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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Understanding the Digital Frontier
ripples across cyberspace that your company’s baby formula turns tiny tots green. Is there anything you can do? Absolutely. Turn the tide to your advantage, argue Charlene Li (MBA ’93) and Josh Bernoff in their new book, Groundswell:... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
the Internet? How many of us have then received offers for products that we didn't yet know we needed? Organizational transparency today most often is associated with good management practice There is a movement afoot to thwart personal... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
looking to become what they want to be—as opposed to a series of vendor shops.— Pat Chadwick, Bloomingdale's Alan Barnett, senior vice president of merchandise planning and information systems for Barneys New York, noted that "the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
ever to win the honor, which he shares with Myron S. Scholes of Stanford University. Merton, the School's George Fisher Baker Professor of Business Administration, joins more than thirty Harvard University faculty members who have won a Nobel Prize. The View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
Near the Guatemalan border in Mexico's Chiapas region, sandwiched between the Sierra Madres and the Pacific Ocean, there's a fertile pocket of land called the Soconusco. While once a hotbed of cacao production for the Aztecs and then the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Platforms and Collaborations
even superior to similar products available on the market today. The next step, according to Dean Clark, is to enhance learning through a “collaborative learning environment.” The HBS IT Group has developed a tool that will allow anyone... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
Association’s conference held on campus in early November. The three-day conference included presentations by industry executives, government officials, and HBS faculty on topics ranging from trends in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries to medical View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
were convinced that their classmates had no idea what it would be like to be in a small town in New England, and to no longer have a source of employment." “We want to change the way layoffs are done” Those emails have led to a... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
- News
Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have estimated the world needs an additional 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide removal each year through various mitigation strategies in order to meet that goal. But can we afford it? JL: So I think that's the... View Details
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
himself and coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara in their new book, Can Japan Compete?, before leading a discussion on approaches to Japan's economic recovery. The conversation sparked considerable debate around his own... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
gave a seminal speech that laid out his vision for the future of e-commerce, a moment that left Beck transfixed. At the same time, the nascent New Venture Competition was just being unveiled and Beck found herself at the intersection of... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
loves: “Putting the pieces together with a client is the fun part, whether or not the development of a physical space is involved. I do have an appreciation for beautiful buildings, but I also love problem-solving and creating new... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
relocated from nearby Aldrich Lawn due to construction of the new Hawes Hall classroom building, tradition otherwise prevailed in the form of beautiful weather, wise and humorous speeches, and an enthusiastic crowd of MBA graduates (some... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
tolerable level?” Ramji commented, “(I) think it is human vanity with some highly optimistic predictions ” Other comments took on an even darker tone. MichaelA wrote, “Homo Deus brings round the basis on which Humanism was first expounded. The concept is not View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
could lead to substantial growth.” But new research suggests that small businesses are far more fiscally conservative than banks realize. In fact, firms with up to 10 employees hold back spending on their revolving credit lines to create... View Details
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IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero - Course Catalog
The final product is for each student team to produce a research paper on their work stream based on their research in Boston and the site visits in India. Course Credit and Fees Students will receive 3 credits upon successful completion... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
financial valuation just like one would as a venture capitalist, but there’s an overlay of impact. And what I define as impact is that the companies we invest in are focused on providing products and services to underserved populations in... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 21 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand
Twitter, Facebook, and especially, LinkedIn. "Think about how we look up new people; typically it's either through a Google search or LinkedIn. Your LinkedIn profile needs to be an 'A+' portal to your identity," Grinshpun says.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
When Business History Was Business News UTAH, 1859: East meets West and America opens for business. Henry Guttmann/Getty Images Newspapers, so the saying goes, write the first draft of history. In her new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
rebuilding cities and economies, many of which were thriving as we entered the new millennium. But in the wake of the economic downturn, that innovative spirit has faltered, and now Carlos Moedas (MBA 2000), in his View Details