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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
and thus more reason to reduce consumption still further. Many people think that this is an important part of what was going on in the 1930s. And Keynes said that if you want to solve a problem like this, you have to rely especially on fiscal policy. The View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
on four behavioral patterns through which they acquire information: (1) questioning; (2) observing; (3) experimenting; and (4) idea networking. We develop operational measures of each of these behaviors and find significant differences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
what you have done, it is explicit. Tacit knowledge, on the other hand, is trickier. It is know-how that is carried around in the heads of people that hasn’t necessarily been written down, and combines skills, prior experiences, and ideas... View Details
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
Review 85, no. 6 (June 2007) Abstract This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Why do... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Competitive Advantage of Global Finance
investment treaties within the broader debate on the convergence of corporate governance protections. As such, several cases have provided the foundation for academic papers that have extended and reinforced the ideas from the cases.... View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
essentially looking for the kind of people who would have wanted to sign on with Columbus for his first voyage west. Sahlman: When I first proposed to teach a course in Entrepreneurial Finance, I was told it was the stupidest idea in the... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
accident, which means they are “worse than dead” because they lose their earning power and become a burden for the rest of the family to support. Raju floated the idea to various colleagues, including his friend Krishna Palepu, the Ross... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
organizational boundaries and organizational designs. We suggest that when critical tasks can be modularized and when problem-solving knowledge is widely distributed and available, open innovation complements traditional innovation logics. We induce these View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
that mercantilism of invention should be the goal of the United States, as great good can come from ideas and innovation elsewhere that diffuse and spread. But the gains from innovation leadership are huge, ranging from the tech giants... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
choices to optimally guide the other choices." This definition captures the idea of strategy as the core of an intended course of action that is potentially flexible and adaptive. It coincides with the equilibrium outcome of a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
bit. JH: When I spoke to Tosh, she said that Xerox was a very forward-thinking company and one of her superiors said, you need to go be on a board. And sort of introduced her to the idea and supported her through that effort. What would... View Details
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
idea of naturalness even as manufacturers imposed a ‘natural’ color through artificial dyes,” Hisano writes. Take butter, for example. “The color of butter fluctuates, depending on the season,” Hisano explains during a recent interview in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team
naturally become increasingly concerned that they attract, leverage, and retain the best knowledge workers. In addition, our culture is very enamored of stars and with the idea that extraordinary talent accounts for individuals'... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
probably represents about 2 percent of all companies—and these are way ahead of the curve. The idea was to get a glimpse at the most aggressive, leading-edge uses of technology and to get the longest experience that I could in some of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
repayment, and the idea that we are bringing new innovations and risk capital to the industry has piqued a lot of curiosity. So with these products you’re bridging the gap between research and practice? Rigol: Well, it’s a big gap, and... View Details
- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
few of us felt that since giving back was a core value of our club; the idea of mentorship was very important,” says program co-founder and current HBSCS President Stan Furman (MBA 2005). “We’d all had the experience of thinking ‘I wish I... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
idea for "Public and Private." "The standing joke around my office," she quipped, "was that if I had one more kid, I'd come back as managing editor!" "An executive who has a personal life and urges her employess to do the same will be... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
women classmates about reconnecting to the School and to each other." Their idea was the Women's Gift for the Class of 1976, a special pooled gift from all the women of the class to mark the 25th Reunion. It will support an existing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
become wellsprings for really creative ideas on how to deliver for shareholders and also to do the right thing for the environment. So yes, I’m cautiously optimistic. View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 14 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Trust the Process, and Trust Yourself Even More: Interview with Wellness and Empowerment Leader, Dilan Gomih (MBA 2019)
future in entrepreneurship as well as the greater collective, the next career move was less clear. However, when Gomih’s mentor from Bank of America came to her with the idea of starting a firm focused on helping women and People of Color... View Details