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Clusters - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
California Wine Cluster, and the Silicon Valley Technology Cluster. Cluster Initiatives Cluster development initiatives are an important new direction in economic policy. Building on past efforts in macroeconomic stabilization,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
of origin or communicate virtually with other customers who share aspects of their DNA. “Genealogy is a technology business now,” observes Lorrie Norrington (MBA 1989), a board member at Ancestry.com. “The records go so far, but how do we... View Details
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Social Innovation
My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details
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Asia Pacific - Global
12, 2025, organized by the HBS Club of Shanghai and supported by the Harvard Club of Shanghai, celebrated the enduring connections within the School’s community. This year’s theme, “Blossoms Shanghai,” brought to life an immersive... View Details
- 02 Mar 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?
from government. Suggestions of causes of the current challenge of rapidly rising costs in relation to quality of outcomes, at least by the imperfect measure of life expectancy, included waste in the system (Julie Maire, Edward Hare, and... View Details
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?
economy first by undermining the trust that is required for transactions to occur, and by distorting the economic calculus that underlies sensible business decisions. As it continues, graft destroys the national political entity. Long-established graft is a way of... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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HBS - The year in Review
Zuo, Whitney Museum of American Art Leadership Fellows Press Release Blavatnik Fellows The Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship offers HBS alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to advance... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor
emissions dramatically by 2030. The fastest route is to put a tax on carbon, which should be done immediately.” Nuclear option: “Next-generation technologies that use molten salt, molten lead, or gases as coolants show promise as safer,... View Details
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Accounting & Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Jonas Heese Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Business Analysis and Valuation Using Financial Statements Joseph Pacelli Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Yuan Zou Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Changing the World: Life Choices of Influential Leaders (also listed under General... View Details
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About the Project - Managing the Future of Work
About the Project About the Project The nature of work is changing. As companies grapple with forces—such as rapid technological change, shifting global product and labor markets, evolving regulatory regimes, outsourcing, and the fast... View Details
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
between your life and your work, it's almost inevitable that we see these blurring lines,” she says. The research team detailed their findings in the working paper Collaborating During Coronavirus: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Nature of... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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California - Global
returns. January 2025 (Revised April 2025) Case Duolingo: On a 'Streak' By: Jeffrey F. Rayport , Nicole Tempest Keller and Nicole Luo In December 2024, Severin Hacker, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Duolingo, reflected on the... View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort
By: Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani
Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational enterprises, government agencies, etc.) utilizing varied work approaches. Here we speculate on one possible explanation for this... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software; Product Development; Organizations; Employees; Behavior; Competition; Cooperation; Creativity; Information Technology Industry
Boudreau, Kevin J., and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort." In The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 483–502. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- 09 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees
program, and why? I was always drawn to using technology and life sciences to improve healthcare outcomes, particularly for those in low and middle-income countries. As I progressed in my career, I came to... View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
(23) Commercial Banking (3) Commercialization (2) Communication Intention and Meaning (12) Communication Strategy (20) Communication Technology (9) Communication (105) Compensation and Benefits (61) Competency and Skills (73) Competition... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A. Karp Strategy Shirley Lu Accounting & Management Edward McFowland... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
political will to push for alternative energy sources. Yet even in the midst of gridlock in Washington, economic anxiety around the world, and government liquidity crises in Europe, technology marched on, seemingly impervious to global... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 20 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry
music, as major players make significant changes to their business model in an effort to adapt to technological changes. We are at a critical inflection point, and the opportunity to shape the direction of the industry inspires me... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details