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Rye Barcott

Building cross-sector partnerships After a tour of duty in Iraq, Rye decided to pursue the joint MBA/MPA; the Harvard Kennedy School portion of tuition is covered by Rye's Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship. "I've seen tremendous View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

The Case for Studying Financial History

certainly anticipated something very large because the parallels are not just with the Great Depression but with the financial crisis of 1914, which in many ways was more spectacular. So, this was a case of history informing judgments... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Jun 2009
News

The Maestro and the Market

increase the restaurant’s hours of operation. But “fixing” elBulli turns it into just another restaurant, says Norton: “The things that make it inefficient are part of what makes it so valuable to people.” Adrià’s other business ventures... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 1997
News

David M. Hughes

offered new students not only social events to help them get acquainted but also a central location where they could obtain information on everything from purchasing computers to buying groceries. Through it all, Hughes proved to be a... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

exploiting inefficiencies in the legal system regarding how we define and enforce intellectual property rights." Add to those inefficiencies the fact that patents are not like other kinds of property,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

28 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

Information for Euro Elektrische Keramische Vorrichtungen (Euro EKV), GmbH Harvard Business School Exercise 908-033 In a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell the Elcer Products Division to one of four potential... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Kraft Accelerator

developing sound investment models. Then, we divided and conquered, setting out to work in each of these four areas to propose solutions to fix the inefficiencies within them. See who helped us get here. Patient Engagement There’s so much... View Details

07 Aug 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?

uncoordinated information and education (Mark Beaty, Carlos V., Scott Beaumont, among others); and finally citizens, patients, and their loved ones who do or don't take part in managing their own wellness and care (Mary Parker). All of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

one of four topics: different models of consumer-driven health care; the role of consumer-driven health care in supporting innovative solutions to chronic problems in the industry; the new breed of consumer information and support... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

07 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience

information on how to prioritize, is limited in its human support, and makes them feel overwhelmed. Engineering managers shared that they lack the blueprint for successful onboarding, feel nervous to slow their existing team down further... View Details

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

mistakes, and all the while they fed it books, dictionaries, the Bible, encyclopedias, everything. They tested it, endlessly, reinforcing the methods that had led to correct answers and amending the mistakes, which meant tweaking the algorithms View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

23 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

Over the course of six years, the research team collected detailed biographical information on each VC, including ethnicity, educational background, and employment history. They then looked at who had invested with whom, and what those... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

David Upton's Alumni Conference report on the state of information technology for business-to-business began with a lesson in technology history because, said the HBS professor, "understanding doesn't come easy without an... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

global rather than merely local. The issue of limited resources and inefficient distribution is creating environmental and social problems respectively, that businesses can no longer afford to neglect/be indifferent to. Technological... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

taking on the public interest as an essential part of its agenda,” said HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter in one of the many sessions led by the School’s faculty. Kanter explained that several trends are causing the private sector to get more involved: the perceived... View Details

26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

Pashtun. Without trust, people are far more likely to work or invest only with only "their own kind" rather than with any Afghan. This skews investment toward relatively inefficient opportunities and thereby limits job creation.... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

19 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

Why Are Web Sites So Confusing?

was offering a perfect information service (i.e. one that enabled consumers to find what they want most quickly and efficiently), it would be losing valuable potential revenues. Hence the incentive to attract users with products that they... View Details

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Bruno Jullien

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field that took in $25 million in revenue in 2005. Revenues for 2006 were projected to reach $40 million. This... View Details