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- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
explore the state of education in the mid-19th century and the vision of public education proposed by educational reformer Horace Mann, the first secretary of Massachusetts’s state board of education. Today, she guides the class through the historical context that gave... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life
goals. If I had to pick one common mistake to highlight here, it would be egocentrism. Humans have an innate tendency to focus on their own perspective without considering (or misunderstanding) the perspectives of those around them.... View Details
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
professionals with an existing track record.” New employees relocate to Baltimore, where the firm is based. Investment teams are composed of generalists, not specialists, which maximizes knowledge sharing. The approach breaks with the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
operations. The Japanese did not attack the canal, of course, but the knowledge that the Soviet Union could knock the Panama Canal out of operation whenever it wanted meant that the United States needed to maintain a massive two-ocean... View Details
- Web
Dean Nitin Nohria | About
collectively they could shift perspectives from “us and them” to “we,” to present realities about “what is,” and to spur ideas and actions to bring about “what could be.” 2019 Schwartz Common & Pavilion Opens Made possible by a gift from... View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
Johnson, David Simchi-Levi, and He Wang Abstract—We consider a price-based network revenue management problem where a retailer aims to maximize revenue from multiple products with limited inventory over a finite selling season. As common... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
days that they drive. This type of contract is common in other markets, for instance in cell-phone contracts, where pay-as-you-go enabled the proliferation of smartphone adoption across the world by allowing consumers to “top up” their... View Details
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
involuntary loss of knowledge in an organization. The type of organizational forgetting occurring now is creating more problems. Instead of relying on the lessons learned from two years of COVID-19 crisis management, organizations are... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
particular law and medicine. Our criteria for calling an occupation a bona fide profession are as follows: a common body of knowledge resting on a well-developed, widely accepted theoretical base; a system... View Details
- 18 May 2023
- News
India's New Money Managers
finance piece was completely missing," says Gupta. "So for two years, I went to his office and I worked on our personal portfolios." As she pursued finance in college and as a profession in India, Gupta realized that inexperience in personal finance was View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
Think of famous brands you know: Hallmark cards and Coca-Cola soft drinks, for example. What do these products have in common for consumers? An emotional meaning that taps into thoughts and feelings related to the positive aspects of... View Details
- 21 Sep 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?
a variety of circumstances. Battilana answered questions from participants in a recent installment of “Office Hours,” an Instagram series (@HarvardHBS) in which Working Knowledge makes experts available to Instagram users to ask questions... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
Strategy, Part II Featured Exercises Analyze your organization’s approach to managing common organizational tensions Identify strengths and deltas in your organization’s approach to executing strategy 5-6 hrs Module 2 Aligning Job Design... View Details
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
common uses of online ratings: restaurants. "Restaurants are a classic example in economics where the consumer has to make a decision based on very little information," he says. In theory, ratings sites fill in the gaps by... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
and limit ‘globalization’ to commercial terms To me, ‘globalization’ means increasing knowledge of how other people in the world live and think.” Doug Kinsey set forth a view shared more or less by many discussants when he said, “Sure,... View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
adversaries as well as with colleagues within your organization? In this Q&A, James Sebenius and David Lax, authors of 3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals, discuss the common mistakes of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
policy that reflects Americans' nuanced, evolving sense of fairness. They are a part of what makes our economy, and our society, work. And that knowledge might even make writing that check on April 15th a bit less painful. This article... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- Web
Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
E-Book How to Become a More Effective Leader Learn about the difference between leadership and management, uncover the qualities and skills that characterize an effective leader, gain an understanding of common leadership styles, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
Keywords: podcasts