Confidence In Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Chances are you've got a story like Andrea Zintz's. Now president of Andrea Zintz & Associates, a consulting firm in Pennington, N.J., she was working for a health-care concern in 1997 when the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Entrepreneurial Support 2ms Entrepreneurial Support Across HBS, Harvard, and Boston, there are many resources to support students interested in founding or joining a climate start-up. The resources below highlight... View Details

13 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

Imagine a future in which a smart marketing machine can predict the needs and habits of individual consumers and the dynamics of competitors across industries and markets. This device would collect data to answer strategic questions,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

club can help provide them the skills, knowledge, and connections to get that dream job. In addition we aim to provide members with the motivation and means with which to give back to the club — in terms of... View Details

25 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

building EVs as we invest in our own capacity to process these materials (e.g. portfolio company 6K Inc.)” Despite the widespread and growing anti-ESG sentiment in Congress and View Details

20 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce

activities, moving away from your original business. If you can't consider diversification and entrepreneurial efforts, you are probably not going to survive long-term. Identify And Develop Family Wealth Generators I've written several columns View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

About $162 billion was spent in 2012 in the United States on corporate training—in what Harvard Business School Professor Michael Beer calls the “the great training robbery.” Beer, the Cahners-Rabb Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ICHOM supports a key strategic agenda item in Michael Porter’s Value-Based Health Care Delivery framework. Value-Based Health Care Delivery Initiative The VBHCD initiative engages health care providers to measure and manage patient-level... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

example, a leadership role can be assumed by a person who believes he or she has superior knowledge or skills. Up The Mountain Gino, Larrick, and Tost tested this dynamic in a simulation involving people... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

the simple perception of the situation or facts," JR adds that "Common sense is not in the knowledge but in the application of the knowledge." Others placed... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Assessing the Impact of Health System Organizational Structure on Hospital Electronic Data Sharing

By: A Jay Holmgren and Eric Ford

Horizontal consolidation in the hospital industry has gained momentum in the United States despite concerns over rising costs and lower quality. Hospital systems frequently point to potential gains in interoperability and electronic exchange of patient information as... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health Information Technology; Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Data and Data Sets; Information Technology; Consolidation; Knowledge Sharing; Health Industry

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April 2011 (Revised April 2014)
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ASAHI Net: Bringing Innovation to Education

By: Hirotaka Takeuchi

ASAHI Net developed a cloud-based platform for higher education institutions to use in Japan and was wondering if that platform could be accepted in the U.S. as well. View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Technology Platform; Education Industry; Information Technology Industry; Japan; United States

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01 Dec 2018
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Innovation Outside the Boundaries

Kent Thiry and Denise O’Leary (both MBA 1983) Noting the accelerated pace of change in society today, venture capital private investor Denise O’Leary (MBA 1983) calls innovation in the MBA curriculum “the... View Details

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

productivity from using the software by as much as 100 percent, when compared with free-riding competitors. "Companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in their own environment" The... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

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Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

results, experience, methods, and patient attributes. Physicians must seek out partnerships and relationships with excellent providers in their areas of practice in order to access View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course presented an opportunity for... View Details

Research Summary

Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

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Should You Pursue the Certificate of Management Excellence?

recognizes executives who have expanded their knowledge and skills by completing three HBS Executive Education programs in three different categories: Leadership, Strategy, and an Elective category with a... View Details

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

sense of confidence it starts to take off.” As customers get more used to the idea of connected sensors in their products—and see the benefits they bring—eventually they may start preferring them. From... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

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