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- 12 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts
recent study, which compared funding decisions of startup theater productions made by art-loving masses on crowdfunding website Kickstarter with evaluations by experts in the field. “Most of the disagreements were on View Details
Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation
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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Michael Porter’s competitiveness frameworks More about competitiveness frameworks Baltic Rim Project The Baltic Develop Forum seeks to stimulate growth, innovation and competitiveness in the Baltic Sea Region and its 11 member countries.... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
of data from this survey highlights the need for business leaders, policymakers, and academics to collaborate on practical ways to make progress,” something well within the nation’s reach, he added. In fact, the Project seeks to inspire... View Details
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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog
simultaneously creating economic and societal value. Through project work with a diverse range of business partners, from established corporations to burgeoning startups, students will have an opportunity to gain practical insights into... View Details
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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
opportunity to reflect on how their own personal values should interface with their approach when designing incentive systems to shape others' behavior and when developing strategies to motivate themselves. Group Project and View Details
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1.13 Satisfactory Academic Progress | MBA
requirements. Notes: HBS EC courses carry either 3 or 1.5 credits. Credit values are considered when evaluating EC academic honors and difficulty. HBS EC Independent Projects factor into degree requirement... View Details
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War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog War & Peace: The Lessons of History for Leadership, Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Course Number 2292 Professor Deepak Malhotra Senior Lecturer Kevin Mohan Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly sessions Project Course... View Details
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
client and project context. Leading firms recognize this is not effective and so insist on greater staff continuity. While expensive in the near term, the long-term payoff is deemed worthwhile. Leading firms also pay greater attention to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
PERLOW: “With projects that require creativity, teamwork, and innovation, you come to a point where working more has diminishing returns.” A self-described former “quant jock,” Leslie Perlow majored in economics at Princeton. But after... View Details
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
Publications October 2014 Management Science Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl Abstract—Selecting among alternative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
It's a common problem: A work team tackles a high-pressure project for a client, but along the way something goes wrong with team dynamics and the client ends up feeling shortchanged. Even though team members initially recognize and value... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
deliberation. The Bank should also encourage debate on the project or policy reform in national legislatures prior to board discussion; The Implementation, Supervision, and Completion stage should use participatory monitoring and View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
public-private partnerships to stimulate commercialization of Danish scientific research within the country's industry. DNATF established a process for evaluating proposals, making project awards, and then... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Health Care Club: Summer Spotlight
project for the summer is the detailing of a fairly new therapeutic focus area. I am investigating the landscape of companies that are leading and emerging in the arena, and I am researching the science that is the foundation of their... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
workers' capacity for growth, and conduct data-based project reviews. To counter the bias toward action—and the unthinking perpetual motion and exhaustion that ensue—leaders can schedule more work breaks and make time for reflection. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
efforts center on issues affecting entrepreneurial firms and their investors. Gompers studies the structure, governance, and performance of private equity funds; the sources of financing, incentive design, and performance of private firms; and long-run performance... View Details
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
and curation in service design. Evaluate sustainable pricing strategies and discover how operational transparency builds customer trust. Highlights Cost, Market, Value Lens Adapting to External Changes Getaway’s First Cabin Show Hide... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
all these students, learning practical business skills every day but not yet applying them in the real world,” says Petitti. “And we saw all these businesses with needs.” To connect the two groups, the team built an online marketplace where MBAs could bid on short-term... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
effectively over the last two years - it is a pleasure to inherit such a healthy organization. My fellow Board members and I are committed to carrying out the overall mission of the Board, which is to continually evaluate the quality and... View Details