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- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
investing the time or recruiting people to improve those processes.” The researchers conducted the survey over nine months between October 2015 and June 2016, in partnership with the membership organization WomenCorporateDirectors... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
billion in investments and R&D to build a GiGAtopia, essentially ushering in the next generation of mobile (5G) and wired infrastructure. CEO Dr. Chang-Gyu Hwang, and his team are considering which areas to prioritize in terms of new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2017
- News
How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook
initial public offering, she admitted to a reporter that she regularly left work at 5:30. The revelation blared across multiple news outlets. Sandberg was worried that she would be lectured or fired. Instead, her brazenness was heralded... View Details
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Innovating at Scale - Course Catalog
When to innovate Class 1: The power of strategic imitation Class 2: Dominant design and 2 nd mover advantages Class 3: First mover advantage Class 4: Exercise on crafting your vision for innovation by asking the right questions Module 2: How to innovate Class 5:... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
manager-caused catastrophes are happening more frequently and with larger consequences. More frequently because of a rise in joint ventures, where teams across organizations and companies find it easiest to adopt a "go along to get along"... View Details
- Web
The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report
top. Intergenerational trust and mutual learning aren’t just soft values; they’re hard assets in today’s volatile business environment. Research confirms that when leaders foster psychological safety and embrace multiple generational... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
Scaling Climate Tech Innovation with Lee Scott (MBA 2023)
capital gap. Some companies fully finance their projects with venture rounds raised at the parent company rather than fundraising directly at a project-level SPV—particularly true for smaller projects. Others partner with strategics to create JVs. And others take the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
pipeline, it joined with Catalyst to undertake research. The result was a coalition of large companies and multiple business schools to create Forte which had as its mission to fill the pipeline for women to get MBA degrees.”), expanding... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
saw this effect in the modeling world, but I wanted to test it in the real world,” says Chung, an assistant professor. “The best way to do that was to perform a field experiment.” For real-world proof of how quotas affect sales performance, the researchers View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
India’s Ambitious National Identification Program
have no identifying documents at all, and yet multiple documents are required to access government services, such as ration cards for subsidized food. Indians without the necessary documents are often denied services or resort to bribing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
execute this study? How did you choose Maverick as a research site? Was the company open to this kind of study? Sandra Cha and Amy Edmondson: Hypocrisy was not at all on our minds when we started the research. Our initial interest in this company was View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
every hand in the class went up. Needless to say, the faculty had never seen such eagerness to participate before. Some people began playing multiple cards. To rectify this unfairness, we brought market discipline to the fore and started... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
art." Choudhury recently teamed up with colleague Tarun Khanna, the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at HBS, to examine and highlight the history of herbal patent applications. From a policy perspective, they wanted to challenge a common... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
biotech companies—as a function of cost, time, and failure modes—tend to risk pivot on one program, one clinical trial, one outcome,” he observes. “Our company is the leader in mining muscle biology for drug discoveries that translate across View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
Role of Psychological Safety (revised) Authors:Bradley R. Staats, Francesca Gino, and Gary P. Pisano Abstract Prior work examining the relationship of varied experience (i.e., the concurrent completion of multiple tasks) and learning by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
for fulfilling work. In fact, multiple pieces of evidence suggest that diaspora use of oDesk increases with familiarity of the platform, rather than a scenario where diaspora connections serve to navigate uncertain environments. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
characterization. They demand multiple epistemologies, theoretical orientations (e.g., construction, analysis, or intervention), and value considerations. As our understanding of this emerging field of study grows, we become aware that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
be best performing in terms of annual profitability; membership was considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives led firms to increase return on equity (ROE) proportionally by 35% on average through higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2007
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Negotiation
Uncertain Environment? Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change Following the adoption of a collective bargaining agreement in 2005, National Hockey League GMs had one month to absorb the new rules and put a team together. How to best... View Details
- Profile
Jennifer Kelly
could have access to affordable, clean water. It's a business model that meets needs on a continuous basis." From Aceh to Boston At McKinsey, Jennifer "pursued a fairly balanced career path in both the private and public sectors." In fact, she was among... View Details