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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
becoming even more acute over time.” Beyond answering short-term labor needs, Eckert thinks these kinds of co-bots also have the potential to upend traditional factory economics. “For a generation now, you had to go to a low labor cost... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
favor, yet they are convinced that they are being just," notes Fenwick. "Managers should recognize that there will always be a potential for conflict when decision-makers stand to gain from their choices." View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
this merger as well as to lay out guidelines for future growth initiatives. Throughout this discussion issues of cultural fit for employees and customers as well as the limitations of the CEO’s charisma are investigated. Frei hopes that students will see the View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
the “breakeven point” — the point at which new leaders contribute as much value to the organization as their settling-in process consumes from it. But Watkins asserts that leaders can successfully cut that transition time — with its View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
manager at Procter & Gamble, Haacker loves the outdoors. His goal at Denali was to explore a potential long-term career in environmental conservation and to get a sense of how nonprofits and government agencies work. “Everybody tells you... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
students,” Ofek says. “How do you manage this growth phase?” The case describes the prototypes that Nanda developed as potential complements to Clocky: Ticky, which sported digital minute and hour hands as opposed to a standard digital... View Details
- Fast Answer
Investment management: industry resources
& Poor’s NetAdvantage- Capital Markets Industry Survey IBISWorld- Portfolio Management, Securities Brokering Company Overviews Create lists of competitors, potential employers, and people based on industry, geography, size,... View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
government holds considerable sway over the movement toward building environmentally friendly buildings. (Simcoe and Toffel agree that more research is needed to examine the potential spillover effects of government procurement policies... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
were unbundling, growing, and diversifying, they were also becoming more globalized. When Clients Compete In combination, these developments greatly exacerbated an old problem: the potential for conflicts of interest to arise when... View Details
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
a government, were gaining prominence across the globe, especially with their recent investments in troubled U.S. financial firms that had suffered significant losses from the subprime mortgage crisis. Yet SWFs were viewed with suspicions amid concerns that they could... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Unlocking Your Investment Capital
extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with respect to View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
charity work. For businesspeople already working to tackle food insecurity and promote healthy, sustainable food, COVID-19 is a double-edged sword: a disruption of their current efforts and a potential opportunity to help with urgent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward
lot in the news lately about funding pauses and freezes, a potential endowment tax, and perhaps even a challenge to Harvard’s non-profit status—all of which affect the University’s financial position. How are these actions being felt at... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
already in the VC space. I knew one woman, that’s it,” she said. “It’s hard to start if you don’t already have the contacts to get introductions.” Garg suggested that women founders need to get used to directly asking their networks for money or names of View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
collection of research and readings about head-on collisions between corporations and consumers, how to think through potential problems in advance, and course-correcting when the inevitable disaster occurs. A Good Place to Start... View Details
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
Gaining Career Traction
district. This means that I’ve been spending a tremendous amount of time figuring out potential roles in each area, and taking to many individuals within each space. Fortunately, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many people have been... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
New Venture Winner Mines E-Waste
Representing the HBS Association of Northern California, BioMine, cofounder and CEO Bradoo’s company, received the 2011 Alumni New Venture Contest’s $25,000 first prize for its plan to mine the 40 million tons of “e-waste” generated globally every year. It’s a market... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
Professor Joseph Fuller looked beyond dystopian forecasts to explore how ever-evolving technology has the potential to improve the quality of work lives, the earnings of most workers, and company productivity. Viewpoints exposed students... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
last-place aversion by putting 99 percent of the population in “last place,” behind the wealthiest 1 percent. He sees potential to use this aversion to motivate people to be more proactive in their own medical care, to save for... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
New York Club Names Entrepreneur of the Year
conference," said cochair Debra Sito (MBA '92). "We had more potential attendees than we could accommodate." In looking toward the next event, the New York club will build on its successful format. "The exhibitions gave the finalists and... View Details