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- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
day quantum computing becomes a reality is the day conventional digital security ends.) They should even be able to do things that digital computers cannot do at all, like realistically modeling molecules... View Details
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Events - Business History
history research appears to show that profits and sustainability have been hard to reconcile throughout history. These tensions and conflicts merit careful examination from a variety of scholarly and practitioner perspectives. This... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
work ethic—“they didn’t care what we did, but everyone had to work hard,” she says—and her mother offered a model of public service, serving as chancellor of the Board of Regents, New York State’s governing body for education. But when... View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
through me and my data science team,’” Datar says. “It was a bold decision because it was much costlier and more complicated to design flexible architecture that managers could easily interact with.” Take a calculated approach to using data In the early View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
So many boxes. Drew Dixon (MBA 2004) moved into this Brooklyn Heights apartment just a few days ago, as evidenced by the ratio of boxes emptied to those still filled. The living room, though, is an island of unpacked order, bobbing above... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
parents with unvaccinated kids under 12 and people engaged in elder care may be rightfully concerned that being indoors at work with colleagues can increase the risks for the vulnerable people they care for.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
Healthcare Exchange, where our purpose is to help reduce the cost of doing health care for citizens across the United States and in Europe, and bringing his Deep Purpose messaging to all of our employees creates so much engagement and... View Details
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
purse. Tickets, money, and IDs were all gone. A Disney employee gave me food vouchers for the family, park tickets for the following days, and helped with any inconveniences that we faced. While we enjoyed the rest of the day in the park,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2024
the four or five days surrounding the IPO in 1980. We bet the company at every board meeting.” Superpower: “I think I would say picking good people. I know the real thing when I see it. A lot of it is intuition.” Back to top John B. Hess... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- News
A New Chapter
own pace. Each tablet is used by an average of five students per day and supplements teacher instruction. Data from the tablets fuels continuous improvement of the software and tracks student progress. The annual cost per child is less... View Details
- 29 Nov 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family
choose to spend time with—work colleagues or family—based on how their pay is structured, in particular whether they get bonuses for a job well done or earn fixed salaries regardless of performance. In fact, employees who received performance incentives spent 2 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
trades per se, but taking in what's going on in the 165-person company he helped launch shortly after earning his MBA. Rarely using his private office, he begins each day reading four to six newspapers, surrounded by colleagues. The... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
day help alleviate critical shortages of human donor organs. The surgery was also a major step forward for David-Alexandre Gros, M.D. (MBA 2002) and his company, Eledon Pharmaceuticals, whose investigational immunosuppressant drug,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Portrait Project
Jeff Barkas
Then, we noticed a change. We heard about my grandma’s lost car keys, and we learned of my grandpa’s missed doctor appointments. Their health rapidly declined, and my family scrambled to care for them and search for elder View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
punch messages into their BlackBerries. Their fingers are too big to enable accurate typing—they'd be more than happy with a voice-recognition algorithm that's only 80% accurate. Not surprisingly, disruptive ideas stand a small chance of ever seeing the light of View Details
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
shaking your head, so I have to ask, actively, if everything is OK. Q: What are you working on next? A: My next book is on leadership for innovation—on what kind of leadership is most appropriate if sustained breakthrough innovation is what you need to be doing. The... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
pricing is complicated. As with usage-based pricing and point guarantees, the actual amount to be paid can not be determined until after delivery, and often even after usage, of the product or service. Thus, for example, time of day... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
build a ritual into my life.” Michael Norton: Well, cult leaders. Duhigg: And religious leaders—that’s true. But why should we care about rituals? Norton: We have done a lot of work over the years to help people have better habits around... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years
approach you’re taking to move through complexity and uncertainty. This trains you every single day to develop rigorous mental frameworks to deal with problems in this methodical way. #4 Ask for help. The biggest advice I got from one of... View Details
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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
HBS Alumni Conference Accelerating Climate Solutions On May 10, 2023 distinguished faculty, HBS alumni and other business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs convened at Harvard Business School for a groundbreaking day of discussion and... View Details