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01 Dec 1998
News

Managing the Business of Life

up with Margaret Glover, she had just left her position as director of planning and information services for Clean Sites, Inc., a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit involved in hazardous-waste cleanup, to... View Details

November 1982
Article

The Social Psychology of Creativity: A Consensual Assessment Technique

By: T. M. Amabile

States that both the popular creativity tests, such as the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, and the subjective assessment techniques used in some previous creativity studies are ill-suited to social psychological studies of creativity. A consensual definition of... View Details

Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Measurement and Metrics; Research; Perception; Theory

19 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Climbing the Great Wall of Trust

colleagues investigate two types of trust: cognitive trust, which is based on confidence in a partner's technical competency, and affective trust, which is based on a shared... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Trade. “We’ve given a team of 30 farmers a crash course in strategy based on View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

based at HBS, Christensen's influence and legacy extend well beyond the banks of the Charles and transcend the... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

March 1998
Article

On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies

By: Gautam Ahuja and Sumit K. Majumdar

This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state-owned enteiprises. The approach uses firm performance, defined as productive efficiency, as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. Sequencing is... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Privatization; Developing Countries and Economies; Planning; Service Industry; India

19 Aug 2009
Working Paper Summaries

The Optimal Taxation of Height: A Case Study of Utilitarian Income Redistribution

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew Weinzierl

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

T.M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University and the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration at HBS—explores the many... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

15 Jun 2014
News

Are we about to see the rise of robot bosses?

January 2022
Article

Artificial Intelligence, Data-Driven Learning, and the Decentralized Structure of Platform Ecosystems

By: David R. Clough and Andy Wu

Gregory, Henfridsson, Kaganer, and Kyriakou (2020) highlight the important role of data and AI as strategic resources that platforms may use to enhance user value. However, their article overlooks a significant conceptual distinction: the installed base of... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Strategy; Ecosystem; Value Capture; Digital Platforms; Analytics and Data Science; Strategy; Learning; Value Creation; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Video Game Industry; Advertising Industry

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat

sales or gross margin could turn a profitable store base into one that is best left to wither. “Online retailers have appropriated the strengths of category killers, and can... View Details

Keywords: Re: Rajiv Lal; Retail

14 Jan 2014
News

Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship

seeds of entrepreneurship among rural youth in America's heartland. Schultz is the founder and CEO of Agracel, an industrial development firm that focuses on rural America.... View Details

Keywords: CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities); Educational Services; Agriculture; Manufacturing

21 Dec 2016
Blog Post

The Best Little Secret of the Harvard MBA

others regularly to become educated based on their areas of expertise and has to be ready in the moments after such conversations to step in front View Details

March 2001
Article

Technological Acquisitions and the Innovation Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Longitudinal Study

By: Gautam Ahuja and Riitta Katila

This paper examines the impact of acquisitions on the subsequent innovation performance of acquiring firms in the chemicals industry. We distinguish between technological acquisitions, acquisitions in which technology is a component of the acquired firm's assets, and... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Acquisitions; Knowledge; Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry

2011
Book

Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World

By: Leslie Crutchfield, John Kania and Mark R. Kramer

Do More Than Give provides a blueprint for individuals, philanthropists, and foundation leaders to increase their impact. Based on Forces for Good, this groundbreaking book demonstrates how the six practices of high-impact nonprofits apply to donors... View Details

Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving