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HBS - The year in Review

pandemic travel restrictions, the program pivoted to focus on US challenges and opportunities, taking more than 1,000 students to one of 15 domestic locations. With a lens on the course’s three modules—contextual intelligence, team... View Details

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

team for Startup Bootcamp , use the Rock Summer Fellowship to work on your own venture or work for an early stage startup, and join the Rock Venture Partners program. How do I find other people interested in entrepreneurship? Each class... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

synthetic data generation, data analysis, and more. However, their role in creative ideation—a cornerstone of consumer research—remains underexplored. Drawing on the human creativity literature, we propose... View Details

08 Oct 2020
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Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

or opening ritual before diving into business. Think about creative bonding experiences—an online talent show? Recipe contest? Game night? Show-and-tell of each team member’s favorite piece of art or travel... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

24 Jul 2000
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Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

critical functions are part of the competitive and organizational strategy of any team or organization. Adopting value creation as the scorekeeping measure does nothing to relieve us of the responsibility to do all these things and more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

01 Dec 2023
News

Thinking Ahead

As we wind down 2023, there’s talk everywhere of generative AI and how it will fundamentally alter the world as we know it; but how does that translate for your corner of the business world? Is TikTok something you need to take seriously? (Is it time to dance?) We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

the probabilities of success are low, extremely skewed, and unknowable until an investment is made. At a macro level, experimentation by new firms underlies the Schumpeterian notion of creative destruction. However, at a micro level,... View Details

04 Sep 2001
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Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

"Washington" telling them what they can and cannot do with their property. Both sides battle for increased or decreased legislation while ignoring possibilities for wiser regulation through joint problem solving. When a sports View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

01 Mar 2023
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How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

days of time each week. They’ve stressed the importance of time spent together for creative collaboration as well as the need for team-building and the preservation of the organization’s chemistry. On the other hand, we have responses to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

2008
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Artistic Methods and Business Disorganization

The idea that artists' work can usefully inform business practice has gained support in recent years. Managers have long described some business activities as "more art than science," but usually they've meant by this that they don't understand the activity and can't... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Creativity

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19 Dec 2023
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15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

products company decided to set a real zero climate goal instead of net zero, and how they plan to achieve it. She also describes how Seventh Generation is going beyond a carbon footprint to measure its carbon fingerprints that touch every aspect of their business,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: A Resource-based View of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 May 2023
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Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

conduct real-time measurements around the sun for better space weather predictions. “This whole program has made me more willing to explore options, say ‘yes’ to things, and understand the power of creativity in facing tough problems,”... View Details

30 Mar 2021
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Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes and remote employees—perhaps grudgingly—contemplate returning to offices. Wu’s conclusions were clear: A long commute hurts workers and their employers by hindering creativity and productivity, which stifles... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

26 Nov 2007
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Best Practices of Global Innovators

orchestrates, manages, and coordinates its network of hundreds of global partners." It just isn't possible for one firm to master all these skills. MacCormack and his team (Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher, all of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 11 Dec 2023 Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag Alumni Consumer Products / Retail Student & Alumni Stories Kyle Leahy (MBA 2011) stepped... View Details

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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Entrepreneurship (5) Corporate Finance (12) Corporate Governance (33) Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact (121) Corporate Strategy (97) Cost Accounting (3) Cost Management (9) Cost of Capital (1) Cost vs Benefits (8) Cost (15) Country (4) Courts and Trials (3)... View Details

07 Jun 2023
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My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

continue to build a mindset of continuous learning and encourage my teams to learn from both our successes and failures and use that knowledge to improve our outputs. I also know that as a leader, I will have to make difficult decisions.... View Details

19 Sep 2023
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What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

Intractable Problems as well as a first-time HBS course, Managing and Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India. Will you be incorporating this breakthrough in them? Khanna: Both the courses are about creativity and... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Leadership Leadership 2015 Chapter Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation By: Linda A. Hill More than ever, leaders of nearly every kind of organization view their human resources teams... View Details

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