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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

The Contingent Effect of Absorptive Capacity: An Open Innovation Analysis

By: Andrew A. King and Karim R. Lakhani
Technological advancement and innovation requires the integration of both external knowledge and internal inventiveness. In this paper, we unpack the concept of absorptive capacity and separately explore the effect of different types of prior experience on the capacity... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Capacity; Technology Adoption
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    Customer Supercharging in Experience-Centric Channels

    We conjecture that for online retailers, experience-centric offline store formats do not simply expand market coverage, but rather, serve to significantly amplify future positive customer behaviors, both online and offline. We term this phenomenon “supercharging”... View Details

    • 20 Jun 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Looking to Leave a Mark? Memorable Leaders Don't Just Spout Statistics, They Tell Stories

    but because they are more likely to include distinctive details or context that aid recall. By contrast, statistics and numbers, being abstract concepts, can be harder for the human mind to recall and are more likely to get tangled or... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
    • Web

    Giving - Alumni

    MBA students receive need-based financial aid Learn how you can support students 3,200+ Student and alumni ventures supported by the Harvard Innovation Labs Learn about the Harvard Innovation Labs 27 % Portion of HBS’s operating revenue... View Details
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion Social discord continues over Vietnam War and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 19 Moral Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap... View Details
    • 11 Jun 2024
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

    As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    When the Journey—And Not Just the Destination—Matters: How Internationalization Shapes Entrepreneurial Experimentation

    By: Nataliya Langburd Wright and Laura Huang
    Internationalization—gaining exposure to cross-border markets—is often the result of an entrepreneur’s experimentation and strategy around their core business. Scholars have shown how entrepreneurs develop products or services, and after achieving some traction, turn... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship And Strategy; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Entrepreneurial Journey; International Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Global Range; Strategy
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      The Moral Leader: Challenges, Insights and Tools

      Successful leaders – at any level and in any arena – are inevitably presented with moral and ethical choices. This unique and innovative textbook is designed to encourage students and managers to confront those fundamental moral challenges, to develop skills in... View Details

      • TeachingInterests

      Interpretability and Explainability in Machine Learning

      By: Himabindu Lakkaraju

      As machine learning models are increasingly being employed to aid decision makers in high-stakes settings such as healthcare and criminal justice, it is important to ensure that the decision makers correctly understand and consequent trust the functionality of these... View Details

      • 2015
      • Article

      Free at Last, Now What: The Soviet and Chinese Attempts to Offer a Roadmap for the Post-Colonial World

      By: Jeremy Friedman
      This article seeks to understand the motivations behind the People's Republic of China's attempt to present an alternative development model for the post-colonial world and challenge Soviet leadership in the international communist movement in mid-1960s. When the wave... View Details
      Keywords: Development Economics; Business and Government Relations; China; United States; Soviet Union
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      • 2021
      • Article

      Fair Influence Maximization: A Welfare Optimization Approach

      By: Aida Rahmattalabi, Shahin Jabbari, Himabindu Lakkaraju, Phebe Vayanos, Max Izenberg, Ryan Brown, Eric Rice and Milind Tambe
      Several behavioral, social, and public health interventions, such as suicide/HIV prevention or community preparedness against natural disasters, leverage social network information to maximize outreach. Algorithmic influence maximization techniques have been proposed... View Details
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      • 08 Apr 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: April 8

      flat and statistically insignificant. These empirical facts contradict the conventional wisdom and constitute a challenge for the existing theories on upstream capital flows and global imbalances. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1920472 Learning by... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Help - Alumni

      directory profile now to ensure the mapping results align with your preferences. We also suggest that you complete your profile by identifying your industry and topic/interest preferences, as these also will improve your ability to connect with fellow alumni as well as... View Details
      • 16 Feb 2024
      • News

      Remembering Angela Chao (MBA 2001)

      Chao Family Statement on Passing of Angela Chao Chao Family Statement on Passing of Angela Chao We are deeply saddened by the news of Angela Chao’s tragic and untimely death. Angela has been a valued friend to Harvard Business School for many years, serving not only on... View Details
      • 06 Sep 2012
      • Working Paper Summaries

      FIN Around the World: The Contribution of Financing Activity to Profitability

      Keywords: by Russell Lundholm, George Serafeim & Gwen Yu
      • 05 May 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance

      improve their job performance. “Our work shows that if we'd take some time out for reflection, we might be better off.” In the working paper Learning by Thinking: How Reflection Aids Performance, the authors show how reflecting on what... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • 14 Sep 2021
      • Blog Post

      Top 5 Myths About HBS

      we have a very generous financial aid program that's based on need, not on merit, but focused on who needs this money in order to access graduate school. This year we introduced a need-based application fee waiver, so that if the fee to... View Details
      • 2017
      • Chapter

      Corporate Moral Agency, Positive Duties, and Purpose

      By: Nien-hê Hsieh
      A long-standing question in business ethics is whether business enterprises are themselves moral agents with distinct moral responsibilities. To date, the debate about corporate moral agency has focused on responsibility for past wrongdoing that involves violating... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Moral Sensibility; Mission and Purpose
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      Program FAQs - Summer Venture in Management

      to and from the program. If needed, limited financial aid is available to cover travel expenses to the program. Admitted students will be given information on how to request travel reimbursement. I am an international student, can I apply... View Details
      • 21 May 2015
      • Blog Post

      3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA

      helpful! HBS Fellowships HBS has an incredible need-based financial aid program. The administration firmly believes that funding should not be a barrier for anyone to attend business school and they ensure that no student is required to... View Details