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- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
that advice seems to have limited usefulness. The chapter then reviews some common delineations of marketing and sales activities in companies and the implications. Finally, the chapter concludes with a sample of what B2B companies have... View Details
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
associated with taxing foreign-source income. Examples are given of the practical after-tax effects of the major alternatives. Foreign tax credit and "tax haven" based business activities receive special attention. Provides an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
unfortunately, we can't simulate molecules the same way that we simulate larger physical objects. And that's because we don't have quantum computers yet; simulating the interactions between atoms takes quantum-scale computing. But what we... View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
participants either before or after the product itself was presented. Early exposure to price, or price primacy, altered the process of valuation, as seen via altered patterns of activity in medial prefrontal cortex immediately prior to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate Abstract This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and complexity, presenting an extreme need... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
The Future of Stem Cells
unlike cord-blood or adult stem cells, are unique for their ability to develop into any cell in the body. (While the HSCI does not as yet have a permanent physical home, it may one day become HBS’s Allston neighbor as part of the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
an unsatisfactory outpatient experience at a government-run facility, she also received ineffective treatments from an untrained local practitioner. She is feeling increasing physical discomfort, general weakness, and growing alarm about... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
years ago, it would have been easy to dismiss Levy’s vision as mere wishful thinking. First proposed in the early 1980s by the theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, quantum computing represents an entirely novel approach to computation. But the same fundamental View Details
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
ensemble for, give or take, close to 40 years, but this past summer was their final concert tour as a group. "The Medici String Quartet is one of the very best such ensembles, probably one of the very best ever. One of my favorite research strategies is to find... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
Photos by Webb Chappell Forty years ago, in September 1966, a young mission analyst named Jay Light left the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California and headed east to Harvard Business School. At JPL, Light used his undergraduate engineering View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
associated with a 0.5% increase in housing prices. Moreover, Yelp measures of local business activity provide leading indicators for housing price changes and help to forecast which neighborhoods are gentrifying. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
work, asking, “How do I find my purpose?” That’s the wrong question. You don’t find your purpose—you build it. The HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose is packed with stories, tips, and activities to teach you how to cultivate more meaning... View Details
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
of physical infrastructure and workforce education are the strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find extensive evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
Increasingly, it seems, there are just two types of companies left in the world: dot-coms and "wanna-dots." The dot-coms, of course, are the pure Internet companies operating on-line businesses. Most of them are less than five years old, their View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
Security, Department of Defense, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies, describe how America’s electric infrastructure was critically unprepared for any number of natural and man-made threats, including solar storms, cyberattacks, View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
Monitoring and intrusion-detection tools routinely log computer activity on company networks and highlight patterns of suspicious activity, changes in software, or patterns of communication and access. Some companies turn off... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
juxtaposed the School's historic roots as an institution dedicated to American management practices with the increasingly global nature of business. Today, there's a clear sense that this will be a global century in which economic View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Abstract—Although documenting everyday activities may seem trivial, four studies reveal that creating records of the present generates unexpected benefits by allowing future rediscoveries. In Study 1, we use a "time capsule"... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
believe in," said Joseph R. Swedish, then president and CEO of Trinity Health. "What we're talking about is bringing meaning to people's lives at work," added Peter Dunn, cofounder of Activate Healthcare. "Instead of getting 60 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman