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- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
these hypotheses with HBS colleague and mentor Max Bazerman, a leading ethics scholar, who had a different theory. "Max told me, 'I'll bet people are doing this because they feel bad that their papers aren't being downloaded as much as... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America
eliminating the risk of placing one big bet on a single location or food concept. The model can scale up simply by adding more kitchens, and offerings can be tweaked rapidly in response to data-driven insights. For its part, Foodology... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Don’t Mess with His Texas
WATERS: Betting the ranch on posterity. Lost Maples State Natural Area in the Hill Country of Texas is noted for its beautiful limestone canyons and native bigtooth maple trees. The park recently grew by 700 acres thanks to Lou Waters... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
launching and running their business,” Bussgang says. “I would bet their customers—major retailers who are counting on Syrup’s platform for mission-critical business processes—would be surprised to learn that James and Ferdinand were... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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John H. McArthur | About
ground in entrepreneurship, leadership, ethics, strategy and a host of other areas. McArthur excelled at identifying promising generators of ideas and placing large institutional bets on them, leading colleagues to dub him “an... View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
specific use of the asset class when he observed that a possible use of Bitcoin could be “hedge funds betting on sovereign debt defaults.” Charles Sabatier III added that Bitcoin is the most secure financial network in the world. “The... View Details
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Judges - Alumni
have limited time to capture investor attention. Be direct, avoid unnecessary jargon, and clearly communicate the problem, solution, market opportunity, and business model. Highlight the team: Investors bet on people Ideas matter, but... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
project, I was issued badge number #A001 and tasked with figuring out which markets would be best to enter and at what size to build the first manufacturing line and facility. What was my mistake? While I was willing to take a bet with... View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
But companies shouldn't count on people succeeding despite the odds; they should shift the odds. Here are three ways to do that. Put innovation at the heart of strategy, and tout it in every message. Think of innovation strategy as a pyramid: big View Details
- 07 Nov 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United
the importance of betting on youth—as I mentioned, one of the hallmarks of his approach—is critical. There is a great quote by Sir Alex in the case that is relevant here: "The first thought for 99 percent of newly appointed managers is to... View Details
- 04 Feb 2010
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?
increasingly complex world? Will we need to turn increasingly to such things as quantitative models, "prediction markets" (where people bet on their views), the wisdom of crowds, and even such things as models based on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
have little fear of authority. As a result, they are often not a good bet for long-term employment, because they are quite willing to seek other employment (or no employment) rather than remain in a job in which they are not growing. They... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education
decade ago, representatives who had played pioneering roles in the chartered school movement came to us and said, "If you'd just stand next to the world of public education and examine it through the lenses of your research on innovation, we View Details
- 18 Jan 2018
- News
The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast
opportunities to kind of change folks' way of thinking. Morrell: Were there moments where you felt nervous about the outcome at all? Cunningham: This one I felt really good about, but I will tell you there are a number of big bets we're... View Details
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
foods.” Related Reading: Behavioral Economists Can Make You a Healthier Consumer and Smarter Marketer The Key to Keeping Resolutions? Betting Against Yourself You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why. What do you... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
business practitioners in writing, the best bet may be to write articles for industry trade magazines, mainstream business journals, or op-eds for newspapers, all of which are hurting for good content these days. Researchers who don’t... View Details
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Harvard Business School
served as director of BET Holdings, the parent company of Black Entertainment Television. Franklin Anderson MBA 1971 Franklin Anderson co-founded and led Cleveland's Hough Area Community Development Corporation (HADC). Before coming to... View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
On the first day at HBS, all first-year students meet their sections – a mini 94-student family amidst the larger cohort of 938 students. To get to know one another, we were given a prompt inspired by a bet someone made with Hemingway... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
now, and how will they use their power? Will we see bigger bets on likely blockbusters, more intense competition in areas such as streaming and esports, and more industry consolidation? Drawing on dozens of recent case studies, Professor... View Details