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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
preventing diabetes in indigenous populations. “I quickly realized that business alone was not enough to reverse the dysfunction of some tribal economies,” says Keen. Earlier, he’d experienced the fallout of an LBO at Maine shipbuilder... View Details
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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
6397 MB (6.708e+09 bytes) * Memory used by MATLAB: 1094 MB (1.148e+09 bytes) Physical Memory (RAM): 7861 MB (8.243e+09 bytes) * Limited by System Memory (physical + swap file) available. One Mac and Linux, one must run download and run the View Details
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Low 40 1940 s 19 Military spending explodes Graduated income tax, Victory Tax adopted to fund war effort Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear deterrents Small View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53200 September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers By: Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Establish the enduring structures required for the journey ahead. - Advancing Racial Equity
HBS will establish an Initiative focused on advancing racial equity . The new Initiative will serve as the center of gravity for research, course development, convening, and outreach related to race in business and the economy. The... View Details
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
wise or lucky. His blend of new statistical methods and old common-sense reasoning helped him profit as the forecasting industry first developed. Irving Fisher, Economic Forecasting, and the Myth of the Business Cycle Author:Walter A.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
restrict an employee’s upward mobility and reduce wage and benefits competition among employers. According to statistics cited by the US Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 12 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
It’s a drab gray morning in April, and real estate developer Nadine Ngouabe Dlodlo (MBA 2008) is standing at the corner of West Baltimore and South Calhoun Streets in Baltimore’s historic Union Square district. Behind her, a chain-link fence decorated with a View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
"Four minutes," a triumphant Amy C. Edmondson exclaims as she arrives at her Harvard Business School office, clutching a bike helmet and explaining that her commute is 10 minutes faster by bicycle than by car. Edmondson, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
a textile mill, and issues of whether or not to keep or sell the mill, protect the employees and community, and maintain or forfeit personal integrity. In these, and in his thrillers, MacDonald clearly prefers small and family-owned View Details
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MBA Program - Alumni
the School is preparing future leaders for the demands of an ever-changing world. HBS Pilots First Impact Investing Fund HBS’s first student-run Impact Investing Fund focuses on local BIPOC-led and -owned small View Details
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
from B2B sales to a consumer-focused business plan. The shift allowed Nyamumbo to more fully realize her initial goal of connecting producer and consumer. According to Nyamumbo, payments through Kahawa’s QR code average $5—about a third... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
Mouse and the Wealthy Elephant Live Happily Ever After? Authors:James E. Austin and Herman B. Leonard Abstract What happens when small iconic socially oriented businesses are acquired by large corporations?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
may work well when team sizes are small and there are limited personality conflicts." Ashutosh Tiwari, while questioning whether self-management could "prove its effectiveness in the long run," concluded that it might work... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
want corporate platitudes and passive social activism after living in pandemic limbo for so long. A = Align your post-COVID employee policies, resources, and timelines, like you would with any other business priority or client project. K... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
legendary Mahatma Gandhi. Provides the opportunity to consider the impact of colonialism on shaping Indian entrepreneurship and the role of the small Marwari group, originally from the Marwar region of Rajasthan, in creating many of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
The law, which is still being hashed out in court, requires manufacturers to say sugary drinks can lead to obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay. New research from Harvard Business School suggests that even if San Francisco wins its court... View Details
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures Background Harvard Business School (HBS) has a long tradition of entrepreneurial activity. In recent years, the emphasis on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
that people asked to resist temptation in anticipation of reward become less productive and make more mistakes in their current tasks. The research paper Temptation at Work, by Harvard Business School research fellow Marco Piovesan and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Frequently Asked Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
assemble high quality local camera crews and co-ordinate with interviewees, we need a local support base. We have made particular use of Harvard Business School’s network of global research centers . We have also benefitted from the... View Details