Internet Of Things - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

develop negative ideas about marriage, just as citizens of the United States and China may develop bad feelings about each other from watching their leaders squabble. So why wouldn't the same thing happen in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

If I had a nickel for every time I get an email or text asking if I know any full stack developers for hire, I could cover the cost of my next trip to San Francisco. I’m also struck by the number of founders... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

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Brian Kenny | About

Brian Kenny Bio Brian Kenny is the Chief Marketing and Communications Officer (CMCO) at Harvard Business School. He has led marketing and communications work for several global institutions. As the School’s first CMCO, Brian has oversight View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

forward. Feiyue Li – Class of 2021 I’ve always known that I sometimes feel certain things others that probably don’t. This has given me the great gift of empathy to connect... View Details

27 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Video: Inspirational Women in Business

maker. Whitley Cargile: I learned the importance of listening to others and encouraging quieter voices to speak up within a team setting. Briti Ghosh: People think that women can have it all. And they're pretty much at the same level that... View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Video: MBA Moms Celebrate Mother’s Day

Gutierrez: It's all about knowing my priorities Carlene Oestergaard: and plan as a family Jimena Gutierrez: the support of other MBA moms and my husband, Ernesto, an MBA student. Carlene Oestergaard: For my husband and I, as a dual career... View Details

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

the level of decision-making authority thus requires transferring information upward as well. And companies often forget to do the latter or simply don't because the cost is too high. You also need to avoid bringing too many people into... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

January 2013 (Revised March 2017)
Case

CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alex Godden

In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations over the prior three months. Was this natural attrition for a high-tech venture... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Resignation and Termination; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; California

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13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

was published in October 2019. Simply put, the issue is complicated. “The regulations under consideration are all essentially a one-size-fits-all solution,” Lerner says. “But one of the things that comes out... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

04 Sep 2015
Blog Post

4 Tips for MBA Students with Families

It is an amazing club that brings families together because of their natural thing in common (kids). This club provides a way for partners and their children to interact, provide support, and learn... View Details

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

Brierley Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “Then some things happened in the world, and people started being interested in inequality.” How academic institutions can change It’s worth noting that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

separated and I want to get divorced,” what I was confronted with was not only the reality that the most important thing in my life was moving away from me, which was my nuclear family, but that I had no control to stop it. And so I think... View Details

27 Nov 2006
What Do You Think?

What’s to Be Done About Performance Reviews?

suggestions for how to improve them. Typical of these were Thad Juszczak's recommendation that "The process of performance feedback should be continuous." Continuous feedback is an antidote to Hany... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

talent, IT workers in the rest of the country didn’t get the same bump, according to the research.“We thought we could look at the same thing in different places—how it changed over time—and compare those... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

nurturing B players—"enhancing human capital" as he called it—because doing so takes time and entails a certain degree of risk. Illustrating his talk with a simple four-quadrant model, he said, "The secret to the model is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2003
News

Kumar Mahadeva

“What’s different about our business model is that we’ve leveraged the global talent pool, kept our costs low, and stayed on top of new technologies that can benefit our clients.” Mahadeva enjoys being an entrepreneur and is excited about... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

of a real diversity of applications, from consumer apps to research in things like healthcare and energy management. The philosophical implications are enormous: machine... View Details

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

authors maintain that the Costco model not only is more attractive for workers but also creates fewer social costs for such things as medical expenses. What would seem to be a "win-win" answer to the scarcity View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 May 2023
News

Alabama's Yella Fella

wood himself and the company was ‘completely busted.' Back in 1971, in need of a lifeline, he asked the Bank of Abbeville for a $5,000 loan. ‘I walked in there in my coveralls, nasty as hell,' Rane... View Details

Keywords: Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods; Wholesale Trade

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