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Influence of the China Trade and the Heard Legacy - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
adoptions of new platforms. These include the prominence of sponsorships, in which tech companies hand out T-shirts and other swag with their name and logo to developers. Also important are observations of which platforms are used by successful peers, the direct View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Developing the Global Leader
engaging in the culture and learning to be vulnerable." Accepting one's vulnerabilities is a primary objective of ALD, which requires participants to work together in six-person groups. "It's more than a knowledge View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
visit to the Royal FloraHolland Flower Market. Image source: the authors. The Buying Process: From Growers to Buyers In the warehouse, every flower cart is assigned to a designated buyer. Warehouse employees, equipped with headsets, play a crucial role in the seamless... View Details
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
like a trained oncologist? How about setting up an online competition to find out? An article being published April 18 in JAMA Oncology, a journal of the American Medical Association, describes the crowdsourcing contest and the potential breakthrough for sharing... View Details
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How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters - Recruiting
they bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience from their past work, much of which can be transferable to their new path. Their unique background and HBS education could make them a well-rounded... View Details
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
ethnic migrant inventors in cross-border transfer of knowledge previously locked within the cultural context of their home regions. Using a unique dataset of Chinese and Indian herbal patents filed in the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
H. Carpenter Abstract Front-line staff possess an immense amount of functional and experiential knowledge from which their organizations can learn. This paper examines two distinct processes for leveraging front-line staff View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
forthcoming Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges By: Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner Abstract—This paper describes the available data and research on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
implications for minority professionals—and for the people mentoring them through the different stages. (Working Knowledge readers note: Stages 2 and 3 are not covered in detail in this excerpt.) Stage 1 According to my research, a... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
competition into one's own innovation system. Internal researchers must compete with external sources to meet the demands of the business, and business units must compete with outsiders to make use of available technologies. The net result of this competition is faster... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Black Investment Club
have traditional investing or finance backgrounds. Pre-MBA internships and winter internships with corporate partners can provide those opportunities for talented professionals who bring transferable skills from operating roles. Providing... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
increased biosimilar penetration. Our estimates can inform ongoing policy discussions. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54886 forthcoming Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Fluid Teams and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
reporting. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 917-404 Transferring Knowledge Between Projects at NASA JPL (A) The Jet Propulsion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters
open to candidates with background in a different industry or job type Many students come to HBS to change industries, but they bring with them a wealth of knowledge and experience from their past work, much of which can be View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Nov 2015
- News
Connecting with Indigenous Traditions
search for adventure. These places gave a flavor of that.” There were more corporate transfers (to fresh vegetables, then fresh fruit) until 1983, when he landed what he saw as his dream role as Castle & Cooke’s international controller... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?
Summing Up Is the end of cheap oil a challenge to the world? Yes. Will it affect our standard of living adversely? Not likely. At least that is the verdict of most of the large number of respondents to this month's column who rely on assumed human ingenuity combined... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
skills that are embedded in the workforce, competitors, suppliers, customers, cooperative R&D ventures, and universities and often support multiple industrial sectors. Although industrial commons are largely supported by private for-profit entities, the View Details
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
paths. He met with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss professionalization and how business schools shape—and have been shaped by—societal forces and values. Martha Lagace: What led you into this analysis? Rakesh Khurana: Since I was a... View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
improves communication and coordination, and sets up the possibility of knowledge transfer between them. The advancements accrued not just to individual radiologists, but to the outsourcing firm as well.... View Details