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- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
this new stream of research, which focuses on two related but distinct themes. The earliest theme to be explored, in a literature dating from the 1990s, is the story of how and why some conventional industries sought to become less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Moderator: Geoffrey Jones, HBS faculty... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 05 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Speakers: Niall Ferguson, HBS facultyJohn... View Details
Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
What do you think? Original Article During graduate school at Stanford University, I participated in a Sloan Program, a spinoff of a program begun at M.I.T. Now I will really date myself. In those days it was a custom in the program for... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
environment more seriously yet rely on it less than male stars do. They look for a firm that will allow them to keep building their successful franchises their own way." Groysberg brings us up to date on his study of the career... View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Happens When Zambian Schoolgirls Receive Negotiation Training
Business Administration at HBS. “But everything is rewritten to work in a Zambian context. The data to date shows that the training’s effects are very positive.” Drawing from her own experience teaching negotiation at HBS, as well as... View Details
Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn
- 06 Dec 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets
Although this interview dates back to 1999, Porter's points about the importance for companies to establish "home bases" in the countries they operate, and take advantage of local knowledge clusters, are still valid today. Key concepts... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
having and what isn't." What do you think? Original Article Looking over one of my favorite weekly business magazines published a couple days before the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S., I am struck by how dated (and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderator: Robert S. Kaplan, HBS Faculty... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
decision? Yes. Research by its nature is almost futuristic. So how do you have confidence that an investment is going to have an impact in the time frame that you need it, if ever?" "The rules haven't been written yet in this field of study." Gilmartin's... View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
was funded with $1.5 billion from SBJA to support state and local programs that provide lending to small businesses and small manufacturers. To date the SSBCI has funded more than 150 programs, including collateral support programs,... View Details
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
value network, compared to the reactive posture they have taken in the past. Finally, we have seen a pervasive pattern in every industry that has been transformed through disruption. This same pattern characterizes what has happened to View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
among scientists that was unprecedented in human genetics research. A professor of genetics and director of Harvard Medical School's Lipper Center for Computational Genetics, Church noted that his own computer experience dates back to... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
are experts at diagnosing and solving a variety of issues for their clients, are struggling to apply their own management principles internally.” To regain equilibrium, over the past two years, some major consulting firms have meaningfully slowed recruiting and have... View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
of the other fees. The restaurants must offset their costs. "One might imagine a restaurant charging a reservation fee to the specific diners who book through OpenTable, but to date that hasn't happened—and it seems there are pretty... View Details
- 30 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Role of Business Leaders in Sustaining Market Capitalism
Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 14, 2008 Moderators: Joseph L. Bower, HBS facultyDavid... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
analyze data as it comes in so that you can confirm or reorient your strategy, if necessary. That way, you can align your tactical decisions with your larger objectives. The more efficiently you manage this process, the more up to date... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
your business will see benefits on its bottom line" (Annan, 2001). . . . Research to date has been motivated, at least in part, by the belief that a manifest relationship between CSP and CFP will persuade firms to invest in social... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
product's projected launch date next year). Will the Apple Watch reinvent wearables the way the iPhone did smartphones? What do those inside the watch industry think of it? For answers, we turned to Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
were required to fill out a form that included date of registration, gender, ethnicity, religious affiliation, marital status, and primary occupation (either current or prior to retirement), among other information. Married registrants... View Details