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- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
resources to developing open source products. That sort of behavior is initially puzzling to economists because the firm is participating in the development of something that is going to be given away for free. Once you begin studying... View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 08 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
International Women's Day Featured Stories
and work with my team to help where we can. I have tried to stay motivated and to be thankful, even when things did not look so bright. I must confess that last year I felt all sort of emotions: I was scared, nervous, worried and even... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
got made.” "By seeking out and valuing perspectives grounded in employee’s different experiences, you can deepen engagement." Not only does this sort of inclusion in name only demoralize employees, but it also deprives teams of the... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
student mothers through their profiles below. *** Name: Sally Sorte Child: Olivia (1 year) Student Status: EC Where are you from? Oregon Professional pathway pre-HBS: Teach for America Hawaii; Google; founded a charter school in a... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
further improve efficiency, the number of stock-keeping units were reduced from about 4,000 to 1,000+, and offered special packages that included vegetables, fruit, meat, and medicine to accelerate sorting and delivery. Case 3: Product... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room
on down to middle-management, on down to analysts on Wall Street. And I think that's sort of the biggest wake-up for me. It's been that I can actually speak to those challenges and relate to them. Maybe not in the sense of a salary, but... View Details
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
segregate, sort, and dry waste - including paper, glass, metal, and plastic - to send to a recycling facility that generates cleaned pellets repurposed for lower grade use. Tackling Mumbai’s waste is no easy feat: the city generates 6,300 tons of refuse every day, and... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
had to think about something. I push away from my desk and get away from my screen. Essentially, I'm sort of physically and mentally separating myself from my work. That's one of the threads you'll hear in many of these responses, that... View Details
- 15 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Class of 2016
HBS that would be a great fit for your organization. The idea of sorting through hundreds of resumes is a daunting task, especially if you are looking for specific criteria. Our office can help with this! Our class and club resume book... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
Yeah. My fifth grade teacher, Gwendolyn Davis, was about the most terrifying educator I had ever had up to that point and probably since. I mean, sort of imagine the terror of a first year at HBS cold call, and amplify it by about a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Megha Mathur
pile of garbage and began sorting with them. With no gloves, masks, or other safety measures, we sorted and sorted. Dry plastics. Salvageable cardboard. Things coated in unknown liquids. Glass. After four... View Details
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
discontinuity. This might suggest that financing is not a central input of angel groups. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/KLS-Angels-June2011.pdf Incentive Schemes, Sorting and Behavioral Biases of Employees: Experimental... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
Summing Up This month's column resulted in a number of suggestions for sorting out the "bad apples" among applicants to MBA programs across the country. But just as many respondents questioned the underlying assumptions of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Turning Point: Life Cycle
time for thinking about all sorts of life events, large and small.” “When you ride a bike four to six hours a day, there’s a lot of time for thinking about all sorts of life events, large and small.” That... View Details
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
goal of residency training. The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani Publication:In The... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Career Coach
Guy Kamguia
Guy (HBS’ 15, Villanova’ 11, UMBC’ 08) is a Director of Strategy at TOMRA, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced sorting equipment. He previously worked in private equity, driving value creation in portfolio... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
Morrell: Now, the interest that you've had in living a sort of quantified life, your first year out of HBS, can you talk about what prompted it? Grana: I think, as a lot of people probably have, HBS is sort... View Details
- 25 Nov 2021
- News
An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization
organization—one that, as Tushman says, has “the dynamic capability to exploit existing strategies better than anyone and simultaneously explore new terrain.” Doing this can present a contradiction for organizations, Tushman admits, but being able to “live into the... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
and why it’s important for business leaders to reflect on history. READ MORE Dan: There are six themes of entrepreneurship in America that you discuss here—five of them that intersect and build upon each other, and the sixth set sort of... View Details