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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
How Nonprofits Dilute Their Efforts
questions, but it’s crucial that they do: How effective are our programs? How efficiently are they executed? Which programs should we drop? Which should we seek to add? If it doesn’t ask these tough questions, a nonprofit risks spreading... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
for what makes a productive employee, an effective leader, and an efficient team, may help people better calibrate their self-perceptions with reality. What do you think of this research? Share your insights below. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
technologies/services, documented impacts on California’s transportation ecosystem, and future growth projections (as appropriate). Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a Competitive and Resource Efficient... View Details
- 11 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All
fore sighting tool and in the company’s omnichannel strategy. Everyone at the company has been extremely welcoming and I already feel integrated into the team dynamics. Zalando is very proud of its open-communication office structure, which fosters transparent dialogue... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 17 Mar 2017
- News
Clare B. Hawthorne (MBA 2012)
thread in my experiences was satisfaction in fixing things that were broken and creating efficiencies and processes.” While at HBS, she talked with alumni, professors, and classmates, and ultimately concluded that human resources aligned... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
economy running at near peak efficiency because of the factors you mention? ... A new economy would have new governing rules, but I don’t see new rules taking hold today. Now, having a factory full of AI machines that learn and robot... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
a fundamental rethinking of how entrepreneurship works. The Strategic Way to Go to Market Too often channel strategies develop at the last minute—when a product is ready to go to market. But this haphazard approach leaves a lot of View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
planned and managed in a much more efficient and sustainable fashion than in a dispersed population. Mayors of the world's largest cities agree, with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg leading a global coalition to craft urban centers... View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
tremendous. Beyond that, at the outset, there was some mutual antagonism and posturing; the scientists assuming MBAs only care about the bottom line, and the MBAs thinking projects would move along much more efficiently if the scientists... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement, they again face a challenge in executing many joint processes as View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 27 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19
requests for essential deliveries of food and medicine in their local community. We are on a mission is to efficiently allocate resources to at-risk and underserved communities with the power of technology. Laurens De Poorter (MBA 2020),... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
an awkward moment, but the learning was tremendous. Beyond that, at the outset, there was some mutual antagonism and posturing; the scientists assuming MBAs only care about the bottom line, and the MBAs thinking projects would move along much more View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
Also on the agenda would be managing internal and external communications, including dealing with the press and public about the controversies surrounding our work. And the person would have to run the administrative side to make sure we are running View Details
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Jeremy King
business school seemed be the most efficient way to learn, plus I'd have a chance to study cases and interact directly with many sectors brand new to me." A world of new experiences "Beyond academics," Jeremy says,... View Details
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Byungyeon Kim
outcomes be more precisely forecasted? Couldn’t the business practices be more efficiently designed? Despite his increasing intellectual curiosity, he found no outlet to explore the many questions that occurred to him. “I realized what I... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
FairMarket is an online auction house that allows companies with surplus computers and computer components to sell to the highest bidder. "We make the distribution chain more efficient by acting as a centralized market for such... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 25 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
Working in Tech 4Dev
enjoyment of product management, my confirmed belief that governments and organizations can be made more efficient through smart technologies and data-optimization, and my love of start-up culture. It’s been an unforgettable summer of... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories
United States’ Clean Energy Future Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Through Project Finance Efficiencies... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
"green" and competitive. In the September-October 1995 Harvard Business Review, Porter (with coauthor Claas van der Linde) argues that by creatively and proactively attending to environmental exigencies, companies are likely not only to eliminate waste and use... View Details