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Business History - Faculty & Research

discussion about how political and economic uncertainty impacts consumer behavior and companies operating in Brazil. For that, it summarizes the key obstacles faced by these businesses, such as the country’s logistical bottlenecks,... View Details

Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire

The best teachers are leaders, and the best leaders are teachers. Teaching by Heart summarizes the author's key insights gained from more than 40 years of teaching and managing. It illustrates how teachers can both lift people up and let them down. It proposes... View Details

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

students of learning by the case method. An approach to studying a case, individually or as a group member, for classroom discussion is outlined. Also summarizes the basic characteristics of a case discussion. 1940 Because Wisdom Can't Be... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

programmatic. Table I-1 summarizes the E and O approaches to organizational change. In the remainder of this chapter we will present Theories E and O in more detail and discuss their benefits and costs. These theories are archetypes.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

20 Jul 2011
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Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

In their new book, The Innovator's DNA, authors Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen, and Clayton M. Christensen build on the idea of disruptive innovation to explain how and why the Steve Jobses and Jeff Bezoses of the world are so successful. This excerpt from Chapter One View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

uses data to recognize trends and inform business decisions in the movie industry. Show Hide Details Modules Describing and Summarizing Data Sampling and Estimation Hypothesis Testing Single Variable Linear Regression Multiple Regression... View Details

03 Jun 2002
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How to Succeed With Your New Boss

table below summarizes typical roles that new bosses play in each of the four major types of transition situations. Situation Typical Roles for the New Boss Startup Helping to get critically important resources quickly. Setting clear,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

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Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation

By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon

Schumpeter's conjecture that large monopolistic firms were the key source of innovation in modern industrial economies has been the underpinning for much work on the topic of innovation. In this review paper we consciously move beyond the Schumpeterian tradition of... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Management; Strategy

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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

elements of IT Systems Description 1. Centered on patients Follows patients over the full cycle of care, including multi-site inpatient care, outpatient care and over all interventions Data is summarized by patient rather than by... View Details

12 Mar 2006
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New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

practitioner, what are the practical aspects of your research? A: There are many important implications for practitioners. Summarizing just a few based on the above: The pricing structure—that is, how much to charge to one side relative... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

15 Dec 2023
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podcast series called Founders. I've listened to a lot of 'em. But what this guy decided to do that did this podcast is to basically summarize about a thousand business biographies. And it's not only, that's historical figures as well.... View Details

26 Jan 2012
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Behavioral Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Francesca Gino

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

and its core value proposition. Describe your business model. Describe its stage of development (concept, prototype, beta, growth, etc.). Describe your primary source of competitive advantage. Summarize plans include developing [x, y, and... View Details

03 Jan 2023
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How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

(iStockphoto/400tmax) While summarizing comments to this same question asked about Jack Welch in last month’s column (shown below), I received word of Frances Hesselbein’s death. Welch was regarded by many as the greatest CEO of the 20th... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Managing Processes

David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Measuring Sentiment & Expectations More Info The Pitfalls of External Dependence: Greece, 1829-2015 By: Carmen Reinhart & Christoph Trebesch SEP 2015 Carmen Reinhart and Chrstoph Trebesch argue that the history of Greece's entanglement with debt can be View Details

12 Oct 2022
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11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

military school in Brasilia, Brazil knowing this was my path to college and, more importantly, absolute financial independence from my family. While I succeeded, that came at a price: my identity could be summarized as just a... View Details

08 Aug 2005
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A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

summarizes customer profitability. Consider the situation faced in the 1990s by one of the nation's largest distributors of medical and surgical supplies. In five years, sales had more than tripled to nearly $3 billion, yet selling,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

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February 22, 2010

The doctors have been pleasantly surprised that I have responded to therapy better than they would have imagined. I have been greatly blessed through the miracle of medical science. I also attribute doing better to the faith and prayers... View Details

03 Jun 2020
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How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

tips from Harvard University HR: Leading Meetings: Create an agenda and send to participants in advance to keep the meeting on track. Take pauses to ensure everyone has an opportunity to participate. It may take longer for team members to jump in over phone or video.... View Details

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