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- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was a U.N. treaty that by 2006 had been signed by virtually every country in the world except for the United States. The treaty established three main goals: the conservation of biological... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
management of false negatives is much more complex. False negatives are not only often difficult to recognize, but there is also no single, sure-fire way to deal with them. Meanwhile, the downside to ignoring them is virtually impossible... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
selected was the only candidate considered. Far too few companies conduct reference checks; far too many rely on gut reactions when judging qualifications and cultural fit. Hardly anyone considers whether candidates will be good team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
calendar became a bottleneck, and organizational decision making virtually ground to a halt. For a while, the CEO was oblivious to the high cost of his intrusive approach. As an outsider new to the company, he felt good about being part... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
Conference Looks at Future of Hong Kong as a Global Leader The HBS Association of Hong Kong (HBSAHK) celebrated the club’s 45thanniversary in February, with its 2025 Signature Conference at Cloud 39, a rooftop ballroom at The Henderson skyscraper in central Hong Kong.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
internship with State Street and their ESG Investments & Asset Stewardship team and a six-month internship during second year of business school at Prime Coalition, a catalytic climate VC. Now she is excited to be joining KKR Capstone... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
it will have to make that case again and again as it scales up in different environments, from offshore sites to genuine rivers. (Verdant’s turbines can be deployed in virtually any marine environment with sufficient depth and current... View Details
- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
virtually all the gains to be had go to those that create an ownership culture, by building in participative management and helping employees learn to think and act like owners. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2023
- News
Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey
try to do more." The classmates decided to raise awareness about the tragedy through a virtual panel discussion for HBS alumni. A member of the HBS Association of Southern California, Hammerman organized the discussion and the association... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily as part of a research team were more engaged and satisfied with their work, performed their tasks more effectively, and were also more likely to return to work when... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
sit-at-the-desk jobs where the hours matter, but an increasing number of jobs are run by self-managed work teams, in essence, where employees join virtual teams working from anywhere. IBM has done surveys... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
only a conscious and concerted effort of group development can harness that strength. Outlines five steps in group development each team must take. Suggests that action learning, the skill the learning group must master to become... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Administration Harper Business Rapid and unprecedented changes brought on by the pandemic have accelerated the transition to remote work, requiring the wholesale migration of nearly entire companies to virtual work in mere weeks and... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
transportation is virtually not usable for anyone in the middle class or above. And so those are very challenging parts of being in Lagos, but I keep saying that we have to straddle between the future we envision and the world we... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018
August 2018 Journal of Accounting Research Virtual Issue on Empirical Management Accounting Research By: Abernethy, Margaret, and Dennis Campbell Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career
but was persuaded instead to enter a new doctoral program offered by HBS and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. As he tells it, he walked into his first day of class in September 1966 virtually “clueless” about HBS — a condition he quickly... View Details
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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Competitiveness at Harvard. At CLACDS, the Central American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development, he has led a team of professors and researchers working with private and public leaders to strengthen competitive... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
Working PapersThe Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions Authors:Lyra Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract The mirroring hypothesis asserts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g., communication links, geographic collocation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Simons. By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes, focus on the most important choices you must make, and understand what's at stake in each one. In this concise guide, Simons presents the seven key questions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
yes, Watson is a big deal. Perhaps the best place to start to understand it all is in 2007, in the Semantic Analysis and Integration Department at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. There, a team of... View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page