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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
many cases drifting from their original intent of making management a profession, with a commitment to using a body of knowledge for the good of society. “The university-based business school of today is a troubled institution, one that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
called on. Now, talking in class without any knowledge was an HBS art form, and I was prepared to go on at length about a subject—pricing cars at GM—of which I had no knowledge. But suddenly I felt enraged and my inner voice said, "What... View Details
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
"While the energy industry has been in the forefront of a demand for more information from a broad group of stakeholders, this demand is becoming more and more common across almost all firms. Thus, the oil companies are likely... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
surprised us, both by revealing the extent of entrepreneurial involvement among HBS alumni and by giving clear evidence of the path to entrepreneurship," observes Stevenson. "It debunked the common wisdom that some people are born to be... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
set of principles—constructive confrontation, disagree and then commit, knowledge power not position power, put common sense on a pedestal, let chaos reign and reign in chaos—these are all parts of Intel... View Details
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
game-theoretical agent-based models to explore group genesis in homogeneous populations and find robust group formation with just two basic principles: reciprocity and transitivity. These emergent groups demonstrate in-group cooperation and out-group defection, even... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
creative leadership. I think overall it was incredibly important for the students. One topic in class was the quartet's whole apprenticeship under Sir Clifford Curzon. In a lot of business contexts, because there's so much tacit knowledge... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
authors go beyond the common belief of retail as a monolithic industry and provide a framework that any brick-and-mortar retailer can use to respond to the eCommerce threat. Through six examples, this book demonstrates how this framework... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
The best and brightest executives in the world are common visitors to the MBA classrooms at Harvard Business School, giving students a personal opportunity to talk to the likes of Ann Fudge, Lou Gerstner, Meg Whitman, and Jack Welch.... View Details
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
evolution of the industry through the introduction of key service elements like flight attendants, in-flight meals, and loyalty programs. Each of these service elements, which are common today, was introduced as a key differentiator by a... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
David Laibson, and Brigitte C. Madrian Abstract—Can governments increase private savings by taxing savings up front instead of in retirement? Roth 401(k) contributions are not tax-deductible in the contribution year, but withdrawals in retirement are untaxed. The more... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
We tend to think of the moment of insight and creativity in sudden and shocking terms: the bathtub overflowing (Archimedes), the apple beaning off the head (Newton), the bolt of lightning shivering the key at the end of a kite (Franklin). In the View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-026.pdf Specific View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
business out of it. It is fair to say that without Li & Fung, the sourcing function for most major retailers in the U.S. would come to a grinding halt. Our framework for institutional voids captures what is common to all emerging... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
wills to a search for fairness principles. Fisher did not create knowledge of the deductive, experimental kind most common in social science research. Yet Roger and his colleagues developed frameworks of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
obtain the full value from these projects. Our work led us to propose several frameworks for how firms should think about their collaboration efforts (reported in a separate working paper) as well as to codify a set of organizational “best practices” that were View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
hire in cohorts are more likely to have strong organizational career imprints. These two factors socially reinforce the kinds of capabilities, connections, confidence, and cognition that people pick up; they enhance the commonality among... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark