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- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
art processes better models for knowledge work than more rules-based, scientific processes. The key to understanding these similarities is something we call cheap and rapid iteration. The Cost Of Getting It Right The cost of iteration—the... View Details
Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
overly narrow goals. Consider the experience of Airbnb, which ran experiments to evaluate booking strategies but ignored the potential for discrimination. After research by Luca and colleagues found evidence of widespread discrimination... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 30 Nov 2018
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?
Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
concerted campaign in the U.S. to sow doubt about the scientific underpinnings of climate change concerns. More recently, some companies—including in the energy and automotive sectors—have begun advocating for government policies to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
dollars. All told, the process takes about 10 to 15 years. "I think we're all frustrated, we're all disappointed," explains PhRMA's EVP of scientific and regulatory affairs Bill Chin, former executive dean for View Details
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
porous as possible.—Karim R. Lakhani The result has been a product that even academics regularly consult. In late 2005, the scientific journal Nature conducted a study comparing 42 science articles in Wikipedia with the online version of... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
being created, while in others, the stock of technical knowledge that can potentially be transferred into new ventures is locked up in companies. The best example is Japan, where most innovations are generated within research laboratories... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
disciplinary boundaries. The Doctoral Consortium at the Design Science Research Conference in Information Sciences and Technology (DESRIST) was an important milepost in their evolution. It provided a forum where students and leading View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
staff and given assignments at Merck's research facilities. Through its network of associated colleges, UNCF affords Merck access to bright minority students with an interest in science, and these students are in turn provided access to... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
they hoped Doug Clark, a biomechanist, and his Invention Factory team would bring a scientific approach toward building the next generation of Timberland products and ideas. The team had to convince those in the mainstream business to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 9
and professional activities of academic biomedical scientists. In qualitative and quantitative analyses, we show that scientists match to their postdoctoral mentors based on two dominant factors, geography and scientific focus. They then... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
navigate life’s most difficult situations. The book is filled with stories of people facing a range of challenges, from going on job interviews to asking someone out; scientific research on how our bodies... View Details
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics, learning, conflict, power,... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
capitalists to fund big bets on technology, research universities that mint PhDs, and a clear legal framework that protects intellectual property. In stark contrast, companies in developing countries lack these advantages. But does this... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
For her innovative research and outspoken advocacy of US health-care reform, Professor Regina Herzlinger is known in some media circles as "the godmother of consumer-driven health care." At HBS, she holds the distinction of being the... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
We investigate these research questions in the context of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Audit Policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-021.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsGianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
presents up-to-date scientific research findings that explain why we have unwanted habits (for example, inappropriate angry outbursts, procrastination, breaking a diet, or abandoning an exercise program) and... View Details
- 17 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission
address this inherent bias problem by enacting strict and scientific hiring mechanisms. For instance, rather than vetting possible hires via job interviews, Los Andes both hired and promoted its employees almost solely on the basis of how... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
is taught should be grounded in research. Even for teachers who do relatively little leadership research, it is still assumed that what they convey to students represents the most important research relevant to the field. Moreover, when... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
Engine Co., on his personal acquaintance with Miller, interviews with more than 80 people who knew Miller, and extensive research in the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Collection of his papers in the Indiana Historical Society. Breaking out of... View Details