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- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
of September 11 as well as the recent declines in stock values, we've clearly seen renewed interest in the idea of government as ultimate risk manager. And so, with respect to a potential Phase IV, I suppose we'll just have to wait and... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
challenge? Using a tool called Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), Speed & Scale offers an unprecedented global plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions before it’s too late. Used by Google, Bono’s ONE foundation, and thousands of startups the world over, OKRs have scaled... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
reteach the same points over and over again to different kids, I should make videos of each lesson and put them on YouTube. I was skeptical. YouTube was for cats playing the piano, not serious mathematics! Then I got over the idea that it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
functions of the Web and wireless protocols," says Azuela. "That gives you an idea of how far we have to go in educating the market. Further affecting the growth of the Internet are problems of regulation, inadequate infrastructure, and... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
deconstruction of gender inequality in organizations. Why Employees Are Afraid to Speak Up Authors:J. R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007) Abstract In a word—self-preservation. And they're just as afraid to share... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
in the World. READ MORE Dan Morrell: You know, you spoke [about] how there was previously this idea of life in three stages, right, learn, earn, and retire. The way that you break it down this book is into five quarters. Can you outline... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
him from HBS to the top of Mount Fairweather. For Moore, one college friend would later say, “to hatch an idea [was] to act on it.” top – Terry Moore, October 1932. bottom – Clockwise from top left: Lamb Expedition members Dick Burdsall,... View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
perspective, and helps stimulate ideas and connections that I wouldn’t have otherwise encountered. Three books on the meaning of dignity and loss and sacrifice that I return to often are When the Legends Die: The Timeless Coming-of-Age... View Details
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
are not always made in a competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14
IWRTW experience in a way that would make it a more valuable—and immediately understandable—business proposition to a brand. The idea behind the venture was only as good as its business model and its execution. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23
culturally heterogeneous network increases the likelihood of receiving culture-related novel ideas from others in the network whether or not they share one's culture of origin. This finding sheds light on the mechanisms that underlie... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
early comfort with challenging one another's ideas doesn't deteriorate to self-censoring and dismissing dissent. In fact, more frequent probes and discussion are necessary during episodes of heightened performance pressure, since more... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
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Commencement 2012 Address | About
meaningful career, but to do so in a way that leads to a happy and meaningful life. Today I’d like to offer some ideas for creating a meaningful life in the context of our School’s mission, which is to become leaders who will make a... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
fact that what business prioritizes and where business puts its muscle can get done in a way that often the public is not able to do and exercise influence. So the idea of the business pledge is for businesses to embrace and use that... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
these riveting tales grew the idea for a column "voice," leading to the innovation of class secretaries. "Upon election, the Class Secretary accepts a long-term commitment to perform a liaison function within the class and between the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
From the Editors
range of ideas and voices assembled by a succession of talented editors. From ardent speeches on leadership by the School's founders, to impassioned editorials about the causes of the Great Depression, to insightful commentary on the dawn... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
dating back to the 18th century, is not up to 21st-century demands, for investors or for directors themselves. Ideas for Fundamental Reforms Boards are not going to disappear. Nor, despite their many flaws, should they. They remain the... View Details
- 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