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- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
relentless innovation and laser-eyed attention to detail are the primary drivers of success. And despite, or perhaps because of, those demands, these manufacturing executives also describe the sense of deep satisfaction their work can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
Kaplan, who has been working on a multiyear project with HBS Professor Michael E. Porter on improving value in health care, has found that often the most effective medical procedure is one that costs the least: talking. In a recent... View Details
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
All Ranks Are Local: Why Humans Are Both (Painfully) Aware and (Surprisingly) Unaware of Their Lot in Life By: Norton, Michael I Abstract—No description available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
thing—especially for kids who need to start making money sooner. If you think about online as a place where you learn in an even more personalized way, then you have this other aspect of your life where you create a rich experience. You... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
content, crypto and fintech are likely to play an even bigger role. Shai Bernstein and Marco Di Maggio (both HBS), working with Scott Duke Kominers (HBS) and David Parkes (SEAS), will focus on a range of topics related to blockchain,... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
coursework similar to what I had been doing at JPL.” As his doctoral work progressed, Light became “more and more interested in the Business School side of the joint program.” He found mentors in Raiffa and Finance Professor Eli Shapiro,... View Details
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
immiseration of a kind not known before, to stagnation in situ, without—as had been the case during the Republican era the possibility of outmigration. If the urban working class of the Republican period was constantly reconstituted by... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
York City, also served as correspondent for Section I for two years. Of her volunteer experience, she says, "It's a wonderful opportunity to be in touch with a broad cross section of HBS peers, at a stage when we're dealing with life on a... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
while working at McKinsey. So he began tinkering with stories, eventually making a pact with himself during business school: “I decided to write two hours a day—and if I actually had something to say, maybe I was a writer. By the end of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
1984 to promote a more peaceful, inclusive world. When she learned that USIP had begun working with a consortium of global NGOs to craft an Environmental Peacebuilding Framework, she began learning more about the confluence of climate... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
for instance. Yahoo!Internet Life recently called Vibe Online "the most comprehensive and attractive hip-hop site in cyberspace." Vibe/Spin Ventures has also teamed up with entertainment giant Walt Disney to host Vibe Live, an annual... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
case study of a multinational firm in the biotechnology sector to illustrate how the core-periphery framework works in multiple emerging markets across institutional differences. The analysis is based on 32 interviews conducted with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
do not have the time or money to travel physically, do it on your iPad. Don’t rely on any pension: it’s invested in Italian government bonds. Resign yourselves to working to age 70 and more. Look in Italian history for models to follow,... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’
brittle. If we fixate on all that could go wrong, it's hard to imagine how things could go right. Stephen Nachmanovitch, author of Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art, connects reluctance to experiment to "fear of being thought a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
react to the hiring decision, and was it worth the risk? Would male employees or local partners be reluctant to work with a woman? Would local customers refuse to trust the decisions of a woman? "You're basically facing a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding
co-founder, CFO, etc.—with a "significant equity position." The companies must be considered high-growth businesses, and indeed, aside from a whole-foods business, most were in traditionally fast-track fields such as technology, e-commerce,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Workout: The Complete Guide to Asking Better Questions to Get Better Answers for Running Your Business or Your Life by Bennett McClellan (MBA 1981) XLibris McClellan outlines several stages to answering important questions: fully... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
issues like gender, race, and religion, we are really talking about how we get along with others and how we create a world that is safe for difference." Slifka is working hard to create such a world. The theme of coexistence emerges as a... View Details