Judgment Of Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2009
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Losing Our Competitive Edge

are the exceptions. In the vast majority of high-tech products (and even some low-tech products like apparel), knowledge about manufacturing helps you design products and get them to market quickly. What... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Manufacturing

01 Feb 1997
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OPM Reunion Snapshots

deal of respect for the faculty and the institution." Like many who attended the OPM reunion, Sorensen traveled a great distance. "I love to learn," he says, "and I saw this as an opportunity to expand my View Details

01 Apr 1997
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A Conversation with Dean Clark

I'd say it was to educate leaders and build knowledge on a global scale. BULLETIN: In several previous interviews and speeches, you've stressed the importance to the School of what you've called... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa

also chairs the advisory board of Harvard’s Center for African Studies. “As alumni, we need to give students the benefit of our judgment so that they aren’t always reinventing... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Action Plan: Come as You Are

Ethnobotany 101, a large multimedia piece by Cree artist Jane Ash Poitras, which juxtaposes preconceived notions of Indigenous culture with the deep knowledge and connection of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; museums; art; cognition; diversity; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2022
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Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

who are examining a wide range of climate- and sustainability-related topics. Contributing to this body of knowledge will be the work generated by the BiGS Climate Fellows, who... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

students began to attack these cases by working together. The goal was threefold, says Dr. James Young, executive dean of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine: Watson was to help doctors get... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

11 Oct 2022
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On Balance

to do the same work as her. “I think it’d be hard to find a woman in any workplace who didn’t have personal experiences of gender discrimination,” she observes. The knowledge that women across Australia have... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1998
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Supplying Demand

whopping $5.2 billion. In creating Staples, Stemberg drew on the knowledge of modern distribution techniques he had acquired during his twelve years in the grocery business. As a vice president with the... View Details

Keywords: Paul Michelman

01 Oct 1998
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A Career to Smile About

of acquired knowledge and experience across regions and nations is a key to business success. And with dozens of wildly different markets and ongoing geopolitical... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

09 Mar 2021
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Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

foreseen that the insights and problem-solving strategies they would gain would soon help them deal with the profound challenges posed by the pandemic. “The timing of the Leading People course I took in October 2019 was particularly... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

much to be studied and learned.” Kovacs adds that the investors and entrepreneurs on the panels were all “rock stars,” sharing invaluable firsthand knowledge with an audience of investors, entrepreneurs,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

wide range of experiences, opinions, and practical knowledge about cultivating leadership, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Six panel discussions presented on the second day View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

15 Dec 2024
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Back at the Ranch

to do this work, so whether we’re building fences or moving pallets of minerals or taking care of cattle, we try to give them a ton of free manpower. In return, we get a lot... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photos by Adler and Vance Jacobs; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

17 Jan 2019
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The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

musician, entrepreneur: “I was buying some bananas from a 7/11 in Seoul, South Korea, when the email appeared in my inbox. I was with a dear friend of mine, Elliott Davis, who graduated from HBS in 2016. He gave me a huge hug and hearty... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Benaree Wiley

"Early in life," says Bennie Wiley, "I learned an important guiding principle: look for ways to exercise your values." As president and CEO of The Partnership, an organization designed to open doors for minority professionals in the city... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Dec 2003
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HIV/AIDS and Business

problems other countries have faced.” “We put a lot of effort into making these workshops more than an academic exercise,” says Ballou-Aares. “Our focus was on how organizations can build partnerships across sectors, learn from one... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978)

successful entrepreneurs. His business strategy? “If it is art that inspires me, it’s going to inspire other people, and they will buy it. It’s really as simple as that.” On getting an art education: “One of the great things about art is... View Details