Shared Office Space - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

twenty-nine years old. In 2015, Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) acquired the company. Ms. Beck also co-founded M-61 Laboratories, makers of M-61 Skincare, the first highly technical, natural cosmeceutical brand and makers of Lune and Aster Cosmetics, a vegan cosmetics line. Ms.... View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

vertical chain and therefore come up with superior products. One tradeoff would therefore seem to be between large market share and high quality, of which the Microsoft/Apple comparison is a good illustration. Sony illustrates another... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

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Cumnock Hall | About

Cumnock Hall Cumnock Hall was made possible through the support of Grace Cumnock Ditman and is named in honor of Alexander Goodlet Cumnock and Arthur J. Cumnock, (Harvard College 1891). Cumnock Hall was built in 1974 as classroom and View Details

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

recognize how the sum is greater than its parts. While each team member played a role in your efforts, it is almost always how the team worked together that led to where you are now. Schedule a couple hours to be together—ideally, face to face and out of the View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

assigned to one of 70 16-person networks, some of which were more interconnected—or "clustered," in academic parlance—in terms of who could share information with whom during the game. "In the most-clustered conditions,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced headline double-digit earnings per share growth for the year ended June 30. A closer look at the numbers suggested a less healthy picture. Sales, volumes, and operating profits were down. Investors... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2023
Blog Post

How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS

technical skills with the business skills I was acquiring at HBS. Towa Adegboyega (MBA 2024) Having learned about the Career and Professional Development Office (CPD) during the summer prior to the fall semester, I reached out Kristen... View Details

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

strategic questions, financial analytics, customer strategy, and operations,” she recalled. “I also found that I loved the retail space and consumer psychology.” Reformulating with an Advisor to Operator Pivot After four years in... View Details

16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

transfer them to new owners. "It's unlikely that other networks would return their space for free—why would they?" says Edelman. "But if the price is right, they may be willing to transfer the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

intellectual property. Expert Office Hours : Any Harvard student may sign up for the Harvard Innovation Labs’ virtual or in-person office hours. Get real-world advice from seasoned entrepreneurship experts... View Details

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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

conference, organized by Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna, focused on the intersection of oral history, business, and the Global South, offering a unique space for interdisciplinary discussions. Dec 15 15 DEC 2023 Zoom Using Oral History in... View Details

13 Jul 2023
News

The Network Effect

didn’t realize that we had shared professional interests,” Model recalls, laughing. “It was just a social thing.” Only after graduation would they realize how well-matched their ambitions were: Model, who had a background in investment... View Details

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

“launching pad” for students just starting to explore interests in social impact across multiple sectors, or for students with deep experience in the space looking to meet like-minded peers. Social Enterprise Conference An annual two-day... View Details

30 May 2024
News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

J. Hughes Norton III

majestic Mediterranean-style clubhouse. On a nearby practice green, a solitary figure, virtually unnoticed, rolls 40-foot putts up to the pin as the fans and media stream by. It's last year's Open winner, Steve Jones. In an ordinary year, the defending champ would... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Greenhill House | About

stucco and brick office building was designed in the Georgian Revival-style by McKim, Mead & White as part of the original 1920s campus plan, though construction was delayed for financial reasons until 1965, during the tenure of Dean... View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

relationships and can leverage those. On the downside, the distance from colleagues and work friends is experienced as a possibly demotivating loss. Value collaboration and teamwork. There is also the issue that over the next 18 to 24 months some people will return to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

Dunlap sold off several businesses, retaining for the time being the core consumer products business. He moved the head office out of Scott's longtime corporate building and into a much smaller building near his home in Florida. The... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

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