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- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
interactivity across geographic distance than has been possible up until now. We've had some forms of interactive technologies for a long time (e.g., telephone) and many kinds of media too, but real-time interactivity at a View Details
- Portrait Project
Tony Deifell
"cracks" between worlds - mostly between for profits and nonprofits, trying to blend the best from each. I am the Chief Strategist for KaBOOM! - which envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in... View Details
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
There aren’t many people on this planet—let alone septuagenarians—who can contemplate running 50 or 100 miles at a time. But for 77-year-old Eric Spector (MBA 1972), a retired entrepreneur and CEO in the tech, consumer retail, and media sectors, running long (long,... View Details
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
"If men don't take the virus as seriously as women do, and they're not wearing masks and social distancing as much, that could help explain why they are suffering the consequences more," says Harvard Business School Associate Professor... View Details
- 20 May 2020
- News
Keeping Families Connected
When millions of Americans started social distancing due to the spread of coronavirus, Caribu co-founder and CEO Maxeme Tuchman (MBA/MPP 2012) didn’t hesitate to lift the paywall on her company’s interactive video-calling platform, which... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Where Are They Now?
devotes himself to several principal pursuits. In addition to the BSG/Concours Executive Forum, an invitation-only program for chief information officers (CIOs) of leading companies worldwide, he runs a six-month leadership development program for future CIOs, using... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
of the new machine; partnering - developing a relationship in which the machine is cared for; or mastery - becoming an expert on the gadget's ins and outs. People may also try avoidance strategies such as distancing - creating rules for... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Life was hard enough for the one-third of Americans who had wrestled with anxiety prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the disease that has killed almost 100,000 in the United States, left millions unemployed, and socially distanced many... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
back in compensation to work for a highly reputable company that might counter the black mark from the tarnished firm. “It helps to create a persuasive story that competes with the scandal story,” Groysberg says. Working for a firm that is beyond reproach can help... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
today's global economy, knowledge and other resources critical to innovation may lie far outside a company's home territory. This distance makes it harder to obtain and integrate these resources, eating away at a firm's competitive edge.... View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Language Authors:Jerry Green and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Abstract A century ago, everyone thought time and distance were well-defined physical concepts. But neither proved absolute. Instead, measures/reports of time and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
workplace friendships, firms can minimize the psychological costs of homesickness, which increase depending on how far the employee is from home, according to Choudhury’s study, Social Attachment to Place and Psychic Costs of Geographic Mobility: How View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
what pieces of higher education can be done through distance technologies—through Zoom, through different kinds of online media—and what pieces can’t. It’s been touching and poignant and sad to see how this country is mourning being off... View Details
- Profile
Aspa Lekka
distance from my handball team in Arta, one of the best in Greece." The other force is more interior, and even more powerful. "I realized I had global ambitions and wanted to compete in the larger world." Aspa ventured out... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
great reminder to fill every minute with 60 seconds’ worth of distance run.” —Dimitri Dadiomov (MBA 2015), Principal Product Manager, LendingHome Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown “Being an ‘Essentialist’... View Details
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
communication flow. Environments where risk-taking is championed and visibly rewarded rather than punished, where leaders have good personal as well as technical skills, and where factors that create psychological distance between bosses... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
Social or regulatory systems (ownership incentives, freelancing, virtual work, distance learning, digital copyright laws) Although Industrial Age markets and power bases were built on proprietary infrastructure, participants within... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Unlike the industry-standard AC power grid — the “local” — Clean Line’s system uses direct-current technology, which transports energy long distances with less energy loss. Wind power is cheap to produce — as low as 5 cents per... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
The day before classes started in Sep-tember 1973, my classmates and I made our first stop at Baker 20 and then sauntered, wide-eyed and nervous, to Baker Beach for an informal gathering of the great Class of 1975. All I knew about those people in the View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm