Filter Results:
(579)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(579)
- People (1)
- News (98)
- Research (365)
- Events (6)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (212)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(579)
- People (1)
- News (98)
- Research (365)
- Events (6)
- Multimedia (1)
- Faculty Publications (212)
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
New Paths to Success in Asia
the fact that they are often breaking new ground. . . . "A lot of people think that dot-coms in Asia are just taking U.S. technology and replicating the same business models. That may have been a valid criticism in the past, but... View Details
Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
care- fully. I've worked with a number of high-school students, and what I tell them about writing is just as valid for managers: begin with an outline. It keeps you from getting halfway through and not knowing where you should go from... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 25 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset
research seed funding to “double-code” all 1,320 counties in the dataset (the gold standard of data validation for crowdsourcing in which multiple people research the same outcome and reconcile any response differences). We also recently... View Details
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
to Be True Google’s founders wrote “10 Things We Know to Be True,” a document detailing founding principles and values, early in the company’s life. As the company expanded, added business units, and changed its name to Alphabet, were these principles and values still... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
small-business loan market was being mispriced and underserved,” says Sean, who serves as CEO (Kenny is COO). It’s an assumption that required finding early stage funding partners willing to take the risk necessary to validate the... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
matter expert there whether formally through a paid role, or informally through volunteering and research. I find that the functional strategy is often the most transferable and leaves open the most options. But if you are passionate about a particular space, then that... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
care, security, and more). These are valid reasons. But there are workarounds that work. At Harvard Business School, my research looks at ways that the private sector can finance and deliver public infrastructure. For the last three... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
alternative means of understanding these decisions that is highly complementary to the large-sample research in several ways. First, the cases in the book serve as manifestations and validation of some of the lessons of large-sample... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
appropriate relational contracts within the firm. In this paper we report the first results from a research program designed to test the empirical validity of this idea. We use the quasi-randomized roll out across multiple sites within a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
discriminant validity from voice-related individual and organizational factors and their incremental predictive validity on workplace silence. Collectively, the results from the four studies indicate the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
those who view immigrants as a threat to national identity and local culture. Cultural concerns are often amplified by the idea that immigrants are unwilling or unable to assimilate. But has anything happened to validate these concerns?... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
Voice of Experience A lot of people think that dot-coms in Asia are just taking U.S. technology and replicating the same business models. That may have been a valid criticism in the past, but things are really changing.” The speaker is... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
stage. She is busy validating her go-to-market strategy and raising funds. She revealed that she does have “some angels committed and in the bank already!” But she is happy to connect with HBS alums interested in getting involved. With a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
blockchain. That’s a ledger of transactions maintained by a decentralized network of computer systems that validate and cross-validate the transactions. Stablecoins are a different type of crypto asset. They use the same underlying... View Details
- 16 May 2016
- HBS Case
Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer
four leading global food safety firms gives their testing a certain level of external validity that they may not enjoy by doing their own testing, although big companies such as Nestle remain strongly committed to in-house monitoring. In... View Details
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
ClimateCAP is an initiative manage by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business whose mission is to prepare business leaders to understand and respond to the climate challenge. They provide learning resources for MBA students interested in the intersection of business... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
diverse hospitals across the United States. A trained interviewer scored the managers' interview responses based on management practices that ranged from most reactive (lowest scores) to most proactive (highest scores). We established instrument View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
valid and do their own independent assessment of what an item is worth to them. For retailers, Ngwe’s research shows that fake original prices could be a strategy to increase sales—but only if regulators don’t crack down harder on the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
to crucial functional systems is not just a one-time task, but an ongoing process. This approach fosters a culture of continuous improvement and preparedness, ensuring that the company is always ready to respond to potential disruptions. Technology: Simulate different... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch