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30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

the current circumstances and shift projects around as needed, Austin says. More tips for remote workers Unsure of your footing when it comes to working at home? Remote work expert Prithwiraj Choudhury answers all your questions. Readers... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

Narayandas, faculty of the School's Executive Education offering "Program for Leadership Development (PLD): Accelerating the Careers of High-Potential Leaders," are experts on the subject. PLD invites executives with ten to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

The primary pedagogical rap on it is that it is an inefficient way to teach some things. This is particularly true, the argument goes, if concepts or quantitative techniques are the subject of the day. Why not instead employ an expert to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to life by industry-leading experts from media, nonprofits, fashion, and agricultural technology. Description of silent animated video above: Learner scrolls... View Details

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

well-known consultants and CAP was born. Participants come to CAP in teams of eight to twelve people with a real problem to solve. At Welch's insistence, the problems are "need to do; not nice to do." Each team works with a coach, a process View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

both employers and employees to strike a brand-new balance when it comes to loyalty—one that gives organizations the focus and expertise they need to compete and employees the career development opportunities they demand? According to the View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

one way or another, grieving. According to David Kessler, an author and grief expert quoted in a recent HBR article, “The loss of normalcy; the fear of economic toll; the loss of connection. This is hitting us and we’re grieving.... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

March 2015
Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

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01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

more of an expert on indigenous populations than the people themselves. Keen says Walker was before his time in using his research to partner with, and help, the tribes he studied. “I said, ‘Corn? What are you talking about, Deward?’ And... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

13 Jan 2021
Research & Ideas

How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

should create an atmosphere of trust and confidence. 2. See leadership as teamwork and shared responsibility Flick is not a loud speaker and does not place himself in the foreground. Instead he believes that “professional soccer is not a one-man show. We have lots of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr; Sports

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

animated video above: Learner types an answer in the discussion board in response to a peer's question Immerse yourself in real-world, case-based examples brought to life by industry-leading experts from companies like Chief, Codecademy,... View Details

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

team forever. 3. Long-term need vs. short-term fix Another common mistake is hiring a full-time expert in an area that only needs occasional work—for example, performance engineering. Certainly, if you’re building a complex distributed... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

behavioral expert Leslie Zane shatters conventional marketing wisdom, showing readers how to tap into the hidden brain where instinct prevails, creating a powerful network of connections that drive people to buy your product, company, or... View Details

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

you need heroic leaders in order to have meaningful, sustained change. Why Change Efforts Fail "Change is one of the few areas where experts have been in violent agreement for decades," declares David A. Garvin, Robert and Jane... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

barriers, even if there are limits to how helpful it can be.” The success of films on the Black List shows that even with all of its flaws, a list crowdsourced by experts can be an incredibly strong predictive tool, helping to pick... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

matters at hand, and demonstrating their willingness to listen. Leadership experts Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at HBS, and Anne Morriss note that trust has three factors: authenticity, logic, and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

School, is an expert on global supply chain and co-wrote an HBS case study, revised in 2019, on Dollar General, one of the largest dollar store operators, shortly before it was acquired by New York investment firm KKR. Shih discusses the... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

store hosted 75 events with authors last year, most during the busy summer season. Even with big names such as novelist Colson Whitehead and foreign policy expert Richard Haass, the events are rarely moneymakers, Brody says—the small... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

to Customer Service Is your enterprise resilient or rigid? In this Q&A, HBS professor Ranjay Gulati, an expert on leadership, strategy, and organizational issues in firms, describes how companies can evolve through four levels to... View Details

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