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- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
cooperation and coordination. Prior research has emphasized cooperation, and specifically the partners' commitment and alignment of interests, as the key determinant of collaborative success. Scholars have paid less attention to the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
New Space sector: namely, to use it as a means of launching classroom discussion and research on the subtleties and challenges of the relationship between the public and private sectors. An associate professor of business administration... View Details
- Profile
Jackie Burgos
brings together my previous quantitative experiences with my passion for media,” according to Jackie. Taking flight to break new ground But for Jackie, the HBS experience is not just about practical career preparation, but one that opens... View Details
- 29 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas
the potential for building new products out of their existing inventions." Take Xerox, for example. Its research center, Xerox PARC, famously had invented the graphical user interface, mouse, laser printing, and other technologies... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
interview. "The start of properly regulating the economy is to understand how regulation is made, and this means forgetting what we thought we knew about the weakness of groups." A consumer policy expert, Trumbull wrote Strength in Numbers after nearly a decade of... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
transnational road warriors frequently have a common grounding in education, professional background, and global popular and business culture. In the arena of international commerce, they share an expectation that differences will be set... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
break to earn his MBA (with distinction), and then continued up the ranks as submarine squadron commander and finally deputy oceanographer of the Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he took an assignment with the Defense Advanced Research... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Building a Better MBA
given the seriousness of the topic at hand. Some of the schools represented had already implemented major MBA program reforms. Others were considering them. But everyone had one thing in common: Each had assisted HBS professors Srikant Datar and David Garvin in their... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping
Established in 1997, the program provides health insurance to uninsured children in moderate-income families. To research the link between SCHIP and entrepreneurship, Olds studied 1992-2011 data from the United States Census Bureau's... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
months to research and write. It requires hours of preparation for both student and instructor. Rarely can a complex case be discussed in less than the 80 to 120 minutes typically allowed for such activity. A case today can easily cost... View Details
- 04 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
The Peek Weekend Stem Cohort Experience
your cohort. With each iteration, you take away something completely new and exciting. For the STEM cohort specifically, I think my research background helped me be analytical, methodical, and critical while reading the cases. When... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
conduct research elsewhere, says Georgios Laskaris, Deon cofounder and a nuclear physicist with a PhD from Duke. “After 12 years of training in Greece, these talented individuals immigrate primarily to the United States or Europe, where... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
interview, Ely discusses the origins of the research, her experiences aboard an oil platform, and how this research can improve safety at other job sites. Sarah Jane Gilbert: How do you define masculine identity and what led you to study... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
company," he said. "It was such a time-consuming process, however, that by the time they were finished, the product was out of date." Find Your Spot On The Spectrum Holding the middle ground of Upton's continuum are two... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
"The best creative environment is a safe one in which participants can freely express their opinions," according to Leonard and Swap. "Dissent must be tolerated and protected by the leader. In addition, a set of basic View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
Travel Date: May 2006 Location Visited: Cairo Purpose: Research on three global companies with Egyptian operations. Report: Sean Silverthorne: What was the nature of your visit? Rosabeth Moss Kanter: I traveled to Cairo in May 2006 with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
don't share the same perspectives on everything, but we found a lot of common ground through listening and sharing a common goal of making things better for the next generation." What are your full-times jobs? Reggie: "I work as a View Details
- 20 Dec 2024
- News
Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024
week.“This has been a milestone in my professional development,” says Aden. “My organization was one of the smaller organizations represented in the course, but I felt on equal ground with other participants with 400 employees and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Africa - Global Activities 2021
impact that strategy advisory firms in Africa had helped create,” says Raji. Through her work, Raji met HBS and Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) joint-degree alumni, whose positive experiences confirmed her belief in the importance of furthering her education. She... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details