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- 24 Oct 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India
- Profile
Soltan Bryce
work at Advisory Board and athenahealth, he reflected,“I came to be intimately familiar with this incredibly complex information ecosystem. The desire to learn about how to simplify and scale drove my desire to attend HBS. If I wanted to... View Details
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work
individuals among some people exceeds their discomfort with LGBTQ individuals—which may be a product of people’s lack of familiarity and exposure, she says. “Most of us have a friend or family member who is gay, but maybe not everyone is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
surely the change should be made." Social change must occur at two levels: How citizens think, and how the government creates policy. It will not suffice if only those who work in government learn to incorporate these principles. Citizens, too, need to become more... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
commissioned artworks were rated by expert judges as significantly less creative than their non-commissioned—self-initiated—work. The judges didn't know which works were commissioned, and they weren't familiar with any of the artists'... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
celebrated its 20th anniversary. Watch a video and learn more about its place in the HBS culture. Since its inception, the Portrait Project has become an increasingly familiar aspect of HBS culture, with graduating students and their... View Details
- 31 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Ben Franklin’s ‘Way to Wealth’ Introduced American Capitalism to the World
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” “There are no gains without pains.” “One today is worth two tomorrows.” Some phrases are so familiar they seem to have always existed. Referenced in every imaginable... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Safety and Security
Overview Safety and security are top priorities at Harvard Business School. We ask that you review both the Safety and Security Information sheet posted at your bedroom desk and the Emergency Evacuation Information located on the back of your bedroom door, and View Details
- 10 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Technology and COVID Upended Tipping Norms. Will Consumers Keep Paying?
If you’ve recently ordered food or coffee on an app, you’re probably familiar with the prompt to tip your barista, delivery driver, or sandwich maker. Or even more commonly, when ordering at a casual dining counter, you’ve been asked to... View Details
Keywords: by Anna Lamb, Harvard Gazette
- Web
Leadership - Faculty & Research
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and two core meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's... View Details
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
hard to find time for reflection and might even be eroding our capacity to reflect. What is reflection? The standard answer appears in familiar images. One is Rodin’s famous sculpture, “The Thinker.” Another is a Buddhist monk, sitting... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Knowing Your Students - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
about teaching the students, as opposed to teaching the case. Instructors who know their students well are better able to create a learning experience that is genuinely participant-centered. A familiarity with student's backgrounds... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!
familiar faces before the flood of new introductions come September when the broader MBA cohort begins at HBS. The community also extends well beyond the two years. With only six cohorts thus far, each of 20-30 people, the alumni base is... View Details
- 02 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Rich Get Richer: Enabling Conditions for Knowledge Use in Organizational Work Teams
- Article
Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon
Schumpeter's conjecture that large monopolistic firms were the key source of innovation in modern industrial economies has been the underpinning for much work on the topic of innovation. In this review paper we consciously move beyond the Schumpeterian tradition of... View Details
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Vivek Tandon. "Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation." Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008): 1–98.
- 07 Nov 2023
- News
Love and Money
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Which is the best dating app? Can money actually buy love? When do you talk about money in a new relationship and how do you broach the topic? How can well-meaning parents actually help their... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
earning billions, kept churning out its pills. By now, this story is a familiar one. But what is less well known is that the company had help not only from management consultant McKinsey & Company, which sold advice to Purdue on how... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
them—a familiar scenario that plays out at a lot of companies. “Merely increasing the number of employees from underrepresented groups and trying to be inclusive isn’t enough,” Ely says. “Instead, companies that are intent on diversifying... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Unintended Consequences of Fundraising Tactics
Charity fundraisers use a variety of methods to increase donations, with three of the most common being matching funds, seed money, and thank you gifts. Field experiments have shown that matching funds (Eckel and Grossman, 2008) and seed money (List and Lucking-Reiley,... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
reprinted—and thereby according to the author "exposed"—the techniques of book canvassers, atlas salesmen, and lightning-rod peddlers. While it is not clear that Patterson was familiar with any of these scripts, it is likely... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman