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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
touch with our shared humanity." It was a lack of such shared humanity, in fact, that motivated Slifka to establish The Abraham Fund after visiting Israel and finding that his Jewish friends there did not know any Arabs. "I discovered that there was no View Details
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
have a few implications for companies. For one thing, brands should take note that the way in which consumers signal status has changed in the last century, and many people these days applaud original products over mainstream choices.... View Details
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
mainstream option for entrepreneurial companies, which was highlighted during a panel discussion in class that included a local venture capital investor and recent HBS entrepreneurs. Several students inquired how the VC viewed and... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
of press. Proponents hail them as "flat" environments that foster flexibility, engagement, productivity, and efficiency. Critics say they're naive, unrealistic experiments. We argue, using evidence from a multi-year research agenda at several View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
indication that experimental research is becoming more mainstream is the fact that a number of faculty who are not primarily experimentalists use the CLER, including HBS Dean Nitin Nohria. The Tipping Point To explain this surging... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
trust of the communities they serve.” For the Oregon Community Partners, that has meant teaming up with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a micro-lending organization providing entrepreneurs of color with opportunities for financial coaching and access to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 10 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
is evolving rapidly and becoming increasingly relevant,” van Poecke added. “ESG investing and sustainable financing are becoming mainstream and this will create challenges and opportunities for Key ESG. We need to continue to learn... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
firms globalize would only be much later formalized in the economic theory of the multinational enterprise, and it would take a further 20 years before the mainstream economics profession would identify globalization and global firms as a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
of ESG is evolving rapidly and becoming increasingly relevant,” van Poecke added. “ESG investing and sustainable financing are becoming mainstream and this will create challenges and opportunities for Key ESG. We need to continue to learn... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
convey? You have to stay close to your core consumer. Even though Skullcandy has grown over the years, and we now sell in mainstream places like Best Buy, Target, and Apple stores, the consumer at the center of our circle is still the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
committed to a double-digit expansion rate but its economic team seeks to create as much "broad-based" growth as it can, so that the benefits of growth accrue to mainstream citizens. Werker, who has visited Liberia and other... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
A few years ago, a food blog reported that Starbucks’ popular Strawberry and Crème Frappuccino got its pink color not from strawberries, but from a dye made of crushed-up cochineal insects. Vegan consumers cried foul, and mainstream media... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
the Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration. Public health will become a mainstream concern Leslie K. John: Healthy hygience habits will finally stick One consistent finding from our research on... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
theoretical conclusion based on the historical experiences of business groups built up by the British-based trading companies with their eighteenth- and nineteenth-century origins comes close to mainstream assessments reached by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?
mainstream press, led to the 2011 book The Progress Principle—a guide for managers who want to provide catalysts for progress among their employees. But the research also revealed a more meta result: Amabile realized the extent to which... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Web
Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers , Geoffrey A. Moore Eager Sellers and Stony Buyers: Understanding the Psychology of New-Product Adoption , John T. Gourville The Innovator’s DNA , Dyer et. Al Organization... View Details