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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness
standards for most Americans despite the success of U.S.-based firms in global markets. In all three areas, business leaders have acted to improve U.S. competitiveness but can do much more. The Project’s research has focused on how they... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
headed? If so, is the question of who should choose your boss becoming "a little irrelevant"? What do you think? Original Article Recent events surrounding the walkout View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
"nudge" help here? What do you think? Original Article Books with one-word titles are in fashion these days. Two current ones, Nudge and Enough, help us understand the roots of the current housing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)
working on now are General Patton’s Secret Missions: Little Known Facts about Intriguing Experiences of Old Blood and Guts, which hopefully will be available by year’s end. The second, General Patton’s Major Impact on Our Lives, is about... View Details
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
managing successfully in an environment of uncertainty." As for what this means for educators, Joseph Holt believes that "economics and management will be taught even more effectively the more... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Feb 2020
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Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
box gets us new ideas. On the other hand, I cringe at the thought of effectively managing a ‘herd of cats.’” Santosh Patil added that “as much as I like the rebels in my team,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
Editor's note: With the death of Nelson Mandela, the words of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 27 BC) seem particularly appropriate in celebrating his life and achievements in freeing South Africa from the... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
video case studies of laid-off workers, as well as a couple of technical notes for students—one focusing on best practices for managers as they consider workforce reductions; the other on the overall View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
Enterprise, and Student Business tracks — took the stage at Shad Hall to describe their business concepts in just 90 seconds. The Alumni winner, DynamiCare Health (New England region), rose to the top of a field View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
shores of Turtle Island. But for all the rest of us who long to shed the chains of everyday responsibilities, memorable escapes are also within reach. Much View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
themselves, Kahawa 1893 cuts out some of the traditional middlemen in the industry. The company works directly with Kenyan coffee cooperatives to source coffee beans that Kahawa roasts in San Francisco. Kahawa View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
"dilution" resulting from the introduction of an online MBA by a highly regarded onsite program, Joshua Doherty questioned the futures of top-tier schools that may lose their ability "to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Leading a Family Business - Course Catalog
questions: What is unique about family businesses compared to other kinds of companies? Are they more vulnerable to failure? What are the main types of family businesses and how does leadership vary across... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
across the country. Urban Adaptation & Mumbai’s Climate Action Plan By 2030, India is expected to be the third largest economy in the world with a GDP of almost $8.5 trillion. Historically, countries... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
Role Fred Lazarus delivered the following remarks to the policy board of Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C., in March 1998. The federal government has provided support for the arts in this country in... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
Instead of taking big screens across the country by storm, this summer’s blockbuster has people glued to much smaller ones. Launched at the beginning of July by San... View Details
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Talia Gillis
policies, made me aware of the gap that often exists between the theory and actual impact of law. Studying economics has provided me with the empirical tools need to closely evaluate the actual View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
with the capacity and courage to effect these changes? Another message, according to Herzlinger, was about the role of payment models on cost, quality, and access to care and the need to ensure that "access"... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Khan Academy across 190 countries and 50 languages. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks... View Details