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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020
that they needed more time to execute on the strategy to better prove the value of its mobile app and ecosystem-driven strategy. The students were concerned that the company would suffer from the aborted plans. Interestingly, about a year... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
contradicts what we "know" to be true; and to maintain clarity about our priorities and goals, so that we can be constantly vigilant in assessing the connection between what we value and what we say and do. One need not have... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
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and expertise with this advanced certificate. Need Help? Frequently Asked Questions Get answers to your questions about admissions, grading, and more. Request More Information Learn more about specific programs, or sign up for news and... View Details
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Running Jobs - Research Computing Services
scheduler listens to your requests and then matches you with the computing resources that you need to perform your work. These resources are exclusively available to you for the duration of your job, but is part of a larger shared system... View Details
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
post-doctoral researcher at the Université Paris-Dauphine, and Michelangelo Rossi, assistant professor at Télécom Paris. In a political environment where racial injustice draws plenty of attention from all sides, companies that want to lead on the issue View Details
- 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3
not need to optimize the timing of their equity issues. Consistent with these predictions, I use a unique panel of non-SEC-filing private U.S. firms to show that the average public firm holds twice as much cash as the average private... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29
among adults around the world, and the warm glow of giving can be detected even in toddlers. These benefits are most likely to emerge when giving satisfies one or more core human needs (relatedness, competence, and autonomy). The rewards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
"Just the designation that you're part of this temporary group can eliminate some of those bureaucratic layers where the coordination between people laterally is harder than it needs to be," Edmondson says. Valentine was one of... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
Companies face a growing yet largely undetected threat to their worker productivity, employee retention and, ultimately, competitive advantage: the needs of employees who are caregivers. The aging population, an increasingly female... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Edward E. Matthews, MBA 1957
“Some people detest asking people for money, but I’m not one of them.” And because he believes in making contributions that give institutions flexibility, Matthews gives to the HBS Fund. “The Dean needs the resources to innovate and to... View Details
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
code can be useful for other programming tasks in the future," and so on. In open source, a programmer is his or her own boss and can take full responsibility for the success or failure of a task. Programmers in typical commercial projects, by contrast, View Details
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
flat top of the S). “Miles Davis forced the musicians to approach the music without any expectations or preconceptions, often by giving them minimal sketches and sparse instructions."—Carl Størmer: Companies experience a lot of success on the steep part of the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?
and sometimes outside of work.” He added, “Everybody needs to be touched by someone who cares.” Of course, this takes time that many managers don’t feel they can spare. As Guy put it, “Improving employee engagement is not done through... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Michael F. Cronin
that needs our capital and strategic advice but also has a solid organization and lots of operational know-how.” As a scholarship student at Harvard College, Cronin was president of the Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). “Unlike most of my... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
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Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
have their own age-specific needs and preference. Tingting Zhong, MBA 2006, Cofounder & Co-CEO Region: Asia/Pacific Deeper Pulse Deeper Pulse runs platform that generates innovative designs for electric motors. Its software provides motor... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
From Scholarship to Life-Saving Impact
executive—or perhaps founding her own company. “To do so, I knew I needed to hone my managerial and leadership skills,” she says. Harvard’s new joint MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences degree felt like the perfect fit. “I really liked... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
China and India as competition but as profit centers to improve our short term return on investment. We need to reexamine that paradigm. . . . Sometimes the kids in the global community don't play fair. We don't have to take our ball... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
noteworthy cases from HBS faculty about companies that are balancing blood ties and balance sheets. hbsp.harvard.edu CP Group Balancing the Needs of a Family Business with the Needs of a Family of Businesses... View Details
- 07 Jul 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?
productivity is the need [for] ever-increasing consumption. Unfortunately unemployed workers don't consume much of anything." Garry Emmons reminded me that "We examined this issue with HBS profs in a February 1999 HBS Bulletin... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
network of client employees and an equally vast internal network of the firm's employees. The GEP needs to have a deep understanding of the client and its industry in order to identify opportunities and problems where the firm's resources... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace