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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career Can you predict whether star... View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
in the relationships among faculty and administrators. University DNA is not only similar across institutions, it is also highly stable, having evolved over hundreds of years. Replication of the DNA occurs continuously, as each retiring... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
Richard H.K. Vietor, Rawi E. Abdelal, and Jan W. Rivkin created a classroom exercise that asked HBS students to assess the potential "offshorability" of more than 800 occupations in the United States. The exercise replicated a... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Portrait Project
Jimmy Tran
of the human spirit. At times, my questions brought my mom to uncontrollable laughter the kind of laughter only replicated by waving a feather against a toddler's foot. I hope I never forget to find occasions to laugh, and laugh just like... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Ubiquitous digital connectivity is now essential to competitiveness
rethink their business models to identify new opportunities for creating and capturing value. The fundamental properties of digital technology (exact replication infinite times at zero marginal costs), along with cloud computing, have... View Details
- Profile
Patrick Akl
experiences is greater. The case method more effectively leverages the richness of student experiences. You have to come every day prepared to play the game. We’re constantly challenged to form opinions on the spot, share them, and defend them – we View Details
- Profile
Kurt White
effective leadership Attracted by Harvard’s “brand cachet,” Kurt visited a class on campus. “The classroom experience is so much richer that what you could learn on your own,” he says. “I was impressed, and have been increasingly impressed, by the level of students.... View Details
- Profile
Benjamin Wells
"But what education really needs now is a sense of how to replicate good schools. We need a fresh perspective on management; on making sure resources are developed and improved. What makes the best schools more effective? How do we... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
HBX: Expanding Our Reach
graduation, and focus on the fundamentals of business. This offering, like all HBX offerings, will require students to actively engage in the course and demonstrate mastery of content through rigorous exams, replicating the School's... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success
beekeeping demonstrations and training. It purchases honey at fair-trade prices and also processes, packages, and distributes the honey to markets. HCA’s business model, which is being replicated in other African countries, places an... View Details
- Profile
Andrew Simko
diversity of thought; the challenge is—how can I replicate and wield that in my career? If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students, what would it be? HBS makes you realize you actually know more than you think, while... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Lifelong Learning about Leadership
digital education platform, Harvard Business School Online, offers Developing Yourself as a Leader, a 12-week certificate program aiming to help high-potential, emerging leaders manage their leadership trajectories. The course takes place via Live, an interactive... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- News
Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze
can be derived from the phenomenon. To gather alumni thoughts and takeaways, we went on social media with a question: “How can other brands replicate the breakout success of Pokemon GO or can they?” Here are a sampling of their responses:... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
on the spot, then processed, packed, and distributed the honey and related products for sale in supermarket chains. To date, the company has helped more than 9,000 small-scale beekeepers (over 45 percent of them women) and its business model is being View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
statistical data from five hundred business groups in India and spoke to dozens of managers in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Chile. The pair found that companies outside the United States perform better when they replicate the quality... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 23 Dec 2009
- News
In the Zone
replicate that success, the Obama Administration has made an early commitment of $10 million to fund the strategic start-up effort involved in translating HCZ’s approach to 20 “Promise Neighborhoods” in cities across the country. Lauren... View Details
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are connected to through their network, and perform significantly better on these holdings relative to their non-connected holdings. A replicating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
highest grades. I believe that would have been a huge mistake, because if you cherry-pick the best students, they might do well, but then you build in a barrier to replicating [the model], because critics might argue that it only works... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
manufacturers (including competitors) to tour its plants. "Wouldn't they be able to copy the Toyota Production System?" we asked. "Others cannot replicate our performance unless they can View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
“I’m a root-cause kind of guy,” says Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), reflecting on a military, government, and civilian career that has taken him from counterdrug operations in Colombia to assisting with the peace process in Sudan to rebuilding the health care system in... View Details