be immensely useful,” Paulson says. You Might Also Like: Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? What... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

01 Oct 2020
What Do You Think?

Are CEOs the Wrong Leaders for Stakeholder Capitalism?

well-being of society. But those people are not corporate executives. They are elected leaders who are competent and trustworthy.” Is Milton Friedman’s philosophy an invitation, ironicaslly, to more active public governance? Is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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