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- 02 Jul 2018
- Blog Post
Pursuing A Passion in Health Care
getting to know the area, new people, and embarking on a culinary tour of this foodie city. Having some distance from our first-year at HBS, I have a renewed appreciation for how incredible and out-of-the ordinary it was to be in school... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 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
- 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
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape opportunities for youth in developing... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 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
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
“blockbuster” green patents, meaning they have developed foundational technologies that other companies frequently cite and build on in subsequent innovations. Cohen says many large energy companies have tried to rebuild their images, View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
firms are temporarily closed and 40 percent of the workforce, on average, has been laid off or furloughed since late January. Retail, entertainment, food services, hospitality, and personal services industries have been hit hardest as social View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
energy to population centers across the country by expanding the US electric-transmission grid. “If you look at the wind-power equation, you quickly see that transmitting energy from rural wind farms across long distances to large cities... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
hygiene, as well as planning for social distancing and quarantine. Communicating with the public will be essential during a pandemic, not only because antivirals and vaccines will be in short supply, but because there will be tremendous... View Details
- 19 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
The Road to Impact
programs ranging from early childhood education to suicide prevention to distance learning. The organization is largely funded on a project basis by groups like the National Science Foundation and the US Agency for International... View Details
- 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
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
a move she feared would distance her from the creative pursuits she thrived on. At that moment, serendipity struck. An Avon executive called with a job offer too good to pass up. In her mid-20s, Ross left entrepreneurship and embraced... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
stock of differences as well. Key concepts include: Some indicators of globalization aren't increasing as many experts have claimed. Toyota and Wal-Mart are examples of companies that understand how to deal with distance in a strategic... View Details