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- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
discuss the findings. Sean Silverthorne: Traditionally we've thought of innovation as something done internally by a business, often through a centralized R&D team. But your study discusses a trend where companies innovate in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
fashion e-commerce company, Peach. It’s also a challenge to an industry where a company’s potential is often predicted based on its similarity to other successful ventures, most often led by CEOs who look a whole lot like Mark Zuckerberg.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
discourage discrimination. “I want to reach the minds and hearts of youth, as well as their wallets,” he says. At HBS, Gertsacov has been surprised by the depth of the friendships he’s made. “I expected HBS to be ultracompetitive. It has... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
religious cultures - with the expectation that they will share their perspectives in the classroom." As students mull over cases in class and present their ideas for potential solutions, says Reiling, they and the faculty often find that... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
personally special as we co-wrote a chapter together in a past book, Confidence, focusing on Nelson Mandela’s leadership lessons for organizations and businesses seeking large scale transformation. The Fearless Organization touches on themes of how to unlock the full... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
were seen as the fulcrum for knowledge toward truth and the advancement of understanding. Were they over-optimistic? It depends on your point of view. Like all entrepreneurs, they were trying to change the world and not content with the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
potential for ecommerce growth in the country which relies (on) a lot of machine learning and AI the growth rate through the new economy prospects is just starting to take off here in Bangladesh.” Jacob Navon added, “Is the New Economy... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
that leaders matter. Certainly, many leaders (especially the successful ones) make this claim—just have a look at the business section of your local bookstore. But social scientists who systematically study leadership generally agree with... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
needed,” Mendu says. A third component of the initiative pairs mental health clinicians with outreach workers for the homeless to head off potential crises before they happen. “Our model was a program we researched in Houston that’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
stimulate customers to increase their purchases to reach the next stage-and therefore more and better rewards-in the hierarchy of loyalty classes. Even though many believe that loyalty programs that lack this feature won't induce enough... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
2022 Coming to the U.S. as a first generation immigrant is difficult. While it is true that this is the land of opportunity and that everything “works”, you can’t help but miss the warmth of your people, the taste of the food, and the... View Details
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
salesmanship in different countries. That's why we ran articles about the sale of Singer sewing machines in Japan; the emergence of traveling salesmen in Switzerland; and the place of commercial travelers in British culture. Q: You mention in View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
fewer than 5 percent of neuroscience-related patents are successfully commercialized. Amadio, currently chief resident in the seven-year neurological surgery residency program at Emory University, in Atlanta, was troubled by the gap between neuroscience’s View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
more effectively design and measure complex projects and organizations. Sean Silverthorne: What drew you to the NASA/JPL Mars program as potential case material? Alan MacCormack: First, it was an ideal context in which to explore one of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
some of the interest rate risk. In the 1990s a couple of things happened that set the stage for where we are today: There emerged automated underwriting and credit scoring. All of a sudden the world of the deposit-taking institution, your... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
Wilson. Paul Milgrom: Yeah? BW: You’ve won the—you’ve won the Nobel Prize. And so they’re trying to reach you, but they cannot, they don’t seem to have a number for you. Mary: We gave them your cell phone... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
online retailer demonstrates that cost transparency improves sales. In particular, cost transparency led to a 44% increase in daily unit sales. This research implies that by revealing costs-typically tightly guarded secrets-marketers can View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
relationships where can you pull someone up or will you be pulled down, or vice versa. Hi my name is Megan Pasricha, potentially long lost cousin. We'll see. And I'm Section I, 2012. My question is that, for View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
would expect that the temptation would be to continue to play your strong suit and try and express your own taste and your ideas because it’s worked for you for 50 years. The... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese