Learning To Learn - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

will dramatically change the options for small businesses.” Her new book, Fintech, Small Business, & the American Dream: How Technology is Transforming Lending and Shaping a New Era of Small Business Opportunity, will be published April 4. The book explains why... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

example, we learn how challenges have been turned into opportunities, and how you can grow successful businesses in turbulent conditions by paying close attention to execution and recruitment of strong... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

The camel has long been the punch line of the riddle, "Name the animal designed by a committee." But taking a closer look at the features that allow this oddly shaped creature to survive in harsh desert conditions, one can draw... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Big Deals: Financing Large-Scale Investments

challenges, because most projects involve binary "go/no-go" decisions. Esty uses the Euro Tunnel as an example: "You can't build the first 100 yards and learn anything about underlying demand for the tunnel. Instead, you... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet

process that comprises many small projects, that evolves to meet the emerging demands of the ever-changing marketplace, that allows for frequent experimentation, and that delivers value on an ongoing basis. "Several decades ago, we... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

$1,200 Testoni loafers?" Peter Vajda advises, "In our culture, the difference between 'have' and 'happy' is a most difficult lesson to learn indeed, and the psychological impact is great." As... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Becoming an Ethical Negotiator

$10 for a rare card that actually was priced at $1,000. The temporary clerk had wrongly assumed that there was a decimal point. When the owner learned of the mistake and went to the boy's home, the father... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

What Your Competition is Telling You

Because it gives GM a better shot at establishing OnStar as the industry standard. And because GM extends its OnStar distribution to market segments they may not otherwise reach with their auto brands." Invent the competitor who... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

28 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’

nonprofits. Twitter's Tug Sherman noted that while Twitter can be a valuable way to learn about potential philanthropic investments, it also can be dangerously overwhelming. If he responds View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

writing some 75 comments have been submitted. Finally, I thought you would be interested in learning the most popular WK articles since we set up shop. You can see the results here. Thank you to our more... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

dishes on la carta, and in every dish there is not one ingredient that's identical to another. They're all different." Pisano believes that managers and management scholars alike can learn an important... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

beholder. You either learn what it is from your parents or you'll never get it." Instead, professors use theory and examples to teach future business leaders why value is important and how View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

mediocrity is the desired outcome. Also, in America failure is acceptable. Learning from failure can be an important element of future success. These entrepreneurial values are not necessarily present to the... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, HBS Working Knowledge gathered insights from Harvard Business School faculty about what’s at stake for companies, and how the election might impact workplaces. They offer an assessment as the race heats up heading towards... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

however, still in the early stages of learning how to use project finance effectively. While the use of project finance exploded in the late 1990s, the excitement over this new tool led View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

companies that have tried to improve their go-to-market strategies, we have learned that almost everyone agrees it is difficult to effect significant change in distribution... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

iPhoto This weekend the NFL is concluding its annual draft. Up to 255 college football players will be distributed over three days across the 32 NFL teams. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

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