lifelong learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?

cultural affinity to education, having been educated in four different countries. Also, education is the second largest industry in the U.S., although business schools don't give this much attention, said Kalliarekos. A personal lifelong... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Education

11 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?

desperate tactics such as negative advertising to tear down their opponents rather than promoting their own virtues. Citizens can be forgiven for being cynical. However, what's needed in politics is not less marketing but better marketing. The two major parties should... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

part-time consultants are considered best-in-class—they are paid industry-competitive wages, and customers include LEGO, Microsoft, and Oracle—75 percent of them live with what others might consider a handicap: They have Asperger syndrome or some form of ASD. Austin... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

21 May 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

topics such as entrepreneurship and innovation; disruptive innovation, growth, and strategy; and the microeconomics of competitiveness. Finally, HBX this summer will introduce HBX Live, a virtual classroom allowing participants worldwide to interact directly with one... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

designed to enhance safety and effectiveness had the unintended effect of changing how men enacted their masculine identities at work. Interview and participant observation data show that the major reorientation was away from seeking to garner masculinity credentials... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

observes Willis Emmons (HBS MBA '85, PhDBE '89), director of the C. Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning at HBS. "We welcomed 38 new faculty to the School this year and hope to have a similar number to come on board... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

this interview he discusses the development of the German corporation and what modern managers can learn from that history. The book was edited by Thomas K. McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at HBS, and was... View Details