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A Day in the Life: IT Business Analyst | Information Technology

on documentation and working with that project team directly. Why It Matters Business analysis helps us deliver better projects and products to our customers across the community. We bring a more structured approach to implementation and... View Details

01 Jun 1996
News

GMAT Added to Admissions Criteria

relating to the test itself, the kinds of students who are now applying to the MBA Program, and the type of applicant we're looking for. There have been significant improvements in the structure of the GMAT. One recent addition is a... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Roads to Recovery

Cars Verizon chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam said his company is connecting cars to infrastructure. At sports stadiums, for example, Verizon plans to put special chips into parking structures to alert drivers to an open spot. Daniela Rus... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

Profile

Jonathan Arena

collaboration between HBS and the Graduate School of Design (GSD),” Jonathan says. The first-ever design conference at HBS, xDesign is also the first conference that brings together all the Harvard schools. “Our mission is to promote... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Finding a Balance

would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary from country to country, we... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

14 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Reading Between the Lines: How to Spot the Skills You Need Among the Resumes You Get

pump Tamblyn recognizes that the traditional resume structure can obscure the very skills he seeks. To set the stage, he builds a request for core skills in the job description itself. “We ask for qualities that are universal across job... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

April 2013 (Revised October 2013)
Case

National Instruments

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Keri Pearlson and Natalie Kindred

This case explores the use of social media to support product design, customer support, marketing and HR activities at National Instruments (NI). Based in Austin, Texas, with over $1 billion in 2011 sales, NI designs, produces, and sells software and hardware platforms... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Applications and Software; Organizational Culture; Technological Innovation; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Management; Media; Management Systems; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; Texas

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21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

threats that Brazil faces?" Nonprofit/for-profit Collaboration Professor Diana Barrett teaches Entrepreneurial Management and the course on Leadership, Values and Decision Making. She conducts research on the relationship between... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

smaller) communities and collaborations of inventors. Fleming and his colleagues found, for example, that at the end of the last decade, half of the patented inventors in Silicon Valley could trace an indirect View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

30 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

expand urban green spaces, such as the Marol Park project that we visited with WRI, can help mitigate urban heat island effects and build resiliency for vulnerable populations living in informal settlements. Governance Structures Can... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

The Exchange: Micro Management

studies that there are many small-business owners who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. “That paper was very influential and one of the first indications to academics that small changes to the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

22 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

Structure Matrices and Design Rule Theory Authors:Matthew J. LaMantia, Yuanfang Cai, Alan David MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract Designers often seek modular architectures to better accommodate expected changes and to enable parallel... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
News

Outside Voices

forever,” he explains. “Greece’s loss is these countries’ gain.” To capitalize on this intelligence, Deon collaborated with these academics, who understand the Greek ecosystem but also have experience in other countries. Together they... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

enters a kind of death spiral. Reversing that downward trend requires deliberate efforts by the CEO to address each of the pathologies. ... Sparking Collaboration Turnaround leaders know that problem solving requires View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

01 Oct 1998
News

A Long and Winding Road

deal with change, turmoil, the unexpected? All too often we have been surprised by our lack of foresight close to home. The traditional family structure has broadened to accommodate divorce, single parenthood, common-law partnerships, and... View Details

Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)

01 Feb 1999
News

New Releases

longtime collaborators not only update their findings but also translate their earlier strategies into action to compose a complete picture of the issues, problems, and opportunities encountered in implementing a transnational strategy.... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

nurses and other team members). They found that while hierarchy structures were similar across all teams, the level of psychological safety varied dramatically from one team to another—and was directly proportional to the level of leader... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Confronting the Reality of Web Services

communication—some vendors and futurists paint a scenario where businesses collaborate and compete in profound new ways. But your research suggests that this is not happening and is not likely to happen any time soon. Why have Web... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant

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