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26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

challenging areas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55885 Learning or Playing? The Effect of Gamified Training on Performance By: Buell, Ryan W., Wei Cai, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Gamified training is a novel management... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

Islamic finance and an emeritus professor of investment banking at Harvard Business School. Hayes, who continues to travel regularly to Islamic countries for research and consulting, offered advice to HBS students on January 23 as part of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Qcells, General Electric Vernova, Enel Green Power Equitable access to resources: Chargerhelp!, BlocPower, Volta Financial investment: Bank of America Conclusions U.S. policies provide an opportunity for businesses to address... View Details

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

college graduation. In consulting, Leahy had her first exposure to the retail industry, working primarily with clients in the retail banking and consumer sector. “I received really great training in management consulting around working... View Details

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't

article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin. You Might Also Like: Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen Too Nice to Lead?... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

01 Dec 2023
News

Rounding the Bend

toward circularity has been “an utter and complete lack of infrastructure,” Bolon observes. Looper Textile Co. was founded in 2023 to address that. A joint venture of the multinational fashion brand H&M Group and the European waste-management View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

27 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

wrong, hold us back. Instead, we have to focus on finding our “edge”—the unique qualities that set us apart—and take strategic steps to make other people see our value and open the doors that will take us where we want to go. View Video... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

that fund young businesses are owned by Black or Hispanic founders and partners, traditionally the most likely source of capital for minority business ventures, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

analysis sheds light on why individual nations have registered sharp differences in innovative performance. The strong effect of location on innovation holds important implications for companies and creates... View Details

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Dan Lufkin | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem Belo-Osagie United View Details

07 Mar 2017
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the right student in the right form at the right time. To fuel this rapid growth, IMAX has been scouting for investors. It has received an equity investment offer from a large Indian educational book publisher that has been rapidly acquiring View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Good Jobs Strategy 5 hrs Module 5 Mastering Productivity Explore why some companies are more productive than others, the power of economies of scale, and opportunities to share value with your suppliers. Highlights Fixed and Variable... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Lessons from Nike's Playbook By: Lynn S. Paine One surprising role of Nike's corporate responsibility committee is to provide support for innovation. More and more companies recognize the importance of corporate responsibility to their... View Details

09 Apr 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2010
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of Your Organization Author:Ranjay Gulati Publication:Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract In an era of raging commoditization and eroding profit margins, survival depends on resilience: staying one step ahead of your customers. Sure, most View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing By: Battilana, Julie Abstract— While in recent decades the social and business sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, today... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

information systems. "We had so many people in the company who wanted to help but who weren't trained to help," Neeleman told the New York Times. "We had an emergency control center full of people who didn't know what to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

rural regions, and regulatory uncertainties. “One of the exciting things about Alibaba and Ant Financial is Jack Ma’s vision of financial inclusion across China. So you have rural potato farmers who have really no bank accounts and no... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity

When Kate Eberle Walker (MBA 2005) took the reins of the special education company PresenceLearning in 2019, she was determined to build a gender-balanced C-suite. “You have to be very deliberate and proactive to achieve this,” says... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

I have created opportunities for others? HBS shows me that living my values is my true north.” HOME REGION Cambridge, MA & North Carolina UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Athenahealth, The Advisory Board View Details

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