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- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
launched her own fund in 2012 with Ecomobilité Ventures. The firm’s investments have included Ouicar, a French car-sharing business, and Ridepal, a San Francisco–based company working to redefine commuting. It provides real-time, shared... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
learning; when staff believe that support for learning-oriented culture, practices, and leadership is low, they may be less willing or able to share ideas. Purpose: We examined how staff perception of organizational support for learning... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
work unless everyone agrees to adopt it. Oftentimes, more than one organization will compete to set standards for technologies with similar functions, each competing for market share in the standardization business—in other words, to set... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
customer but every entity that interacts with you in a significant manner."3 This claim is repeated in the book The Customer Is CEO, which defines a customer as "the recipient of any kind of product or service provided by an... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
co-founded a Southern-Africa focused VC firm, Zenga Ventures. At HBS, Akapelwa is able to share his experience both as an entrepreneur and as an investor. Over the course of his career to date, Akapelwa has participated in closed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Rock Center Dedication
discussed digital networks, Clark Gilbert presented research on corporate innovation, and Stig Leschly shared insights on education reform. Rock then answered questions about his life and career, stressing the importance of ethics, hiring... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
what sorts of activities do you oversee? Allen’s corporations provide myriad social services and operate a school, a resource center for battered women, senior-citizen complexes with 630 units, a for-profit transportation company, and... View Details
- Profile
Hayling Price
HBS classmates who don't always share my political views has broadened my worldview and made me a more effective communicator." Similarly, Hayling challenged himself by taking on an internship in an entirely new field, consulting... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How to Come Out at Work
that end, five Harvard Business School students and alumni have generously offered advice based on their experience coming out and being out at work as members of the LGBTQ community. With thanks to Justin, Matt, John, Paul, and Elizabeth, we View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Change of Pace
between the liberal bishop and the GOP politician, who share an interest in putting the values of their Christian faith into action in the secular arena,” the Boston Globe (March 7, 2005) reported. Houghton, who himself at one time... View Details
- Web
Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
Rivkin discussed the findings of the fourth annual survey of HBS alumni, “The Challenge of Shared Prosperity,” which found that America’s leading companies are thriving but the prosperity they are producing is not being View Details
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
India's economy is enjoying robust growth with an expanding middle class. But the country, which has 22 official languages, also has its share of huge challenges: widespread poverty with 75 million homeless people, insufficient access to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
from the atmosphere of constant stress and menace inside prisons. As the two talked, they realized that, not only did they share the same vision, but their skill sets complemented each other perfectly for creating what would become the... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
widespread; in a survey of fifty global manufacturing companies, 62 percent reported that they used primarily manual methods to share production schedules with their partners, with one respondent stating, "Our biggest coordination... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 31 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss
local governments can do nothing like that, which is a big problem at a time when the services provided by local governments are more critical than ever. ” Many government workers have already lost their jobs since the pandemic began.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
electronic device nearby, and married couples usually do not share cell phones. Innovation will serve people who want simplicity of technology usage. As the network gets larger it becomes less relevant to individuals, she said, so people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 22, 2008
Services (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton Abstract Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
decline in job ownership. Leadership took a large share of the blame. J Mac’s comment was typical of several: “I think the ‘job renter’ behavior is the result of the ‘management takes all’ culture in today’s corporations ” Ed Hare... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
PublicationsPreference Signaling in Matching Markets Authors:Peter A. Coles, Alexey Kushnir, and Muriel Niederle Publication:American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (forthcoming) Abstract Many labor markets share three stylized facts:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
“we-dentity” and the power of community in the face of an inefficient, sometimes corrupt, local government. Santa Ana del Valle, for example, provides many of its services (such as policing or maintenance of the church and museum) through... View Details