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- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
much thinking on the importance of regions and the policies that should be designed towards them. But there is comparatively little work on what regional governments’ role should be in implementing these policies relative to that of other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 21
well-established organizations to act in new ways is never easy. This book is designed to support business leaders and organizational scholars who are grappling with this challenge by pulling together leading-edge insights from some of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
challenges facing the education sector. The result was the now three-year-old Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), which works with nine urban public school districts representing over one million students. "Rather than... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Making the MBA Degree More Accessible
alumni, we do all we can to make sure that everyone who is admitted can afford to attend.” The RISE Fellowships, which are designed to support students with a demonstrated commitment to serving Black, Latinx, and other marginalized... View Details
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the CFO
dollars in tuition revenue for fiscal 2021. Second, the pandemic forced Executive Education to pivot from its entirely in-person learning model to an all-virtual portfolio. Designing and implementing such a portfolio from the ground up... View Details
- 02 May 2005
- What Do You Think?
Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?
blogs a more representative discussion vehicle... The same will likely happen in the consumer generated marketing realm when slightly later-to-adopt consumers realize how much they can influence manufacturers...." The proper role of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
differentiate the Confi program—most other prevention programs are designed to meet compliance standards, not foster conversation—but the marketplace is dominated by a few big companies. Schools pay about $1 per student each year for such... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
street, even along the winding country road that leads to the Bush ranch, the “Western White House,” you see campaign signs touting the reelection of Democrat Chet Edwards (MBA ’81). He’s an eight-term congressman representing the 17th... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
likely to say no armed group in the conflict represents them—opposite to what is expected when civilians are captive in the conflict zone and must choose sides for their protection. Respondents also show heightened volunteership towards... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
least three plans, one based on "best case," one based on "worst case," and one representing "best guess." One could argue that the process itself has a degree of humility built into it. Fashion retailers... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
pharmaceutical CEO’s perspective on what’s next in Alzheimer’s research; and a panel discussion on the digital transformation of health care. “While many other organizations might claim to offer similar topics, the VRT series is designed... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
product. In four-drive terms, we would argue that brands would be stronger to the extent they come to represent an implicit promise to the customer that can be trusted, a promise that to some extent addresses all four primary drives. Take... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA
world. A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students... View Details
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
of people living in poverty at the bottom of the wealth pyramid, versus the relative handful at the pyramid's peak, represents what is potentially the most explosive socioeconomic challenge facing the world. Now, with markets in the... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 19 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 19, 2006
III, and Edward J. Riedl Periodical:Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming Abstract Recent accounting research employs an asymmetric timeliness measure to test the hypothesis that accounting earnings is conservative. This research View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
students wishing to dive in across the summer and fall. Journey Groups During an early Tuesday afternoon class session, each student will be assigned to a 5-person Journey Group. Groups will be designed to be cross-sectional in nature,... View Details
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
University, and it was acquired from Harvard for virtually nothing.25 By 1931 Wyeth was producing vitamins, vaccines, and serums. In addition, in 1943, American Home Products acquired Ayerst Laboratories, a maker of cod-liver oil, vitamins, and estrogen. Ayerst, as the... View Details
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
manufactuer's 787 Dreamliner, designed and built using more than 100 outside partners, is perhaps the most-watched example of the use of innovation networks. But already almost two years late, the project was dealt another blow last month... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
says. They studied prices and occupancy rates in 50 major US cities between 2011 and 2014, targeting markets with the largest number of hotels. During the study period, Airbnb made a relatively small dent in the overall short-term accommodations market. Its rooms View Details