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- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
history of creativity studies. Indeed, an examination of these seminal papers helps the new generation of creativity and innovation researchers to be mindful of the past and unafraid to explore it. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
journey to understand the intricate tapestry of India's burgeoning green tech landscape. A pivotal moment in our learning expedition was the site visit to Log 9 Materials, a company that epitomizes the fusion of innovation and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
to law enforcement? How much disclosure is legally required, and how much is appropriate ethically? How will disclosure affect the company’s stock price and prospects for attracting future business? For any executive, it’s a nightmare... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences – A Q&A with Professor Robert Howe
and organizations. To make appropriate design tradeoffs, they must have extensive knowledge of engineering and of business fundamentals. Consequently, the Harvard MS/MBA program will place a balanced emphasis on conveying concepts and... View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
highly bureaucratic, multilayered organizations that companies are using to execute their plans. There is so much pressure to realize short-term results that middle managers are consumed by making this month's numbers rather than building teams that focus on achieving... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- Web
From Classroom to Workplace - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
problems included insufficient salary, lack of appropriate work, employer discrimination, and lack of flexible hours. 35 148, 186 Value of Business Education Directors, Faculty, and administrators at Radcliffe College and HBS shaped and... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
When we perceive a competitor's groundbreaking innovation as a threat, we may act defensively and hastily. But if we see that same event as an opportunity, our response might be more deliberate and unhurried. As a leader, how you frame... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
Internet; it's all digital goods or digitizable goods. The same is true of media retailers, games retailers, software retailers. Alvarez: If you're being digitized or people just aren't buying your categories anymore, then you just have to wind down that business and... View Details
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
Practitioners Topics Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
want to write this book? Stacey and I realized we’d overcome all sorts of obstacles to eventually build ventures that scale, and we wanted to use our story to help level the playing field for other small businesses. They are the source of View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
first big-city innovation offices in the United States. In April 2013, he helped guide the mayor’s office’s response to the attacks on the Boston Marathon. At HBS, he has helped build the Young American Leaders Program and is an adviser... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
Moss Kanter: Silos, Cronies, and the Business Monarchy When organizations are structured into narrow territories that reinforce “silos” or “cells,” that can be harmful in several ways. Under such conditions, individuals in the organization don’ t have much incentive to... View Details
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
economic policy (pdf) This report highlights the growing consensus among leaders that strategic industrial policies are essential for addressing key national challenges, offering insights on designing effective government actions that balance past lessons with View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
Web-based data service that will allow health providers to have instant access to patients' past EKG records, enhancing their ability to furnish appropriate care. "If you came into the ER with chest pain, the doctor would get an EKG,"... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
circumstances, including human purposes, evolved. While the invisible hand of the pricing mechanism can balance supply and demand on a global basis, or in subunits thereof, the visible hand of political authority is essential to the formulation of human purposes and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
Advances in Strategic Management Innovation Policies By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—Past work has shown that failure tolerance by principals has the potential to stimulate innovation... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
family of objectives that have been well studied in the literature for their fairness properties. We deal with the problem of selecting the appropriate objective from this family. We characterize the trade-off achieved between efficiency... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne