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- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing director of Tata Motors into the Nano Project. The case raises questions around breaking the price-quality barrier... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
urban district has cracked the code about how to spread excellence across its entire system. We asked our nine districts what their biggest barriers were in achieving excellence at scale, and they described five categories of management... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
to the first contest. The climate was ripe in 1997. Enrollment in courses like Entrepreneurial Finance and Entrepreneurial Management was way up; the Internet revolution — with its low barriers to entry — was in high gear; venture... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
at certain set levels. That changed everyone's mindset. At about that time, I started a new course on innovating health care because I believed MBAs who were interested in pricing, productivity, and efficiency could be essential as that... View Details
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
Starting a successful business is often considered the hardest thing entrepreneurs do—but growing an existing venture may be even more difficult. Many companies get stuck on a plateau that inhibits their ability to grow: a scale stopper. Call this View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
(Note that this section is based on research in the United States; the specific numbers will vary from country to country, but the basic facts don’t change in most parts of the world.) We tend to split our time among our homes, our... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
in the world, we don’t want people to be constrained by financial barriers that would prevent them from accessing the School or being successful in the MBA Program or thereafter. So, we think about this as a journey through three time... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
growth, voting rules, and media consumption, vs. individual factors, such as race and education. We use individual-level panel data covering the vast majority of the U.S. voting-age population from 2008 to 2014 and track changes in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
“linguistic expats” who live in their home country yet have to give up their native language in the workplace; “cultural expats” or native speakers of the lingua franca who struggle with organizational values that are more easily transmitted after language View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
women are almost coming out ahead in studies of leadership ability. There are barriers along the way. But we think this is a good news story in the sense that there are many things people can do. You don't have to wait for society to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
really declaring failure. That actually prevents a lot of startups from even starting and is a really big barrier to entrepreneurship. Morrell: And all of these challenges and constraints fundamentally View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
frequently in search of a better deal, which has meant that their employees needed to switch as well. They have tried to pare back covered services, thrown up barriers to expensive drugs and treatments, and recently, begun to pass more... View Details
- 06 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health
that is still prevalent in many companies," says Quelch. "We develop other words to talk about mental health—we call it 'stress' or call on people to be 'resilient.'" But normalizing the issue in the workplace can create even more View Details
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Why Soft Skills Still Matter in the Age of AI | Working Knowledge
wages. “The labor market is changing really fast and understanding the skill landscape and the progression of skills is so important today,” says Zhang. “Highly specific, advanced technical skills are obviously important, but fundamental... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
you’re doing today will change as you evolve. Don’t give the doctors and hospitals a suboptimal experience on their first try with your service. Don’t let the VC hype force you to expand faster than you should. (I say this as a health... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor foundry. In so doing, it masked the complexity of the latest process technologies and reduced the entry barriers for small firms to utilize the latest technology. In acting as an aggregator, it was... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the world’s biggest problem—CO2 and climate change—provides a quick and entertaining introduction to the science behind it. This concise primer is for anyone interested in how CO2 impacts our climate, but even knowledgeable readers will learn something new and... View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
deeper, it is apparent that the composition has changed in some dramatic ways. There are more foreign-born CEOs today, religion is no longer a barrier to entrance, education has helped to level the playing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
interests align? Kash Rangan: At its core, the private sector has always been about value creation—producing goods and services valued by consumers, generating employment, and delivering profits for shareholders. Nothing has changed in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
well-established firms rather than young ones. Since well-established firms differ from young ones in their availability of resources, adaptability, and stability in the face of changing environments, the findings from those studies are... View Details