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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
governance-related frictions. Collectively, these findings provide new evidence on the explicit practice of using relative performance benchmarks and on its implications for corporate governance and firm performance. Flexing the Frame: TMT Framing and the Adoption of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
reading in a trade publication about Benihana's innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer turnaround times, Professor Earl Sasser produced the Benihana case in 1972 with research associate... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- May 2003
- Module Note
Product Development Process Design and Improvement
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Describes the conceptual foundations and pedagogy for a module on the design and improvement of processes for the development of products and services. Can also be used as part of a more general course on Managing Technology and Innovation. Central to Managing Product... View Details
- 1997
- Article
University versus Corporate Patents: A Window on the Basicness of Invention
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Henderson, Rebecca M., Adam Jaffe, and Manuel Trajtenberg. "University versus Corporate Patents: A Window on the Basicness of Invention." Economics of Innovation and New Technology 5, no. 1 (1997): 19–50.
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
immune therapies available to patients as quickly as possible.” The next step for the KPMA is to launch an HBS Executive Education program, Accelerating Innovation in Precision Medicine, in September with... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
office is not to have destroyed the innovative and entrepreneurial leadership of the United States. Our nation has long enjoyed an amazing gift from the world in the form of talented people. At times, individuals have come fully equipped... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
regular inspections can help. Third party testing companies can insure that industry standards are met. Safety innovation needed But most companies do not innovate around safety or push for tougher safety... View Details
- 03 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 3
Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
educational activities within the HBS community. Our vigorous research program pushed outward the knowledge frontiers and created a rich portfolio of courses and learning opportunities for MBA students and Executive View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
to megacorporations. One of these programs, called the Immersion Experience Program (IXP), each year sends 30 or so potential MBAs to Japan, where they receive a unique education made possible by one of the most lethal disasters in modern... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
hope for the twenty-first century has to rely on the creation of new industries, in large part with the help of education and ready capital for investment. Is it possible that one or more remarkable View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
Linux can be extended. One avenue would be to empirically estimate the difference in demand-side learning between Linux and Windows. This would allow us to make educated guesses on the chances of survival of Windows and make managerial... View Details
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
Education offerings that teach scientists business and organizational fundamentals? What about joint MBA/Ph.D. programs? How about science/business seminars, more science-based cases, and more science-savvy faculty to teach them? We don't... View Details
- March 2022
- Case
Talent@Tencent
By: Tarun Khanna, Shu Lin and Nancy Hua Dai
On November 11, 2016, Xi Dan, Senior Vice President of Tencent, and Ma Yongwu, Dean of Tencent Academy, were discussing how Tencent could develop new capabilities to sustain its growth miracle and entry into new technologies, expansion into B2B businesses, and... View Details
Keywords: B2B; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Human Resources; Innovation and Management; Leadership Development; Business Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; China
Khanna, Tarun, Shu Lin, and Nancy Hua Dai. "Talent@Tencent." Harvard Business School Case 722-413, March 2022.
- January 2025
- Case
Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia (Abridged)
By: Jorge Tamayo, Raffaella Sadun and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago
Set in 2022, this abridged case examines the digital transformation strategy of Davivienda—a leading player in Colombia’s commercial banking sector and one of the companies belonging to Grupo Bolívar, a major Colombian conglomerate—and the bank’s upskilling and... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Organizational Culture; Banking Industry; Latin America; Central America; South America; Colombia
Tamayo, Jorge, Raffaella Sadun, and Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago. "Davivienda Bank's Upskilling and Reskilling Strategy in Colombia (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 725-428, January 2025.
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
Diego, also found that how employers frame bonuses played a big role in their effectiveness. In the study, teachers who received bonuses at the beginning of the school year—money they had to return if they didn’t meet achievement goals—significantly outperformed View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
education would seem to be [the need] to consider how freely available assets might support and increase the value of those nondurable, non-replicable assets a company might possess." Mark Hammer's comment should provoke further... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
won’t be lost such as highly personalized services such as child care until I considered that my 2 year-old grandson can operate iPhones, computers, and other electronic devices which means he’ll soon have access to HBX and electronic View Details
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
Controlling for potential selection effects, the researchers found that using structured loans led to an increase in the likelihood that a politician was reelected. "These financial innovative products appear, therefore, to have aligned... View Details
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, 1880-1930 Authors:Latika Chaudhary, Aldo Musacchio, Steven Nafziger, and Se Yan Abstract Our paper provides a comparative perspective on the development of public primary View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne