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Platform Competition

Technology has challenged the underlying foundations of business, and firms must evaluate and change strategies accordingly. Professor Halaburda studies the interaction of technology and economic theory, and her findings indicate that conventional wisdom and rules... View Details

January 2024
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National Football League and Private 5G

By: Andy Wu, Grant Son and Shuoyu Chen

On September 9, 2021, the National Football League (NFL) designated Verizon as its official 5G partner in a 10-year deal, committed to enhance the experience for NFL teams, players, and fans in stadiums. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said, “Verizon will help us... View Details

Keywords: Football; National Football League; 5G; Verizon; Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Sports Industry; Telecommunications Industry

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29 Nov 2023
News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

500 or so people affiliated with other business schools are also invited. “We want to engage with the greater Seattle community,” says Weintraub. “Over the last year, we’ve had about 1,000 people attend all events combined, with some... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

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Career Support - Business & Environment

industry in which environmental challenges are front-and-center, such as energy, agriculture, or real estate. Work in finance, incorporating environment, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Engage in entrepreneurial ventures that... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

And what a body of scholarship it was! Al did not invent the subdiscipline of business history so much as he established it as a rigorous and thriving enterprise. He was not the flashy George McClellan of the Union Army, meticulously drilling his troops but never... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Real Wal-Mart Effect

at all stores.) But questioning whether Wal-Mart's overall economic impact has been positive or negative reflects a failure to engage properly with the data. More For Everyone First, there is hard evidence that Wal-Mart has grown the... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat & Ken A. Mark; Retail

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

Ramanna, noting that in the case of accounting standards, the knowledge is so esoteric that it only resides in a few individuals, who are most likely embedded in corporations. "If you happen to engage in a political process that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 May 2024
Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

great opportunity for RCs to get to know club leadership and mingle with second-year students (ECs). PRIDE members and partners come to Provincetown annually to engage in community building, small-group dinners, and a ton of fun! 80’s... View Details

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

decision that invites initiative and not followership." But John Inman's comments suggested a concern that was more strongly voiced by others, when he commented that "if you are a command and control manager keep away from self-management . However, if you... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

by Professor Michael E. Porter and is based in the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School. Faculty and staff engaged in research and education in value based health care form the core team at HBS. In... View Details

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

I thought the JD would give me a rigorous academic framework to engage with policies and regulations, and the MBA would give me a diverse network and allow me to think about real life management problems. Bhargav: I'm motivated by the... View Details

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Engagement and the Production of Interpersonally Sensitive Behavior" in the Academy of Management Journal (2008). 2008 Ethan S. Bernstein : Selected as one of the inaugural Kauffman Foundation Fellows in Law, Innovation, and... View Details

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What Black Executives Really Want

information that might later be used against him. Safety in the workplace comes when your colleagues feel engaged with you, listening, communicating, understanding, and acknowledging you. Another aspect of safety came from seeing others... View Details

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

were engaged in an experiment they called ‘school desegregation.’ Being born in the inner city, my younger sister and I were put on busses and sent to better schools that happened to be almost all-white schools. And I got a much more... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

learning experience. You’ll engage in a new activity every three to five minutes and apply your knowledge through polls, quizzes, and problem-solving exercises designed to accelerate and reinforce your learning. Exchange ideas with your... View Details

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Jay Bhandari

advice to prospective students, what would it be? I held several assumptions about HBS when I was a prospective applicant. I highly encourage you to engage with the school before cementing any conclusions about whether you'd be a good fit... View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

defensive or difficult. By contrast, a few highly learning-oriented consultants were able to engage in discussion and analysis that involved raising questions about how they themselves contributed to the problem. In these analytic... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

"That means giving up control." As Avery explores in the new HBS case The Tate's Digital Transformation, the museum's response to that challenge was to jump in with both feet to craft an "interactive platform for engaging... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

existent. "Bribery is a global phenomenon, and people engage in this type of behavior all over the world," Serafeim says. "There are different magnitudes and different extents of bribery, but everywhere in the world you can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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