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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
understanding how communities and contests can be better designed and managed to solve real-world challenges. My colleagues and I at the lab work closely with our partners to design field experiments that advance academic knowledge and create practical managerially... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Local Customs
“We want to be the Sam Adams of the auto world.” Rogers launched his Massachusetts-based company, Local Motors, with $4 million in start-up capital; its online contest (LocalMotors.com/competition.php) invites the public in various cities and regions to pick their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
relatively little relevance for practice — I actually think that’s a valid concern,” Light says in an interview. “But I don’t think that’s the issue for us.” Why? Because the case method of instruction is at the other end of the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
company] has had folks doing virtual DJ sessions. They’ve had virtual sessions where parents offer support for [co-workers’] kids’ homework. We are only bound by our creativity there. PC: From a work standpoint and in terms of the cultural elements, Raj’s examples are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
management. The authors provide first-hand accounts of M&A transactions that they led or were involved in, assessing each from an insider perspective and outlining the key success factors and pitfalls. The book concludes with practical checklists that include the most... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
educating students while they are here and to reach out to our graduates throughout their careers. We now have powerful tools that will help us make the case method more relevant than ever, and as a faculty, we are starting to take the... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
Michael Roberto and published this year, is “Managing National Intelligence (A): Before 9/11.” The case plumbs the background of what will likely be remembered as one of the most tragic organizational failings in American history: the inability of the country’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
the relevant markets or levels where competition in health care should occur. How do we get from the current mess to a value-driven health-care system? The U.S. system can be reformed from the bottom up. One of the most hopeful things we... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Khan Academy might become very relevant in what was going on in the world. We got an email from a teacher in South Korea, telling us how he was using Khan Academy to keep his students learning during their nationwide school closures. And... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
chorus of criticism directed at business schools from within their own ranks; and the implicit challenge represented by the rise of for-profit, online, and other alternatives to the traditional MBA. Biddle’s implicit question is as View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- News
Rebuilding the Girl Scouts Brand
the Girl Scouts. They know the uniforms or the cookies. Those are great things, but they’re not a true representation of the Girl Scouts as an organization,” Pitter-Armand observes, and it’s the brand relevance that the G.I.R.L. platform... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Turning a Moment into a Movement
company leaders and boards to make the same pledge, and most importantly, to fill the seat accordingly. It then provides participant organizations and companies with the relevant resources to locate highly qualified Black candidates.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
lab and fieldwork. How do you settle on a particular research question to investigate? Katherine Coffman: I’m looking for two things. The most important one is whether it has the potential to really make a difference for outcomes. It has to be a big and managerially... View Details
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
literary journey to far-flung places around the globe to uncover the forces that are disrupting the status quo and driving change. His travel experiences illustrate how the stage is being set for even greater disruption, and what individuals and organizations can do to... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
for every step of vaccine distribution that she’s already thinking about the backlash against the eagerly awaited inoculation: “Considering the anti-vax movement, how do you persuade people to take the vaccine?” she asks. The concern is particularly View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
any potential appearance of conflict of interest) are past contest participants. Exchange.com’s Stig Leschly comments on what he is looking for as a judge: “A team’s résumé is important, but it’s relevant to just a fraction of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
From Das’s Desk
Reflective Leader program Today, however, the practice of education is changing, from a short-term learning intervention to one centered on a lifelong process of development. At HBS, our core mission is to keep the School relevant for... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
in Western colleges and universities." Hayes's comments, together with those of Harvard Law School adjunct professor Frank Vogel, were delivered as part of the School's "Rising to the Challenge" program, which addresses topics of particular View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Dean’s Conference Call Spotlights HBS Global Initiative
wide range of institutions. Questioned about the relevance of global research for HBS students who want to start and run small companies, Clark stressed both the growing importance of a global perspective for all enterprises and the... View Details