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  • June 2023
  • Article

How New Ideas Diffuse in Science

By: Mengjie Cheng, Daniel Scott Smith, Xiang Ren, Hancheng Cao, Sanne Smith and Daniel A. McFarland
What conditions help new ideas spread? Can knowledge entrepreneurs’ position and develop new ideas in ways that help them take off? Most innovation research focuses on products and their reference. That focus ignores the ideas themselves and the broader ideational... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Adoption; Natural Language Processing; Knowledge; Science; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Analytics and Data Science
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  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

themselves. However, the qualities they need to develop aren’t the ones you might expect. You might think an organization in flux needs a steady hand, someone with foresight and experience who plots a sensible route to cautiously and... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • Web

Social Progress Index - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index Social Progress Index Social Progress Index Social progress is... View Details
  • October 2001 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

America Online, Inc.: Disclosure Strategy

By: Amy P. Hutton and David Lane
Since going public, AOL had disclosed on a quarterly basis supplemental metrics meant to give analysts and investors a way of tracking growth in its subscriber base and the value created through its marketing efforts. These metrics gave management's conversations with... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Change Management; Internet and the Web; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Digital Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 20 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

ownership patterns across different towns, allowing credible identification of the effects of bank ownership on financial development, lending rates, and the quality View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2013
  • Book

Business and the Environment: Critical Perspectives in Business and Management

By: Susse Georg and Andrew J. Hoffman
Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism has passed through multiple iterations. Prompted by landmark environmental events such the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Cuyahoga River fire,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Management; Natural Environment
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  • Web

Giving - Alumni

years (pledge payments not reflected here). Please consider making a gift today using our online giving form . Thank you in advance. Questions? Email or call 617.495.6207 Meaningful Impact Your support advances the HBS mission of View Details
  • August 19, 2024
  • Article

The Business Roundtable’s Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later

By: Lynn S. Paine
Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the interests... View Details
Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Governance
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  • 15 Aug 2023
  • HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

The recent rollout of ChatGPT by OpenAI has set the world abuzz about the potential of artificial intelligence. But whatever happened to the last tech phenomenon, the “metaverse”? The once-heavily hyped... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology
  • June 2001
  • Teaching Note

Coordinating + Managing Supply Chains: Course Overview Note TN

By: Ananth Raman
Describes the MBA elective course on supply chain management at HBS. Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains focuses on the managerial aspects of supply chains. Acquaints students with practical issues in a variety of supply chains and then identifies barriers to, and... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Framework; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Marketing; Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Planning; Behavior; Integration
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Reverse Information Sharing: Reducing Costs in Supply Chains with Yield Uncertainty

By: Pavithra Harsha, Ashish Jagmohan, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson and Georgia Perakis
Supply uncertainty in produce supply chains presents major challenges to retailers. Supply shortages create frequent disruptions in terms of promised delivery times, quantity and quality delivered. To alleviate these challenges, dual sourcing--a strategy in which... View Details
Keywords: Information Sharing; Yield Uncertainty; Ration Gaming; Blockchain; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty
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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

HBS Social Enterprise Initiative website for scholarship information. Learning and Living at HBS When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect View Details
  • November 2022
  • Case

The Battle Among Channels for Marketing Pharmaceuticals: UpScript, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, and Direct-to-Consumer Sales

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Tiffany Farrell
Can an online, direct-to-consumer pharmacy both improve the quality and speed of care for patients who need branded drugs and stabilize profits for pharmaceutical manufacturers? UpScript, after years spent achieving legal and regulatory compliance and simultaneous... View Details
Keywords: DTC; Internet and the Web; Marketing Channels; Customer Value and Value Chain; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Strategy; Service Delivery; Growth and Development Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Health Industry; Retail Industry
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    Innovating in Healthcare: Creating Breakthrough Services, Products, and Business Models

    Innovating in Healthcare offers effective approaches for designing, reworking, and implementing innovative healthcare services, products, and business models. It will help anyone working in healthcare service or product development, from hospitals to... View Details

    • 05 May 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance

    Many of us are familiar with the gentle punishment known as "time-out," in which misbehaving children must sit quietly for a few minutes, calm down, and reflect on their actions. New research suggests that grown-ups ought to take routine... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 23 Jan 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    After High-Profile Failures, Can Investors Still Trust Credit Ratings?

    that the agencies assigned more experienced and highly educated analysts to evaluate debt issues with more inherent risk. How much has changed The results of the study indicate that credit rating agencies... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 2012
    • Book

    Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

    By: Amy C. Edmondson
    Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those... View Details
    Keywords: Change; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Innovation and Invention; Management; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Research; Strategy; Complexity; Value
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    B Corps: Can It Remake Capitalism in Japan?

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This article examines the B Corporation movement that originated in the United States in 2006. The founders sought to create a new type of company whose governance structure mandated them to consider financial, social and environmental performance. A certification... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; Sustainability; B Corporations; Stakeholder Capitalism; Governance; Organizational Structure; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Japan
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    • Web

    Technology & Operations Management - Faculty & Research

    stewardship: what they must learn, how they can grow, and what tools can support their development. Drawing from diverse family enterprise contexts, it maps the stages of Rising Gen engagement and highlights what enables effective... View Details
    • Web

    Insights & Advice Blog

    merely a return to the workforce, but a deliberate pivot toward a new ambition. “Many MBAs are switchers,” notes Kristin Brennan, HBS Career Coach. “They’ve used their education to go from one functional area to another. That can be... View Details