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- 18 Dec 2019
- Book
6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation
says. Harnessing 'mother's wisdom' Takeuchi and Nonaka use many other examples to illustrate the application of these practices in The Wise Company. They conclude the book by examining the future of innovation, in light of their... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Every Trick in the Book
Staples before coming to the bookseller, the future of Barnes & Noble lies in brick and mortar, an optimism that he has taken from the recent growth of independent bookstores. “That’s another sign that people do want places to go to buy... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
notes Yang. “We’re also working on supply-chain development, helping emerging technologies overcome research and validation barriers, and improving workforce productivity and opportunities,” he adds. Success for the initiative, says Yang, would be a View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
evaluations. Organizational learning must be promoted. Create bridges between individual and organizational learning. Many successful organizations use advisory boards as sources of critical skills. Excellence in management should be integrated with social sensitivity.... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Jan 2013
- News
Joanna M. Jacobson, MBA 1987
turned down a date from her future husbancd (classmate Jonathon Jacobson) because she didn't want to be distracted from her studies. Soon after arriving at Soldiers Field, Jacobson realized her ability to listen and express herself meshed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
affordability as a consideration for current and future students,” she says. “The challenge now is to align financial and environmental sustainability in our investments. “I believe in starting somewhere,” she continues. “If we study our... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
behavior of others. In his book Complicit, Professor Max Bazerman offers strategies for recognizing and avoiding the psychological and other traps that lead us to ignore, condone, or actively support wrongdoing in our businesses, organizations, communities, politics,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’
improve. Future research, Neeley says, includes exploring the role of language as the mechanism by which companies transform from a domestic to a global player-the fulcrum of language. When teaching the Rakuten case at HBS, where 35... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
question, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is by no means a death sentence. If anything, it can provide troubled businesses with a fresh start and a path to future profitability. But Chapter 11 is also not a panacea for every problem that... View Details
- Portrait Project
Shara Ticku
really lost, I realized, was the chance to view life through my father’s eyes. I lost the chance to hear about his childhood in Kashmir, his perspective on the future of science, his favorite zinger from last night’s Jon Stewart episode.... View Details
- Web
Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
a cultural double standard of unconscious bias that I don’t think is getting enough attention and HBS could help educate future leaders and change our culture.” AGE 48, WHITE, WHOLESALE/RETAIL TRADE, UNITED STATES Composition of Senior... View Details
- 21 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
What Does PRIDE Mean to You?
dance partners, my dinner dates, my chosen family. I have made my best friends through PRIDE, and it is one of the biggest reasons I have had such a positive experience at HBS. I became Co-President to give back to the community and to make PRIDE bigger, better, and... View Details
- 17 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
When Do Analysts Add Value? Evidence from Corporate Spinoffs
- 04 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
An Ounce of Prevention: The Power of Public Risk Management in Stabilizing the Financial System
- 17 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Investment Strategies of Sovereign Wealth Funds
- 2006
- Other Unpublished Work
Does Competition Increase Patent Litigation? Empirical Evidence of Strategic Patenting in the Telecom Equipment Industry
By: Juan Alcacer and Rachelle C. Sampson
Anecdotal evidence suggests that patent litigation has increased in the last 20 years as firms in knowledge intensive industries use patents more frequently to protect their knowledge stocks and managers focus on extracting new revenue streams from existing patent... View Details
- 24 Oct 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Diasporas and Outsourcing: Evidence from oDesk and India
- 20 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts
- 2024
- Chapter
Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society
Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details
Badaracco, Joseph L. "Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society." Chap. 4 in Justifying Next Stage Capitalism: Exploring a Hopeful Future, edited by Michel Dion and Moses Pava, 87–106. Springer, 2024.