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- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
paper, he and fellow economists have found themselves handicapped by a problem just as real as any technological barrier or requirement of incentives and efficiency: the downright distaste that some people feel for particular... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness
remote work. “There’s a huge value to real interactions even if they are occurring virtually,” says Goldenberg, who is a psychologist by training and an assistant professor at HBS. To test online experiences, the group took advantage of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet
Lalocracio Location has always been a vital resource in business. “Location, location, location,” as they say in real estate. But then along came the internet in the 1980s, and suddenly distance-related business costs collapsed for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Transportation; Telecommunications; Shipping; Publishing; Technology
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
last December, believes that "the real opportunity for the marketing industry lies in developing transactional-based models that enable consumer and client to work together more closely." HBS professor John A. Deighton agrees,... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
History Matters
today from the Panic of 1907? It demonstrates at least six regularities of financial crises. First, crises tend to afflict vulnerable financial systems. Vulnerability often follows an economic boom, a period of real growth that morphs... View Details
- 30 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?
to B. V. Krishnamurthy, confining such activities to an "R&D function" even though he questioned "whether organizations are ready for open collaboration." Ulrich Nettesheim suggested that, if innovation is to be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
capitalism there is a place for government, and economists, in the capitalistic system, but in this case less is more." Gerald Nanninga suggested that we "limit government's role to defining capitalistic criminal activity and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
"I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I loved the frameworks and the case study model of the course, and I thought the course was very manageable on top of... View Details
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
absolute game-changer for me. From refining my leadership skills to sharpening my strategic thinking, every module pushed me to grow in ways I didn’t expect. I walk away from CLIMB not just inspired, but equipped with the tools to make a View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
measure of short-termism. Second, we have found that our short-termism proxy captures a risk factor that has real implications for the economy, based on its association with companies' stock prices. And third, we build on a recent strand... View Details
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
how teams facilitate collaboration will reveal opportunities to build stronger teams through active inclusion. Unlike passive inclusion, which is basically just being polite, active inclusion calls for using... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- Blog
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
applications present opportunities for job creation by broadening the scope and scale of a company's product portfolio. Conversely, internal-facing applications are more likely to affect knowledge workers' jobs. "AUTOMATING THESE TASKS WILL ENABLE KNOWLEDGE WORKERS TO... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
individually doing things that are reasonably innocuous, but collectively they are doing something very devious. So, if you don't have that liability for such “collective knowledge,” you could conjure up some really sketchy activities and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
commercial and trade activity and agreements, with mountains of up-to-the-minute data available to firms and governments for making sophisticated projections, why do industries and countries continue to overproduce and create such... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
almost mythical in nature, with other states often misunderstanding the lessons of the Foxwoods experience. The real story behind the Pequot gaming compact, however, is one of strategic negotiation and the leveraging of tribal sovereignty... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
of employees in response to workflow," Ton observes, "QuikTrip changes what employees do." A daily activities worksheet lists tasks for each shift; managers can assign jobs to each employee, but more often than not the... View Details
- 28 Sep 2023
- News
Screen Time
and the son of another sectionmate, Rabbi Keith Karnofsky (MBA 1982), who gave his perspective on the real risks of AI and what needs to happen to minimize the hazards. That session held a special significance for the group as well as the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
changing accruals, for example—the adverse impact on company value is probably small. But rarely is the activity so benign. Usually, the shuffling of dollars results from decisions that change the operating characteristics of a company,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
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Certificates, Credentials, & Credits | HBS Online
the Digital World, Design Thinking and Innovation, Digital Marketing Strategy, and Winning with Digital Platforms—plus all peer learning activities and a capstone project. Participants must complete the Credential of Digital Innovation... View Details