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- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
involvement, however, is that whenever the business sector disagrees with government they keep quiet, she said. "They all want government contracts." When Business And Government Don't Mix Businesspeople can contribute a "tremendous" amount of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
creative and inspired. I’ve been conducting research on the psychology of nostalgia for almost 20 years. Based on what I’ve learned, I believe managers can use the power of nostalgia to help their organizations thrive. Nostalgia Is a Psychological Resource First,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
the recent innovation has come from technologists and pedagogical talent working together to create an environment where the teacher can focus solely on trying to understand what a student knows and what he or she needs next." EQUAL... View Details
- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective
these potentially damaging biases. You may be crystal clear on the right negotiation problem—but you can't solve it correctly without a firm understanding of both sides' interests, BATNAs, valuations, likely actions, and so on. Yet, just... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
California, several professors, including an HBS alumnus, encouraged him to apply to HBS. Darden hoped an MBA would help further his interest in a career focused on service and academia. DARDEN: The environment that I found myself in at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
sewer needs of the poor, who are a major part of your customer base? Unlike most companies, which disregard lower-income groups because they seem to be an unattractive market, Manila Water took a particular interest in addressing their... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 17
http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jom.2014.09.008 March 2015 Management Science Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts By: Mollick, Ethan, and Ramana Nanda Abstract—In fields as diverse as technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
"Nobody outside India understands what that means instead of going to a dealer and taking a vehicle and going home, you had to make a booking, and your turn would come probably after ten years," said Bajaj. At one point the Bajaj... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
Nonconsumption can also be unearthed by finding out what important jobs customers are seeking to get done that they can't adequately address with current solutions. Closely observing customers and conducting interviews and focus groups can identify these jobs. One... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
full-time. For all the money and interest in building EV charging stations, Terry built her business around her observation that repairing or cleaning EV charging stations had been ignored. 80% of the problems, she notes, are... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
receiving his admonishment for spending too much time on too many things, getting tempted by too many things. Instead, have your own sense of direction. Where do you think the world is going? And then just pick one or two ideas and go really deep, and get a very, very... View Details
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Mukti Khaire. The fashion retail industry didn’t always understand what a business school grad could bring to a creative business, and MBAs, without a strong network in the sector, didn’t see great opportunities in the industry. One... View Details
- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
has really become a part of the modern business canon. And he has a new book coming out next month, Competing Against Luck, which argues that understanding customers' motivations, what quote unquote, "role" consumers are buying a product... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
speaks passionately about his faith, the rights of others to their own beliefs, and the damage done by extremists: “It’s a clash of ignorance, that people don’t understand what Christianity or Judaism or the Muslim faith stands for,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
found that 79% of retail investors are interested in sustainable investing. The Federal Reserve calculates that some 9 million households under age 45 have $3.4 trillion in investable assets. The Security and Exchange Committee has... View Details
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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
know they want to pursue social enterprise careers the support and resources they need to do so. Second, encouraging students who have an interest in social enterprise but aren't sure of their career path to seriously consider this space,... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
importance of socializing during school is crucial for students’ overall MBA experience. “It’s a lot easier to come here when you have a partner who understands that networking and socializing greatly matter and is part of why we are... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker can send a signal of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence, especially across countries. This has limited the ability to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship’s Wild Ride
funds and in angel networks. Q: How has all of this activity influenced the work of scholars? A: As it became clear that traditional theories did little to explain the behavior of the most successful companies, the entrepreneurial firm became a very View Details
Keywords: by William Mahoney