Education Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

dairy operation in a rural area. It might be augmented and complimented by companies engaged in electric generation, telecommunications, housing, and water purification. Poverty, as we have noted, is systemic. Its alleviation requires a View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

medical devices after they are approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Historically, such surveillance was based on voluntary reports by medical practitioners, but with the widespread adoption of electronic medical records and comprehensive patient... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

and some 1,000 cases. By the time he became professor emeritus in 1997, he had taught some seven thousand Harvard MBA students and ten thousand Executive Education participants in programs at Soldiers Field and abroad, while advising... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

09 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale

on. It's noteworthy that he was educated at public universities. There was no tuition at CCNY, City College of New York. Q: And he was penniless when he came. A: He came here with nothing but the shirt on his back. He literally crawled... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological progress. For years, however, there has been concern that patent litigation is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

Professors Ananth Raman and Roy Shapiro are two members of the HBS faculty team that developed the new Executive Education program, Managing the Supply Chain: The General Manager's Perspective. In this conversation with the Executive... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases By: Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Abstract—This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal, behavioral, and cognitive constraints that can stymie the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Innovation Is Magic. Really

The initial idea was tested in a course called Leading Product Innovation in the executive education program and refined over the years. At this point, more than 1,000 executives participated and the feedback has been enthusiastic.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Consumer Products

01 May 2006
What Do You Think?

Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?

the latter's Vermont farm, according to biographer Richard Parker. Galbraith, in his book The Affluent Society, argued for the importance of fiscal policy in influencing the allocation of resources between rich and poor. This was to be done through the maintenance of a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

the ways that firms have sought to "game" the system. We explore why the system is breaking down and propose a way in which standard setting could be redesigned to address these problems. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

Sometimes executive education has little to do with what happens in a classroom. Mentoring and coaching are the time-tested ways for wisdom and knowledge to be passed through an organization. Harvard Business School professor Dorothy... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

information, we couldn't have accessed it effectively anyway. Email systems were not widely available, let alone mobile devices with capacity to access the data. Now the capacity to store and access information through cloud computing is... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

02 Sep 2002
What Do You Think?

What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?

person's commitment to service outside of their profession ... as good an indication as any of a person's commitment to more than just achieving status and making money" (Tammy Doty); 3) encouraging a school's admissions group to "focus inward and nurture in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

change their companies' values, build healthier relationships with investors, revamp incentive systems to create long-term value, and develop stronger succession plans. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 9, 2010

educators to deliver a high-impact transformative leadership course creating leaders ready to meet the global demands of the 21st century. Workshop participants included 41 scholars and administrators from North America and Europe from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

observe homophily in ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience increases the probability of forming teams by 17% and 11 % respectively. Homophily in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706036 Frederick Douglass Charter School: The Renewal Decision Harvard Business School Case 806-063 Five years after the launch of the Frederick Douglass Charter School, its performance is under review by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

Internet's immediacy and wealth of information to educate and advise the consumer. "It all adds up to a real boon for consumers," he notes. "At our Web site, for example, we have posted financial planning information that... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Financial Services

07 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 7

commissions hurt sales. If managers must retain a cap, they should set it as high as possible to avoid reducing reps' incentives. Although overly complicated compensation systems have their downsides, research has found that a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman

Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details