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03 May 2023
Blog Post

Five Ways to Build Community at HBS

chose one theme for the year which I could use as a north star for how I would prioritize my time and energy. My theme for 2022 was Community, so here are five quick thoughts on building community at HBS. 1. Invest in Your Community Early One way I did this was by... View Details

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

listening. —David Garvin and Michael Roberto Some questions open up discussion; others narrow it and end deliberations. Contrarian hypothetical questions usually trigger healthy debate. A manager who worked for former American Express CEO... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

skeptics, a strategy to build a "winning coalition" behind a deal must thwart determined Iranian blockers who will act to prevent meaningful concessions. After six months of talks, there could easily be positive atmospherics but little real progress (as with... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

can also affect the state of another even though the two are physically separate—a phenomenon called entanglement, which Albert Einstein referred to as “spooky action at a distance.” Thanks to these bizarre properties, quantum computers can solve View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Approach problems using structured methods of gathering observations, breaking cognitive fixedness, and generating creative ideas for solutions Apply creative solutions and... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

Space Administration not only tolerated but applauded the phenomenon in the Canal Zone. The result was that American aid transfers to Panama soon began to overshadow the revenues from the canal. In short, the United States no longer had any interest in owning the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

2017
Working Paper

International Business and Emerging Markets: A Long-Run Perspective

By: Geoffrey Jones

This working paper explores long-run patterns in the strategies of international business in developing countries. There was a massive wave of Western multinational investment in the developing world during the first wave of globalization before the 1920s. The... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Emerging Markets; Problems and Challenges

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12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

system has no value for, and therefore cannot attract, users. Without a solid user base, no application developer will be interested in supporting that operating system. If the platform vendor decides to charge positive prices on both sides, it might View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship, branding, and innovation expertise. Bluemercury’s innovative retailing and human resource model has been the topic of numerous books, including Shopping: Why We Love it and How Retailers Can Create the Ultimate Customer Experience and Be View Details

03 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 3

Abstract Four experiments reveal a counterintuitive solution to the common problem of feeling that one does not have enough time: giving some of it away. Although people's objective amount of time cannot be increased (there are only 24... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

Arthur Brooks: Spirituality and philosophy This March, I returned from my fifth trip to Dharamshala, India, to work with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. We held a conference on how leadership and happiness principles are entwined.... View Details

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

"computer-to-computer" communication. By the end of the decade, more than 60 percent of the computer communications will be computer-to-computer. Computer-to-computer vastly speeds up the pace of business. For example,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

forces following the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the end of the Cold War. “Capitalism of a wide variety of institutional and ideological stripes, now characterizes all developed countries,” they observe.... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical View Details

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

inspired by the stories of these students. Visit @prideathbs on Instagram for more information and features about the LGBTQ+ community at HBS. Eduardo Avalos (he/him/his), Class of 2024 “Te quiero, mijo.” When my six-year relationship View Details

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

Americans are lonelier than ever—a problem the COVID-19 pandemic may have exacerbated. Could interactions on platforms like Zoom and Twitch come close to replicating the real-life contact people crave? New research suggests that’s more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

2024 Q1 1.5 Law, Management and Entrepreneurship (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) John Batter Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 John Batter Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Leadership and Happiness Arthur Brooks Spring 2025 Q3 1.5 Making Difficult... View Details

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

you're not going to make any progress. Be sure about what's the problem you're trying to solve, because the biggest flaw that a corporate explorer or entrepreneur makes is that they are too obsessed with their own idea rather than about... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

that this was a problem? WW: I recognized that my anger was a problem the day that my wife turned to me and said that we were getting separated and that she wanted to get divorced. Prior to that moment, I always thought that my intensity... View Details

04 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

The Business of Life

who had such disparate beliefs. "But in the end I'm glad, because I think that the principles we discuss in this book are broadly applicable to people's lives. I hope that we've been able to frame them in a way that is accessible to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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