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18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

09 Jun 2015
News

Yat-Pang (MBA 2000) and Helina Au

investor and CEO of Veritas Investments to his HBS experience. “I saw opportunities for growing the business but wasn’t sure how to capitalize on them,” says Au who purchased his first building in Silicon Valley in 1996 and later founded... View Details

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Organisational Learning in Software Requirements Engineering and Management

The current research project addresses the continuing low success rate of software development projects, which has been frequently reported in empirical studies. For example, the 2004 Chaos Report by the Standish Group found that only 29% of 9,236 application... View Details

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Dean’s House | About

Dean’s House The Dean’s House was part of the original campus design and made possible by the George F. Baker founding gift. The Dean’s House was designed by Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott. Construction was completed in 1929, two... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

twentieth-century industrial organization structures to twenty-first-century information-based organization structures. Q: In your novel, though Barton had been willing to critique his predecessor for constantly fighting fires, he found... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

more neutral over time, not more extreme, and, remarkably, the largest such declines are found with contributors who interact with articles that have greater biases. We also find some significant differences between Republicans and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

in the organization to achieving that direction. Put together a set of corporate change initiatives to transform the company. In my book I identify levers of change that through experience and research I have found are typically addressed... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1998
News

Simmons Family Endows Professorship

entrepreneur who founded a major ranching enterprise, a sugar factory, a flour mill, a bank, and a general store. Tibby's father, Laurence, headed one of E.P.'s many successful endeavors, the First National Bank of Layton. Roy and Tibby... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

search, we found nearly 3,000 articles and books had been published on some of the topics you just mentioned. However, there was an apparent discrepancy. There had been this wide, long-standing recognition of Toyota as the premier... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

unpaid volunteers makes these conversations even more meaningful. “The discussions that voters and canvassers have on doorsteps are very personal,” says Pons, whose past research found that even a five-minute conversation can convince a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

1913 and beyond, displays the six regularities that I mentioned earlier and connects the Panic of 1907 to the founding of the US Federal Reserve System. To take such a long view means connecting dots of history in a more useful way,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase

whether the customer purchased a newly released product. With only those six variables, the authors show how the algorithm can better identify future heavy spenders and those who will be most responsive to future email promotions after just one transaction. In... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Service

28 Feb 2019
News

New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

firm based in Boston, where he served in a wide range of roles, including managing partner and Executive Committee member. He also served as board director of more than 30 public and private companies. He recently retired from Summit and View Details

24 May 2017
News

John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

several overseas offices in 1996, Brennan was named CEO. “When I started, we were tiny,” he reflects. “We grew 100 percent per year for several years. It was an opportunity I found completely engaging.” Brennan, often at his desk by 5... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

Packard in the early 1980s what accounted for HP's extraordinary run he modestly replied, "I guess we found a way to make a better product." Where are those better products today? Referring to one of HP's most visible new... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

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The Essential Porter - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

recognized in governments, corporations, non-profits, and academic circles across the globe. A sought after teacher and the author of 19 books and over 125 articles, Professor Michael Porter is director of the Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and... View Details

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

posed by Instagram users and Battilana’s answers: What’s the biggest myth people tend to believe about power dynamics? In my research, I have found strikingly common misconceptions in how people think about power. The first myth is that... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Oct 1997
News

Donald J. Chiofaro

eventually signed on with the Boston development firm of Cabot, Cabot & Forbes, where he remained for eight years before founding (with his partner, Ted Oatis) The Chiofaro Company, of which Chiofaro is president. The virtually unknown... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Participant Prepare for a managerial role and position yourself for advancement by learning how to effectively implement strategy. "What I found most valuable were the methods and tools, which were useful and practical. I’ve already... View Details

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

upstream indicators of culture gone sour, they scraped employee reviews from Glassdoor.com, a website where employees can leave subjective anonymous reviews about their employer. Harnessing machine learning to analyze text, they found... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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