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- 02 May 2023
- Blog Post
From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job
career after graduation. On the social front, I organized concert outings in Boston and embraced my DJ hobby by becoming our designated Section I DJ. These experiences not only energized me but also helped me gain unique perspectives that View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
that stretch, by itself, is not a useful management concept. Nishant Miglani pointed out that "as a complement to stretch, GE also had this notion of the 'boundaryless organization' ..." Matthew Tuttle suggested that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from the Browser Wars
not yet diffused through the entire population—the second mover can try to influence new users rather than get the small installed base to switch over. The second mover has to have some sort of asymmetric advantage, such as control over the distribution of a View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
A Binary Formula
and what the School teaches, and to whom. How can HBS best complement and contribute to the work of the University’s world-renowned laboratories as well as to cutting-edge, science-based firms in Boston and beyond? Can the School itself... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a psychological nudge, and (3)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
inputs are complements (substitutes). We also find that the optimal strength of patents on research inputs is increasing in the degree of substitution between the inputs but decreasing in the number of inputs for any degree of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
everything’s over in an hour. Zoë’s approach allows her to say the things that I can’t say, and vice versa. Does having this complement of approaches help fill out a fuller picture? ZC: It can be challenging to feel that way when our... View Details
- 16 Aug 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers
Lifetime Value Analysis" toolkit complements the "HubSpot: Inbound Marketing and Web 2.0" case, which introduces the concept of calculating the value that a customer segment delivers to the firm. Professors have also used... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- Web
Staff Directory | Baker Library
development and electronic resources licensing. She holds degrees in Journalism (BA), Library and Information Studies (MLIS), and Business Analytics (MSBA) to complement diverse experience in academic, corporate, and archival library... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
always going to be here, but we needed to have a base of operations closer to California, where we do a lot of work, and Boulder is a great quality of life complement to Miami. Last year we had to close the agency for about a week after a... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
research is underway on several issues. To what degree are corporate structure and strong unit autonomy incompatible? How much strong national leadership is required to complement local program customization? And how important is national... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)
father would make us read through the annual reports of companies he had invested in, but that was an early influence: realizing I had an education and holidays because my parents complemented their income by investing in the Nigerian... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Yelp data can complement government surveys by measuring economic activity in close to real time, at a granular level, and at almost any geographic scale. Changes in the number of businesses and restaurants reviewed on Yelp can predict... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
to help consumers make informed choices. So, I wanted to know how online platforms could complement government regulation in informing consumers about the quality of different providers, specifically home service professionals, and how... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
often. However, we find that both individual's own experience and others' experience alter their responses in predictable ways. Moreover, although individual and other experience act as substitutes prior to negative news, the two types of experience act as View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
are an enabling force legally astute management teams can use to manage the firm more effectively. In particular, it proposes that legally astute management teams can, inter alia, use formal contracts as complements to relational... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
Indian software maker Infosys specifically, and other Indian firms more generally.We document the under-studied effect that global product and labor markets can play in the convergence of corporate governance systems worldwide. This View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
"adapting," I don't mean that your style needs to be the same as that of your boss, but you should be in sync and try to make sure your skills complement each other. For example, if your supervisor is a "big-picture" thinker, you could... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 18 Jun 2007
- Op-Ed
Leveling the Executive Options Playing Field
governance view of taxation," suggests that tax authorities can be meaningful monitors who complement the activities of shareholders concerned with opportunistic insiders. Under the current dual-reporting system, it is impossible for... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai
- 24 Aug 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
from the atmosphere of constant stress and menace inside prisons. As the two talked, they realized that, not only did they share the same vision, but their skill sets complemented each other perfectly for creating what would become the... View Details