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- 20 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
years ago, he found the last serious analysis on firm growth was conducted in 1959, in Edith Penrose’s book The Theory of the Growth of the Firm. “I’d like to think we’ve learned a lot since then,” Pisano says. Getting a better... View Details
- 01 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People
anything in your research surprise you? A: The findings are not so much surprising as illuminating. We expected a relationship between luxury and self-interests. However, self-interested behaviors are often conflated with those that do... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
education and training have too often reinforced barriers between working and learning, rather than bridging the worlds of education and employment. This is an opportune moment to re-evaluate the country’s fundamental approach to human capital development. To... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
stimulating, and growing community, especially as the new cohorts come in. What was something you did not expect coming into HBS, but found? The openness of the students and the supportive community. The people I have interacted with and... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
programs available in languages other than English? We expect to offer our courses in additional languages in the future but, at this time, HBS Online can only be provided in English. All course content is delivered in written English.... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
ethnicity, ability, and other facets of identity. The organization Intersectional Environmentalism builds from this theory to argue that intersectional environmentalism means that “social [and] environmental justice are intertwined and... View Details
- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
all we’re told is ‘that’s not good enough’ then we’re going to give up.” Bazerman’s book closes that gap by drawing lessons from philosophy, yes, but also from behavioral economics, psychology, and negotiation theory to show how we can do... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
collect the data, and then expect machine learning methods to spit out insight for you.” “We tend to think that when we have all this rich data and this machine learning technology, that the machines are going to just come up with the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
create unique skills in its early stages, making co-option the natural choice for the incumbent. In these circumstances, expect to see tough competitive battles after the aggressive growth phase. Industry Contexts In Which Flight Is... View Details
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
good human judgment.” realJoannLyles added, “Tech can't make moral distinctions. Therefore, when a company fails to make moral distinctions, expect tech to fail in the same way. As one person, Susan Wojcicki is limited by her own... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
a financial analyst with IBM's Latin American division for three years, planning all along to go back to school after gaining some work experience. "Harvard expects you to do research that has certain managerial implications. That was... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
revenues—she increases her chances of getting a large bonus the following year. This is a variation on the "big bath" theory of corporate financial reporting: If you're going to take a loss, take as big a loss as possible.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
a particular subject area or further develop their career." Corina Cristea Lavoie Corporate Services Manager at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Understand power and how to use it responsibly to make a positive impact on society. The program expertly leads you through... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
challenge we see in platforms is that they are vehicles for good as well as evil. And the vast majority of platforms in the last 10 years were only focused on the good and not on the potential for evil. There are two theories about how to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
times when they are less fatigued or have available time. And all respondents seem to compartmentalize expectations of how long various tasks should take, clearly differentiating the wait for a computer response from that of filling a gas... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
risk and return are assessed in different parts of the brain, thereby questioning theories regarding expected utility on which a great deal of decision theory has been based up... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
8:40 a.m. (The two-year MBA curriculum consists of a series of first-year required courses and second-year electives.) One might expect to hear the library's tower bell at the start and end of each period, but a tolling bell would... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
sense a man makes of himself as a man, which develops in the course of his interactions with others. A man encounters—and learns to anticipate—others' expectations of him as a man; he responds, others react, and through this... View Details
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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
on the paper; teams of three are okay but will have higher expectations vis-a-vis grading. Students are permitted to use ChatGPT or other Generative AI tools but will be asked to declare any such usage. For class discussions, we encourage... View Details
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
pitcher throws the ball. How much would you expect the race of the umpire and the pitcher to determine the outcome of the call? That's the question Christopher A. Parsons, Harvard Business School visiting associate professor in the... View Details