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- 21 May 2024
- News
A New Chapter
Joe Wolf (MBA 1999), cofounder and co-CEO of Imagine Worldwide, wants to provide educational opportunity where it is needed most. “In the next 30 years, half of the world’s youth will be sub-Saharan African,” says Wolf. “Right now, the World Bank reports that only one... View Details
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
requires turning away from what made them successful. The tightly integrated business systems that have worked in their home markets are unlikely to secure their future in global markets. Samsung has steadily navigated this paradox to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination
profound impact on the inclusivity of the systems you are creating," says Luca, who has also coauthored a new case study, Racial Discrimination on Airbnb: The Role of Platform Design. "Platform companies should View Details
- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
differences in the electoral process. That has been pretty much a disaster for the system of governing. Q: China and India have had tense relations in the past. Will these persist? A: I think there are lots... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
"Self-regulation" increasingly rings like a mantra in business. Just think of topics in the news over the past couple of months, such as the Italian fashion industry's move toward self-regulation to discourage the hiring of dangerously... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
structure driven by the accelerators." Two Is Better A dual operating system is a nod to what Kotter believes is some of the most interesting management thinking of the past few decades, from Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50576 Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance By: Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Many service organizations rely on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
should consider whether the structure of the school day is ideal. Should we have more breaks to ensure that low-performing children can recover, for instance? Two, in accountability systems we often compare and evaluate based on test... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
specialized arena of MICS, but can be applied, they write, to technologies of a much broader scope, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in manufacturing, or interactive software tools that continue to revolutionize the way... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
says. Kerr notes that certain aspects of the US immigration system have been influential for these tight connections of skilled immigrants to STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) work. In contrast to a points-based... View Details
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
would not have risen to what is now, a $2.5-billion-a-year industry, without a revolutionary shift to outside-in thinking that allowed companies such as Fresh Express to realize that busy consumers wanted companies to make the whole salad... View Details
- 20 Oct 2023
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting
and alumni engagement, along other topics, and also ran a design thinking workshop focused on reimagining reunions. On behalf of the current members of the board, in their role as ambassadors to the HBS alumni community, what follows are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
roof and when it’s time to start saving for the next one. With that frame of reference, Kennealey listened to his friend over dinner and realized the systems he was having to replace weren’t lemons. They had simply run up against their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
dispute-resolution cases can help family negotiations to be productive while protecting family relationships. Some of the 5 principles of effective negotiation are easier for family members in family business systems to apply, and others... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- 07 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet
and connected community.” Segneri explains that being part of this environment gives students and alumni from HBS and Harvard University’s 12 other schools access to a wide range of support systems and resources, as well as the... View Details
- 02 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When Goal Setting Goes Bad
governments create dysfunctional systems that can be predicted to lead to bad behaviors, I see the problem starting with the dysfunctional system. And I see the creating of optimal systems as a key... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
hamper the growth of the Android platform may have merely shifted the sales to weak IP countries. This study sheds light on the emerging patent enforcement strategy literature by highlighting the heterogeneity in the efficacy of national patent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Italian example and began to think more broadly about why premodern economic history and business history can and should matter to us today. Nov 19 19 Nov 2018 Business History Seminar Democracy Electric: Energy and Economic Citizenship... View Details