Learning From Failure - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative

significant challenges to overcome? A: It was refreshing and encouraging to experience the strong positive response to the SEI from HBS students, alums, faculty, and staff. By providing support, encouragement, and intellectual legitimacy,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

the International Space Station! We have learned that almost any technical challenge can benefit from having an open innovation approach. The key is to develop a problem statement that can be accessible and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

20 Mar 2017
Book

Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies

If they try to lock it down, it will actually hurt them and keep their own efforts away from the mainstream on where research on machine learning is going. They get the benefit of other people using it and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

audience as well, especially when it comes to retail investors. Q: What best practices can other companies learn from Total and its experiences in financial communication? Miller: Total applies 3 principles... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

19 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Amazoned: Is Any Industry Safe?

With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy? Does Amazon's "only the strongest survive" employee-retention policy make for a better company or improved customer relationships? Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

25 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People

hopes? “If you're trying to make new connections and learn from the other people, I wouldn't bring your posse.” To find out, Koning and Hasan invited 112 aspiring entrepreneurs to a three-week software... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

(Ganges) River, the Yamuna River, and the mythical underground Saraswathi. Legend says that on his return to the Himalaya, Vishnu flew over this spot and dropped sacred nectar from a pitcher—a kumbh. “We are all here to witness how... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

able to gain insights,” Cavallo says. Researchers want to learn the most valuable actions from small business loans to expansion of government programs. “For policymakers at this stage, it's, 'Let's try to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

process posing other more interesting propositions for consideration. Tony Wanless emphasized the importance of knowing the way leaders learn from experience, suggesting the need for "a synthesis of... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Trust

we wanted to see if trust posed an even higher barrier for minority groups. This is in fact the case. It is particularly difficult for African Americans to break into trusting buyer-supplier relationships. Q: What can suppliers who currently benefit View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Service

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

other elements of U.S. pay packages. This can pose a real problem when senior executives are moved back and forth between continents. There are legitimate questions concerning the Dodd-Frank provision. The first is measurement. As we have View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 2, 2009

business practices, allowed businesses to connect with students at the individual level. At the same time, the creation of platforms for business-education learning brought system-level improvements. In particular, MCBRE's board of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

organizations in private industry could learn from the example of Data.gov to the extent of unlocking data from individual silos in their firm even though data remain protected... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

28 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time

that body of knowledge was derived primarily from companies in the United States, Europe, and Japan. But as emerging markets in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America continue to grow, so does an interest in how they came to be... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

ranging from minor modifications to major new innovations. The user-friendly tools, often integrated into a package we call a "tool kit for customer innovation," deploy new technologies like computer simulation and rapid... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

24 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought

says. When the economy recovers, people tend to move on. “If heads of state could learn from history, then it should be pretty easy for us not to have any wars,” he says. “But wars are rare enough that we’re... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

the shoulders of poorer communities. As the United States wrestles with the Omicron wave, my hope is that the health care system can learn from its recent ability to increase access in moments of broad... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Summit Explores the New Economy

Harvard Business School's Digital Initiative recently gathered students, scholars, and leaders from practice at the 2015 Digital Initiative Summit to "explore the digital transformation of the economy" and help them meet 21st... View Details

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

their own reputations. At the same time, by helping shine a light in these areas, Toffel says he hopes this research might help overseas labor conditions improve, either by rewarding the factories that treat workers better, or by helping those with problems View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

any real changes in the way they operate. My favorite characterization of this stage comes from a Fortune 100-level CIO. He says they're just "putting lipstick on a bulldog." The bulldog doesn't suddenly become beautiful because... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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