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27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

dedicate my time and energies toward. This year you’ll be co-president of the Food, Agriculture, and Water Club. What motivated you to pursue this role? What goals do you have as co-president? I think to the... View Details

30 Nov 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

members ” Allan put it this way: “ organizations are comprised of people. If the leadership within the organizations are ‘arrogant’ it would lead to ‘organizational arrogance,’” depending, as David Wittenberg pointed out, “ whether the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

below those of general hospitals. On the other hand, says Christensen, the old model still applies to physicians, who are called upon to treat everything from colds to cancer. "Doctors spend most of their time treating conditions... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

15 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

one-year anniversary of the pandemic, 13 HBS faculty members offered advice on everything from time management to employee mental health for companies trying to prepare for the “next normal.” 2. For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

brief time 200 clones poured into the market. While few of the clones survived, the U.S.-produced and U.S.-mass-marketed personal computer transformed the computer industry. In no major industry has a single enterprise so shaped its... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

The result is a new HBS case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations,” which grapples with the question of how justice might be done for victims of the massacre a century after it occurred—as well as the larger question of what... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

Abdulkadiroglu, Atila, Yeon-Koo Che, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth, and Oliver Tercieux Abstract—In 2012, New Orleans Recovery School District (RSD) became the first U.S. district to unify charter and traditional public school admissions in a single-offer assignment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

Rights of first refusal are contract clauses common in such industries as entertainment. In 2001, Paramount Studios and the National Broadcasting Company negotiated the broadcasting rights for the hit show "Frasier." NBC held a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

22 Sep 2022
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The Beauty Guide

acknowledges, “There are still some expectations as to how people should look, act, talk, and show up. I had experiences, earlier in my career, in which I was told that I spoke with my hands too much,” recalls Freyre. “And I would think... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Ignacio Lartirigoyen

After applying his skills at ExxonMobil – "a very exciting time because of the company's size and its level of professionalism"– Ignacio moved to an agribusiness closer to his roots, Adecoagro, where he joined the planning team... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

24 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

maintain majority control of their company. As attractive as the plan seems, they worry about the high cost of the loan and the risk that the offering might fail. In January 2005, with no View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

share with the world, as I worry about what might get back to me.” But if coactive learning is key, the difficulty is figuring out how to incorporate it into an organization. Myers makes a distinction between on-line learning, which... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

time equipment and bring the formal request to the Committee as soon as possible," thus pre-approving the required capital spending without benefit of formal review or... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

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Porter Prize Japan - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

strategies based on innovations in products, processes, and ways of managing. History of the prize in Japan Michael Porter's relationship with Hitotsubashi University dates back to the early 1980s, when he conducted joint research on Japan with a Hitotsubashi team... View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

from our respective ethnic languages. We all saw each other as one community, absorbing each other’s cultures and customs while throwing jokes at one another. When I first came to the U.S. more than a decade ago for college, it was... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring complimentary lessons on AI fundamentals. Download... View Details

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

attaining quotas; and (3) quarterly bonuses help improve performance of the weak performers by serving as pacers to keep the sales force on track to achieve their annual sales quotas. The paper also introduces two main methodological... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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Research - Health Care

medications? We study the health consequences of drug interruptions caused by large, abrupt, and arbitrary changes in price. Medicare’s prescription drug benefit as-if-randomly assigns 65-year-olds a drug budget as a... October 16, 2024... View Details

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

view is that venture capital is a commodity. If you look at the size of the funds that are being put together today, it's not difficult to put money together. "Traditional venture capitals need to move in either one of two... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

24 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

at a time when many marginalized groups are calling for more equitable treatment in the workplace. “A lot of people from historically marginalized groups have experienced marginalization and discrimination, and that makes us wary to put... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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