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  • 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
  • 16 Aug 2022
  • Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

For the past six months, there has been a lot of handwringing about the market downturn. Most everyone has been advising entrepreneurs to marshal their capital, cut costs, and extend their runway. In essence, play defense. Many investors... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

and complements perfectly the physical business we have built so far.” Another example is MyoMaster, a company that specializes in recovery products and knowledge for athletes. Founded by couple Joe Gray and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Entrepreneurial Support 3ms 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
  • 18 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

Meet the HBS Family Business Club

finance, or for an operating company that is similar to their family’s business before returning to home base. The general management curriculum at HBS exposes students to a variety of functional roles and industries, and this breadth of 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
  • 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
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

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
  • 01 Dec 2009
  • News

One Man Crime Wave

clean, and industrious” will reach the top when, in reality, only a fortunate few ever do. Perhaps this knowledge contributes to an unarticulated restlessness that afflicts these decent men (often Wharton,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 16 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Confronting the Reality of Web Services

What's next for Web services? In his case summary "Will Web Services Really Transform Collaboration?" published in the Winter 2005 edition of MIT Sloan Management Review, HBS associate professor... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
  • Article

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)
  • Case

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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  • 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
  • Blog

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
  • 30 Mar 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

March 28, just days before the congressional hearing. The new choices were constrained, however, by knowledge that every new option offered potential for a less open site. This was something that was generally feared within the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology
  • April 2013
  • Teaching Note

Bluefin Labs: The Acquisition by Twitter

By: John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
What is the value of Bluefin Labs's social listening data to Twitter? Acquired by Twitter in 2013, Bluefin had built a system that gathered millions of online comments in an effort to develop new metrics for TV programs and brand advertising. With data from Twitter and... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Acquisition; Marketing; Television Entertainment; Mobile Technology
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  • 21 Feb 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

However, the laws did not accomplish this alleged objective. Contrary to the argument used by the Supreme Court in the 2008 case Crawford v. Marion County to uphold the constitutionality of one of the early strict ID laws, we find no... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne