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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
the pandemic has taught us important lessons. Financially and operationally, the pandemic strengthened HBS as an institution. We developed and integrated new technology into the classroom, expanded our research initiatives, and created... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
date—maybe 2002? Before its first funding round, in any case. I told Reed Hastings that everyone would be streaming video in a year or two, so why set up this huge infrastructure around DVDs? He said, “They’re not ready for streaming yet. We will be ready when the... View Details
- 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009
actually increase overall social welfare. We also consider the environmental impact of BPS and derive competitive conditions under which BPS reduces and increases emissions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-098.pdf Cases & Course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
overview of business history research worldwide aimed at both researchers and practitioners, addressing challenging issues such as globalization, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, technology and innovation, and economic theory and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
you can't prove who you are.” The scope and scale of the project, and its progress so far in already enrolling 200 million people, make this the largest-scale project of its kind in the world, says Harvard Business School Professor Tarun... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
predictable date for its demand. There is certainly a need for more research into vaccine-production technologies and for greater production capacity, and WHO encourages vaccine firms and national governments to invest in such areas. How... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
you miss it because you had to be ‘in the office,’ you can never get that time back. In 2016, with technological advancement, there is no excuse to miss it.” —Al Chiaradonna (MBA 1997), SVP, global private banks, SEI Investments “When I... View Details
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
investors and entrepreneurs need, optimize both technological sophistication and financial sophistication-approaches designed to attract capital by offering different levels of risk and return, different cash-flow priorities, and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
“HBS has always been good at running experiments — reinforcing the ones that make progress and killing the ones that don’t,” says HBS professor of management practice Joseph B. Lassiter, who, together with Sahlman, worked with student... View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Common Pitfalls So That Your Organization Can Collaborate, Learn, and Innovate By: Leonardi, Paul, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract—Workplaces have adopted internal social tools—think stand-alone technologies such as Slack, Yammer, and Chatter,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
have, every brain cell each one of you has, to make the sensible decision about what to do next." 40 The progressive practices and generous benefit package established by Polaroid, one of the leading employers of the area, enhanced its... View Details
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
A second important driver is the evolution of scientific knowledge and of the technology that goes along with this evolution. Little by little, our uncertainty about the cause of a disease or the optimal therapy for each disease is... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
"The research became a catalyst for business education and civic engagement," she says. Kanter's action agenda, summarized in her book World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy, outlines steps that communities and businesses should take together to make View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
Events: Dancing dragons greeted alumni at the closing gala inside the new Science and Technology Museum. Photos by Philip Chau Standing before nearly 1,000 HBS alumni, faculty, and guests in a packed Shanghai hotel auditorium, HBS... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20
technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we also detect an impact of the prizes on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
Black youth over the next ten years. We are learning so much about different ways in which we can think about this problem and make progress on this topic. I think this initiative, diversity across all forms, is absolutely essential if we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
regions. Lessem makes the case for “integral advantage,” a philosophy including nature and culture, technology and economy, all accommodated by an integral polity. Around the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
radio station distribution and the roller coaster of trying to generate "Top 40" hits); and they acquired a 10 percent ownership stake in Island Records worth $30 million when the record company was acquired by PolyGram in 1989. U2 was also innovative, understanding... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
progress in life and in business. HBS Working Knowledge asked Zaleznik to reflect on the inner life of leaders. Martha Lagace: Your book is an intellectual and introspective discussion of leadership that seems rare in the literature of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
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September 20, 2016
of traditional U.S. public companies by more R&D-intensive firms is key to understanding the secular trend in average cash holdings. Over the last 35 years, an increasing share of R&D-intensive firms has entered the stock market with View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne