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- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
both a lot of hope and a lot of rage and frustration and confusion intermixed. Yet the American people and the economy have come through those crises, more often than not, both stronger and sounder." The big question for us today, she continues, is whether we will... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
afford to pass on any opportunity, no matter how small. They see business much like a game of PacMan—you can bag big fish only by learning to swallow small ones. The best entrepreneurs also recognize that trying out a business model on a... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
feedback logically and 'toned down' my comments to show respect, while still providing constructive ideas. Initially, he seemed to take the feedback well. But then I gradually noticed a distancing in our relationship. Eventually, I... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
learn to recognize and build their leadership capital—the resources and influence needed to realize their goals, says Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer Archie L. Jones. In his recently released book, The Treasure You Seek: A Guide... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
belonging. Concrete tips I have heard from interviews include scheduling five to 10 minutes before a formal meeting for casual conversation, asking each other silly questions, establishing virtual team rooms, having biweekly happy hours, and if possible, having a... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
distance themselves from seekers who they learn consulted others, an effect mediated by perceptions that their own advice will be disregarded. Underlying these effects is an asymmetry between advisors’ and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
that egalitarianism distance has a negative causal impact on FDI flows. This effect is robust to a broad set of competing accounts, including the effects of other cultural dimensions, various features of the prevailing legal and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
residents, Crockett learned that those who could shop outside their neighborhoods were often conflicted about it. "Many felt that not only was it inconvenient, but it didn't get money circulating in the neighborhood, and therefore, the... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
themselves? They answer, "We're going to have an off-site at the Four Seasons sometime." So the amount of energy that has been expended in "getting different" is a small fraction of the amount they've expended in "getting better." Kotter:... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
Commencement 2015 Address | About
you are doing, and by the knowledge that your work has a greater Purpose. I learned this lesson as a young child in India, watching my father at his work. My father grew up in a village with no electricity. He had to read by... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
that taught kids how to be entrepreneurs. A would-be bakery owner, for instance, could work through the necessary steps of calculating costs and doing market research on the way to selling chocolate-covered pretzels for a profit. Developing the game was also an... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
She floats an occasional observation: “I think the answer for a lot of these questions is going to be in how we do things as much as what.” But largely she creates space for the directors to share their perspectives, gently challenging them: What’s the View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
compared to the distance to universities that offer only business or medical education (or neither). We argue that supplying joint MBA-healthcare courses may be a channel through which universities increase medical business skills and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
alternative definitions of market-type dispersion and to other determinants of franchising such as the stores' geographic distance from headquarters and geographic dispersion. Additional analyses also suggest that chains that do not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
large due to either product characteristics or the distance between exporter and importer. Finally, we find that in countries with well-developed finance, total exports and the allocation of exports across importers are more sensitive to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Gestión Hospitalaria, hence CGH), a permanent forum that gathered actors from different sectors to contribute to improving the Colombian health sector. Johnson & Johnson, on the other hand, joined CGH not to educate the market about the available supply, but to... View Details
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
organizations. One set of activities shown to improve organizational learning of new work practices is learn-how. Learn-how refers to learning activities that combine experimentation, adaptation-in-use, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
Museum's Web site are increasing dramatically — with well over two million expected this year. The Field has also branched out into distance learning with a program that reaches people who otherwise could... View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
transition was not easy - going from a tiny school with strict rules and routines to a massive public middle school where individualism reigned was a big change, but I learned to lean into the most important constant in my life: my... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the fact that the word “retirement” has outgrown its usefulness? The word itself suggests a literal withdrawal, a distancing from the world that doesn’t suit most graduates of HBS and certainly doesn’t jibe with the subjects profiled... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services