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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
authors propose that a process emphasizing learning and adaptation is the key to successful innovation in this emerging age. To understand the procedures required for product evolution in these new circumstances, the researchers studied... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018
organization forward. Quality over quantity – With a population as big as HBS’, it can be tempting to measure success based on how many students apply to your job or attend your presentation. We have found... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices
Keeps HBS Ahead? You Do! The Personal Touch Donor Spotlight FAQ Associate Professor Nava Ashraf, the MBA Class of 1966 Research Fellow, exemplifies one of the many HBS faculty members who is actively overturning prevailing assumptions to develop more View Details
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
foundations of strategic costing systems. The breakthrough came by combining an idea I had while writing Cost & Effect with an innovation developed by Steve Anderson, an HBS MBA, who was a student in my second-year elective, Cost View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Joint Venture
global reach and impact, that effort has been not only an enormous success but also a ringing affirmation of the School’s mission to “make a difference in the world.” Over the decades—from field-based work such as the Hawthorne studies,... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
pairwise industry and establishment level and measure agglomeration in a global and continuous metric space. These indices exhibit distinct advantages compared to traditional measures of agglomeration... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online
collaboratively Gain frameworks, tools, and customer engagement techniques to enhance your organization’s digital marketing strategy and measure its success Understand how digital platforms create and... View Details
- 11 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."
his eye on what matters. He says he hasn’t ruled out a future run for office, yet he’s not trying to force history—if he can make a difference in that way, he certainly will. “I’m not measuring success by my... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Management Déjà Vu,” by asking his audience about their concerns, as owners and operators of small businesses. A number of issues were voiced: sales and marketing; cash flow; hiring and motivating employees; smooth succession within... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
is related to higher UK CEO pay; however, the effect is similar when UK firms have a listing in any foreign country implying a foreign listing effect not unique to the U.S. Product market relationships measured by the extent of sales in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead
faculty chair), Allen Grossman, and F. Warren McFarlan each led a lively exchange that encompassed topics such as measuring SEI’s success in 2014, ensuring that the knowledge generated is applied, and... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
gathering tasks. We use the framework and examples of successful research studies in the nancial reporting literature to clarify how data-gathering choices affect a study’s ability to achieve its goals and conclude by showing how the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
employees' fears of telling the senior team about obstacles to the organization's effectiveness. They advocate six basic steps to overcoming these barriers and achieving greater success in talent development. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commencement 2012 Address | About
the course of his career with his generosity. Now I’m not suggesting that the secret to life is intentionally losing card games. Rather, I’d suggest that you step back from time to time, and to measure your View Details
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
mission." The panelists added, though, that success can be difficult to measure in the nonprofit sector, especially compared to the financial gains of a for-profit start-up. "There's a real problem... View Details
- 13 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part
issue. Just like setting sales goals tied to consequences for not meeting those goals, increasing diversity in your workforce is something measurable and it is tied to organizational success so it should be... View Details
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Terrance McGuire
were going to be successful and some who weren’t.” Leaving HBS, McGuire found few classmates heading toward venture capital. “The assumption at the time was that you had to put in your time at a company like Intel or Genentech... View Details
- Web
Judging | New Venture Competition
Judging Social Enterprise Track Social Enterprise ideas are evaluated on their potential to become the basis of a viable new venture and will focus on the idea, its potential for social value creation, and the likelihood of achieving View Details
- 16 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process
recruiting practices for candidates with diverse abilities is designed to welcome candidates into the recruiting process and foster their success while establishing a more equitable and effective process for all. Communicate Transparent... View Details
Keywords: All Industries