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- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
sort out a complex tangle of interdependent contributing factors. Environmental and legal issues muddy the water, for example. In the mid-2000s efforts to save a 3-inch fish called the delta smelt from extinction led to a ruling by a US... View Details
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Julie Cruz
Coming to HBS is like... Embarking on a journey where every day brings new opportunities to learn and grow. The immersive nature of the case method challenges you to think critically, adapt quickly, and form well-informed opinions on all View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
finite "pie" of the book's title. This adherence to the status quo often blocks out negotiations and tradeoffs that could benefit everyone. The authors suggest that what public policy needs — and what a democracy's citizens must insist on — is the View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
City–based Redbrick with an economist partner in 2002. “Millions of individuals buy a unit or two to rent out as income producers,” Lee says. “But there existed no fund that went after single-family houses in some sort of aggregate way... View Details
- 02 Mar 2017
- News
Such Great Heights
in 2006. White: What was it that attracted you to mountaineering? Vogl: As kids I think we sort of naturally gravitate towards climbing trees or spending time playing in the outdoors. I also always have loved the snow. And so for me,... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
out some great ideas. His name is Oren Etzioni at the Allen Institute and he talked about the idea of several different regulatory concepts. Sort of a construct. And just to give you the first one as an example. He said, "If it's illegal... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
in different sorts of organizational cultures and situations produced many interesting insights and observations — and some disagreements — about how to handle the Parson matter. Panelists’ opinions ranged from “I’d promote this guy in a... View Details
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
the GE Foundation sponsors Developing Futures, a program that partners with seven school districts where GE has major operations to upgrade management talent and processes at the district level. Obstacles To Overcome So what's the likelihood that these View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
crowdsourcing, correct? Yes, you can post any sort of task—whether it's editing a document, providing website copy, or verifying directory entries—and people with the abilities and time available will bid on it. Companies like Elance and... View Details
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
have to avoid. You know, it's sort of like affirmative action for lack of a better word. So the institutions do not have the mandate to invest in anything that might look as if they’re investing for anything other than returns. Flint: So... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
matter who that person is? And yes, it sort of does. Here we find that who you are and who is advocating for you, who is treating you, is making a difference.” Results don’t show exactly why male physicians don’t do as well with women, in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
managing inventory levels and sales and ultimately save customers money while improving their own margins. “Two sides in this sort of negotiation will always differ on price,” Sebenius observes. “However, if that conflict is the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
outlines—the “theory of jobs to be done”—and how that concept might play out in the auto industry. —Dan Morrell Your theory essentially reframes how managers think about their products or services—as a sort of job that the customer is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
electronics thrown away globally every year into a sustainable source of metals for the technologies of tomorrow. BlueOak represents just the sort of fresh thinking that has marked Bradoo's relatively short but notable career path. At age... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Books
and both individuals and teams will benefit. Employees are more satisfied with their work-life balance and with their work in general. And firms are better able to recruit and retain employees. Perlow provides a step-by-step guide to introducing change of this View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
Leveraging the HBS platform to enter social enterprise
spoke really well to my interest in political science. I also enjoyed many aspects of sales, and was given tremendous opportunity to interact with all sorts of clients. But for as much as I loved FX Sales, as time went on, I began to miss... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 12 Jul 2018
- News
In the Market for Environmental Change
in Central New Jersey before it was populated in the '1940s and '50s. Once I went away to school, that sort of got left behind. When Judy and I bought a farm in Vermont, that rekindled both of our interest and desire to just be on that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
lot since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. At sort of its most basic level, how has this crisis changed how we communicate? Rachel: Well, this is an important time for human connection, a great opportunity for leaders to innovate in... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The HBS Show Must Go On: "STARt-up WARS" Continues Tradition of Smash Hits
and bolts of black fabric to create a backstage area for the cast. "This was only the third truly multimedia show that has been held in Burden," Marino said. "Ever year it gets more complex. It's sort of like running the new high-speed... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
others in the corporate drama—boards, customers, employees, lenders, regulators, nonprofit groups—to enable those actors to take on some of the burden of providing money, information, and especially discipline. This is stakeholder capitalism—not as some View Details