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01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

the lives of other women like her, providing advice and concrete examples of how to succeed without feeling overwhelmed or compromised. How to Lose Friends and Irritate People: The First Satirical Self-Help Book to Lead You to Failure by... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

11 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms

race we often see a lot of concern and alarm around saying something that might be offensive or hurtful. And that anxiety doesn’t go away just because you ignore it.” Creary developed a specific framework for these conversations: RACE. “I purposefully named it RACE... View Details

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

as Tom Nicholas suggests in a recent survey of the literature, while many scholars have documented the link between innovation and economic growth, a less well understood question is, "What drives innovation in the first place?"... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

01 Jun 2013
News

Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

The first charter school law was passed in Minnesota in 1991; by 2011, there were 5,275 charters nationwide, making up more than 5 percent of all public schools. In June 2009, however, the movement hit a bump. Stanford University's Center... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

health-economics literature has done a better job documenting consumer-choice mistakes in insurance and treatment choices than explaining why those mistakes occur, it is clear that we should not ignore these mistakes in our analyses. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

Africa, and Latin America to seize the revolutionary mantle from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union adapted to win it back, transforming the nature of socialist revolution in the process. This groundbreaking book is the first to explore... View Details

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

for relevant customization and adaptation to specific client needs. This is a significant aspect of maintaining ongoing client relationships. I observed that teams under heightened pressure tend to shut out dissenting points of view and new information, focus... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

One was the walking pilgrimage in Japan, and another was a spiritual retreat in India. Can you give us a sense of what came out of those two experiences in a tangible sense? What was different from when you left to when you came back? DJ DiDonna: Well, View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

people of Texas first learned of their freedom. That became a day of remembrance and celebration. In this book, readers learn about the events that led to emancipation and why it took so long for the enslaved people in Texas to hear the... View Details

09 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

with them we were able to create a very different organization—less top down, more participative, one that offered more challenging jobs and informed people about results of the business on a regular basis. That began my intellectual... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

as the economy shifted from a mainly rural, agrarian model, to a city focused, factory based one We are witnessing the same happening now as we shift to the post information era. Not clear if enough new jobs will be created to replace the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Feb 2015
What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

passionate about something, To do it, they first create a culture designed to attract them, then give them the latitude to explore their creative ideas. These creatives come from all kinds of backgrounds, especially liberal arts and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

01 Dec 1998
News

Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All

outsourcing, and integration services company that he founded in 1965. First in a Wall Street Journal ranking of one thousand companies listed according to best stock performance from 1987 to 1997, Keane Inc is considered among the... View Details

16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)

referred to as the “dream job” and “the best possible job in all of Latin America!” Clearly, there was a fit for the tech executive with Facebook and he served as Vice President, Latin America for nearly four years. The Birth of Facily... View Details

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

promptly weed out ideas that don't have potential and do a better job of doubling-down and improving their most promising ideas. I would imitate these startups when it comes to the holiday season: get creative, test out lots of ideas... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

Web

Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

example, Adams observed the limited tonal range of the sepia prints from Type 40 film, the first Polaroid instant photography film, introduced in 1948. As her laboratory worked tirelessly throughout the 1950s and ’60s on the advancement... View Details

20 Jul 2022
News

Wired to be Inspired

be in everything they did. It informed their strategy, it informed their organizational practices, it informed their culture and hiring, it really permeated the organization in two significant ways. The first was purpose was like a... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

question, "Can Japan compete?", the simple answer is yes. The real question, according to the authors, is, "Will it choose to compete?" First published in Japanese in the spring of 2000, the English version of the book... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

03 Nov 2015
First Look

November 3, 2015

job test scores or grant managers discretion in making hiring decisions. We implement our test in the context of the introduction of a valuable job test across 15 firms employing low-skill service sector... View Details