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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
their meaningful work? As long as I’ve got breath and a functioning brain, I can continue my meaningful work—my research and writing—in some way. But the academic profession is unusual in that respect. I wanted to find out what it’s like... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation—a new kind of business book that isn’t as much about creating a vision as it is about shaping a context. Over time, it became clear to Hill that Pixar’s leaders didn’t profess... View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
foreseeable future. The teaching profession itself will need to undergo radical changes, said Salinas, where teachers need more training—to use technology among other skills—and more support in terms of salaries, staffing plans, and... View Details
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
often in a one-size-fits-all manner. "leadership can be learned quickly and easily." "leadership can be codified and summarized and packaged." "leadership is a profession for which a professional education is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
Manhattan before applying for a position in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Snyder recalls those early days — and subsequent highlights from her thirty-plus years in the legal profession — in her recent book 25 to Life: The... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
early 20th Century from training for the law at Harvard by several members of the Harvard Business School faculty. And in other forms, it serves the medical and other professions as well. A kindergarten teacher once told me that she used... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
diverse professions in which they operate. Whether you examine law firms, advertising agencies, investment banks, or management consulting firms, the business model and the challenges they must successfully meet to prosper over the long... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
practice related to AI in developing countries. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52296 December 2017 Journal of Advertising Research Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
behavior as their doctors' interventions. POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES So, creating review sites around the medical profession has built-in challenges. But do some medical specialties lend themselves more than others to online reviews? Say I... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
Arthur Andersen, stated in a written testimony that "the future of the [accounting] profession is bright and will remain bright —as long as the commission does not force us into an outdated role trapped in the old economy.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
person's commitment to service outside of their profession ... as good an indication as any of a person's commitment to more than just achieving status and making money" (Tammy Doty); 3) encouraging a school's admissions group to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
code of ethics developed by and reviewed by a universally-recognized professional institution. The authors imply that the absence of the institutions of a profession that one finds in medicine, law, and the clergy may have contributed to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
a dime and move into life sciences or whatever the next trend is, he said. Firms also need to grapple with their mission, added Kania (HBS MBA'82). Venture capital as an investment profession can be "hedge fund-like" with sector... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
and clear that knowledge is something to be shared throughout the firm, not hoarded. In the long run, Garvin observes, a learning organization doesn't rely on old answers to new problems but stimulates each generation of employees to collect and examine new data and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 04 May 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Do Managers Think?
suggested that " doctors rush when the illness is serious managers, when faced with little time and pressure to get things done, fail to think well and so make poor decisions." Itamar Offer, a physician, said that "information is always partial in both... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
illegally. The 1993 Council of Europe's Resolution 1003 on the ethics of journalism clearly states that "In the journalist's profession the end does not justify the means; therefore information must be obtained by legal and ethical... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
study, it is the seventh leading cause of death in the U.S. Its economic burden is also high, since it is linked to other afflictions such as heart and renal disease and blindness. And, she added, one of the most important aspects of this disease is that the medical... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
of all stripes with the Seventh Sense?(Just envision this training occurring in law schools that originate most of our politicians.) Could sanctions against malpractice that have been established in professions such as law and medicine... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
PublicationsEngineers and the State in Modern China Author:William C. Kirby Publication:In Prospects for the Professions in China, edited by William P. Alford, William C. Kirby, and Kenneth Winston, 283-314. Routledge Studies in Civil... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne