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- 15 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background
were quickly allayed when she visited HBS for a class visit – and she discovered that the student admissions rep who picked her up was a former TFA teacher. She soon came to find that HBS is a place that... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
means closeness, and while social distancing remains important to mitigating the spread of COVID-19, psychological proximity—interpersonal trust, alignment on values and strategy, shared understanding of key... View Details
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
across interactions between nearly 11,000 unique company pairings. Roche and her coauthors included additional factors in the study, such as the makeup of individual firms and their industries, the impact of social events within the... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
Bluetooth in Android and Apple smartphones to determine proximity between people, and thus assess their potential exposure to the coronavirus. A random ID attached View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
opportunities with social media, and we’re exploring how we might incorporate this into the curriculum. And alumni have a big impact by being case protagonists. So the curriculum naturally adapts to change.... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
make those strategies problematic, says Assistant Professor Karim R. Lakhani. It's often difficult in creative fields to set specific deliverables to which you can attach... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its third exhausting year. Validating someone’s feelings can be as simple as pausing during the day to say, “You seem anxious,” says Zlatev, a professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
In a hypercompetitive global economy, creativity has never been more important for success . But how do you create a company that unleashes and capitalizes on innovation? For answers, writers at the HBS Alumni Bulletin turned to five HBS... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 16 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist
nimble as any start-up. Rule Four: Look For Leverage In The Strangest Places In order to exploit leverage, you have to critically examine your competitors' greatest strengths... View Details
Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak
- 25 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Does ‘Could’ Lead to Good? Toward a Theory of Moral Insight
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inauguration Day, 1933 Creativity, a quality more traditionally associated with artistic endeavors, has been slow View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Research Looks to Latin America
particular social welfare decisions. Current research: "Is Brazil on the Path of Sustainable Growth and Development?" Laura Alfaro Alfaro: "I want to look at competition for foreign direct... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1
It’s tempting to not be in Boston in January, with its frosty temperatures and early sunsets. But if you want to network with and learn from business leaders, celebrity entrepreneurs, and subject area... View Details
- 20 Jun 2023
- Research & Ideas
Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories
Graeber. Similarly, wrapping a story around a statistic could also extend its currency when it comes to the ability of the audience to recall it later. Cues extend stories’ life. A story about dining will... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
below. Book Excerpt Think Value, Not Profit By Felix Oberholzer-Gee There are few better places to observe value creation than outside the entrance of an Apple store. Watch customers as they exit with their... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
Board has thirty members elected at large by Harvard degree holders in annual groups of five for six-year terms. The Overseers' chief roles are to visit the graduate schools, departments, and museums of the University View Details
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
has spent a career studying power dynamics within corporations, political institutions, and other organizations. Power is intoxicating To bring social science research on power View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting
artist. Her art and educational workshops challenge and encourage people to have meaningful conversations about social justice. She has partnered with many offices throughout Harvard Business School and here... View Details