Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

construction projects, subcontractors, and service providers without respect to their union status. For those concerned with transportation and congestion, Amazon could have taken the initiative to recognize the potential problems and... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

to solve that problem? Have we got the right formula? And then scale it, turn it into real business. And they're completely different because the context in which they're doing it is in some respects harder, and in some respects easier.... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

gaining ground because we're experiencing a contextual change. Given the profound challenges we face as a global society and the challenges we confront as an institution, it's not just that we don't have solutions: We increasingly see that these View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

Credential Certificate Courses (3) Business Analytics Professor Janice Hammond Unlock actionable insights by mastering data analysis techniques to solve real-world business challenges and drive informed decision-making. 8 weeks, 5... View Details

15 Sep 2015
First Look

September 15, 2015

price of competing products, pose new challenges on translating the demand forecasts into a pricing policy. We develop an algorithm to efficiently solve the subsequent multi-product price optimization that incorporates reference price... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

using combinations of four integers, about 4 billion possible combinations. The problem: Internet growth is so dramatic that potential IPv4 addresses are running short on supply. A new standard called IPv6 will solve the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

among intermediaries intensifies these problems by increasing the magnitude of their effects and broadening the circumstances in which they arise. We show similar results arise when intermediaries provide matching benefits, namely... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical... View Details

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

to have more diversity, equity, and inclusion, but I don’t know how to tackle this complex set of issues. These are workplaces where the leaders are fearful because they don’t have a sense of how to unpack the problem and what steps to... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

chance to fulfill all four drives. Addressing their acquiring drives is necessary but not sufficient to create an ongoing healthy relationship. The variety of issues and problems generated by the interaction of the parties can stimulate... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

ecosystem to demystify what capital markets are doing. The key to understanding these varied players is to first understand that financial markets are trying to solve the deep underlying problem of modern... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2023
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

to solve some of society’s greatest challenges, such as climate change and economic mobility. But because the problems and solutions manifest differently across regions, it’s critical for leaders to have a... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

07 Jul 2011
What Do You Think?

So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

that evidence "implies that effective planning is rare in the modern economy," that "whether we like it or not, trial and error is a tremendously powerful process for solving problems in a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

building companies that address the threat of climate change and the long‐term sustainability of the planet. Roberts is also cofounder and managing partner of Material Impact, a fund that builds resilient technology companies developing products to View Details

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

industry-backed codes seem to be less stringent than NGO-backed codes. And so it is challenging for consumers and even company procurement managers to untangle all of this. And that's among the common codes of conduct: There are plenty of companies that have their own... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

the rule of law doesn't function. My first book projects—The Power and the Money and The Politics of Property Rights—looked at how businesses solved that problem in revolutionary Mexico. Firms in Mexico,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Approach problems using structured methods of gathering... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Megan Murday The idea for a digital platform to help venture capitalists calculate, benchmark, and improve portfolio ESG performance crystallized while Megan Murday (MBA 2021) was studying at HBS. Now the CEO of the software startup Metric, she says that “investors... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

calculators of abstraction. The solving of real-world, real-time problems has atrophied and stagnated. In this book, renowned scholar and emeritus professor Jay W. Lorsch marshals evidence, history, and... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

the world. Move Fast & Fix Things: The Trusted Leader’s Guide to Solving Hard Problems By Frances Frei, Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School and Anne Morriss (MBA... View Details

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