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- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
centuries, we document two new facts: there has been convergence in adoption lags between rich and poor countries, while there has been divergence in penetration rates. Using a model of adoption and growth, we show that these changes in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
New HBS Alumni Board Members
The second in a series of profiles of the twelve new members of the HBSAA Board of Directors. Since 1987, H. Perry Driggs, Jr. (MBA '61), has been president of Great Lakes Capital Corporation in Farmington... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
How patient should we be in waiting for the tech productivity dividend? What do you think? Original Column For years we have been regaled with prospects of outsized productivity increases in the United States such as those that actually accompanied the Industrial... View Details
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
system. They’re just not working. "We do a very poor job of teaching that in the United States—giving people a basic familiarity with digital technology." "The second is that a lot of the shortage of workers is coming in the form of... View Details
- Profile
Richard Lou
larger role was to manage the developments themselves. A property in midtown Manhattan became the 20-story Wyndham-branded hotel with 92 rooms; a second property in SoHo became a 120-room Courtyard by Marriott. In between, Richard took on... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
case-method teaching, but that focus was actually the second of what he called "the two great adventures" of his career. Born in 1919 in Tyler, Minnesota, Christensen grew up in Iowa City, where... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
the ones that scare me." These comments raise the question of how much theory tells us about selecting for harder to measure characteristics such as possible behaviors under fire and motives as opposed to skills and past accomplishments. A View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Profile
Andreas Jaegle
Science. There, Andreas discovered an appetite for leadership, becoming president of the student-run Business Society in his second year, in which he “organized more than sixty events, including a trip to New York City.” After graduation,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Leave it up to HBS alumni clubs in Texas to plan events that leave big impressions on their members. Houston Club President Andrew L. Waite (MBA '93), now in the second year of his term, rattles off the high-caliber speakers his club... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 04 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Finding Your Creative Outlet on Campus
pursuing their hobbies. Isabel Yap knew how important it was for her to have a creative outlet on campus, so she ultimately decided to join a group of fellow podcasters, journalists, and creatives to run the second season of the We Are... View Details
- Profile
Patrick Chun
by another two with Francisco Partners, a private-equity firm focused exclusively on technology. "It was four years of rigorous advisory and deal work, without a second to spare," says Patrick, "I realized at the end of it... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
whose demographic characteristics, and in turn needs, diverge more starkly from those of their bank’s average customers report significantly lower levels of satisfaction on a broad range of operating dimensions. Consistently, we find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
mentioned. Replaying a cue all night might make the cue less effective. (Imagine putting on cologne in the morning. After about 20 seconds you don't smell it anymore because you've gotten used to it.) We don't know if this replaying... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
expectations. Matt Lynch observes that seconds can drag by on some tasks, namely those associated with high tech applications, while "an hour can pass by barely noticed" on other tasks. In order to cope, we multi-task or engage... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
organizational processes that help explain pioneers’ divergent trajectories. For these category commoners, scattershot rhetorical attacks generate unanticipated costs while benefitting competitors; embracing imposed labels constrains... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee
people—owning it together and figuring out how to improve it,” he says. “Working with a team to grow a great brand has always been a joy for me.” “So many people have a passion for and a ritual around coffee.” “So many people have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
How Do I Get Your Job?
interned for him between my first and second years. He was an early mentor who offered me my first job. MB: What led you to start Roadside Attractions? ED: When I worked at Fox Family Films, my boss at the time was producing a documentary... View Details
- Profile
Terrance McGuire
Silicon Valley—was the more significant hotbed for entrepreneurs. “At HBS, I got exposure to that buzz,” he said. Early on, he became a member of the venture capital club and in his second year, he became the club’s president.... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
it. Santa Monica Aerospace had to really be scraping the bottom of the barrel to choose Jim Barton as their new CEO. I wish it weren't true. I have friends who work for that formerly great company-friends whom I'd like to see employed and... View Details
- 05 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea
embarking on their second encore career. There were entomologists and investment bankers and fashion designers. It was the most diverse group I’d taught in a while. I have an underlying thesis in teaching “How to Create a Climate... View Details