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17 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?

and change the energy markets and made some progress in doing so. But they wanted to achieve that goal so much, so aggressively, that they weren’t willing to accept failure along the way. That’s characteristic of a lot of white-collar... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Biotechnology; Technology; Medical Devices & Supplies

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

since the Middle Ages by the rise and ongoing progress of modern science. The development of the germ theory of disease in the nineteenth century, for example, and of the science of genetics in the twentieth, have gone into the formation... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

not only generically more attractive in terms of the prosperity level they can support - the perspective taken by the traditional strategic industrial policy - but also are within reasonable reach for a country given its existing industry portfolio. There has recently... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

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ICIC - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network ICIC Initiative for a Competitive... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

Startup life can often feel like a solo sport, says Matt Segneri (MBA 2010), the Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Executive Director of the Harvard Innovation Labs: “What the three labs in our ecosystem do is to make building a venture something that happens within a truly... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

presidents he managed still echoed in his head. He couldn't escape his frustrations about carrying one partner who hated travel, didn't know how to sell business, and—while good at producing work that was assigned to him—hadn't progressed... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

with their personal passion. The small cohort size allows for deeper idea exchange and accountability, as the fellows regularly share our progress over Zoom. Students in discussion at ClimateCAP. Photo Credit: ClimateCAP Tell us more... View Details

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

imperfect—it is a "stretch" (in terms of talent, not values). These assignments are riskier, since the manager is more likely to make mistakes that might set back his or her career progress or have a negative impact on... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

reevaluate. Maintaining culture change requires measurement. Leaders should constantly reassess their progress by collecting feedback from a random representative sample at random intervals. The culture of continuous improvement is a... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

tackle different sorts of markets or different sorts of problems.” How to boost patents by women In recent years, progress has been made toward gender parity in science, as more women enter STEM fields and enroll in technical degree... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

regarding female labor force participation were more progressive than those of women in the accounts-only group. Their husbands’ beliefs remained unchanged, but the men’s perceptions of women and work became more progressive—a result... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

from your team for what they need to be most productive/engaged Set clear expectations and definitions of success along with systems to track progress to ensure employees can independently and collaborative work towards goals. Utilize... View Details

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Growing on the Job - Alumni

as a destination; set tangible markers for yourself so that you can see and measure your progress along the way. Ongoing obligations Like growth itself, assessment is not static, but a dynamic process that continues throughout a career.... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

Illustration by PJ Loughron Illustration by PJ Loughron How has your experience as Dean of the School differed from your experience as a member of the faculty? Being on campus and engaging with faculty, staff, and students is something I have done for many years, and... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2023
News

Toward a Life Well Lived

progress toward your goals. It also can help you learn about the HBS community, Perlow says, and the ways people find satisfaction in their time allocations. “We have much to learn from our alumni community about what is working, and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

assigned for Global Business. Participants will either be evaluated as complete or not complete. What materials will I have access to after the course? + – You will have access to the materials in every prior module as you progress... View Details

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Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting - Research Computing Services

Running Jobs Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshooting 4ms Monitoring and Controlling Jobs Whether using a GUI or the command line, monitoring the progress of your jobs and understanding how to control them is essential. Below we provide commands... View Details

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Running Jobs - Research Computing Services

of the compute cluster. Using the Program Application Center to start an application with a run script is an example of running a batch job. Monitoring Jobs & Troubleshoting Monitoring the progress of your jobs and understanding how to... View Details

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Climate Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

corporations. Delayed climate action can take various forms, such as an over-reliance on speculative technologies that do not exist yet at scale, or strategies that prioritize short-term solutions with limited long-term climate benefits. These approaches can hinder... View Details

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

recognize that risk management is only part of the story and that the benefits of positive values go well beyond problem avoidance. I have seen this progression in some companies that initially turn to values as a damage control measure... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

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