Cold Start Problem - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

schools for all. In the end many states adopted both policies-a combination that proved enormously powerful. The problem today is that too many have come to view politics as war, where victory is paramount and "compromise" is a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

Surveillance Capitalism, you are fooling yourself.” David Wittenberg stated the case for the position that the source of the problem is us. “No matter how much businesses know about us, they cannot sell to us unless their products make... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

30 Jun 2022
News

Scaling Hope

35th reunion at Dartmouth College. “People thanked me for telling their story,” he recalls. “There is so much stigma around addiction, and people don’t really share that they have this problem going on in their family. That creates a... View Details

14 Sep 2018
Blog Post

10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

I only had one week before classes started. On August 6th, I entered Pierce Hall on the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) campus to start the program. It’s been just over a month since my first day,... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

The Social Enterprise Initiative has long supported students and alumni starting organizations with a social impact focus. Our curriculum, career support, community building, and funding supports students in exploring social... View Details

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

cause or not. Each situation is different. It may depend on the nature of the CEO’s shortcomings and the terms of their contract. Was the problem merely poor company performance (rarely regarded as “cause”), poor judgment (a borderline... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

other, and whether he could open as many offices as the firm needed. "When I looked at my watch and realized that it was 10:00 p.m. and that I had been sitting on the bench for two hours, I knew something had to give," he writes. He View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

Testing whether better marketing yields results John and her fellow researchers proposed that the problem may not be the incentives themselves, but how they are presented. In particular, failing to promote incentives effectively could... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

experienced negotiators make mistakes in all three dimensions. Let us start with the least familiar kind of mistake. Flaws in our third dimension, the set-up of a negotiation, can take many forms: wrong parties, wrong issues, wrong... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Business in Society and Strategy track. Introduction to Sustainable Business Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Sustainable Business Strategy $1,850... View Details

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

Thirteen months after starting at Google and my first product went live, I was simultaneously filled with excitement, anxiety, and relief. But most significantly, the product launch sparked a real reflection of my time and work at Google.... View Details

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

intent on dominating, and who refuse to engage in problem solving. Skillful negotiation starts with having a clear sense of when to walk away, in order to avoid being browbeaten into accepting unreasonable... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

us served as a senior quality officer, found that customers who had experienced a problem that was successfully resolved by Fidelity were more satisfied than customers who had never had a problem with the... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

took me to his personal dentist, and we put the fruit flies in the dentist’s chair.” Kidney love: “In medical school, renal medicine seemed to scare other students away. It’s about acid-based imbalances. Electrolyte abnormalities. You have to work through each View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

color of their skin, and while these were not the first incidents of racial injustice of this kind, the Chenaults wanted to do their part to make them the last. Starting the Anti-Racism Fund As Kevin completed his first year at HBS, he... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

$3,750) Next session starts October 1st Apply to New Leaders Path Apply to Experienced Leaders Path CLIMB enables new and experienced leaders to ignite their careers with a combination of vital and forward-looking business skills,... View Details

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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Economics for Managers $1,850 Next 8-week session View Details

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

a business opportunity from the perspective of a "triple bottom line"-a performance evaluation scheme focused on "people, planet, and profit" that construes success in terms of social benefits, environmental stewardship, and economic prosperity. Dow... View Details