Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

every problem they solved correctly. The participants graded their own papers and reported their own performance, meaning they had both an opportunity and an incentive to cheat. Unbeknownst to the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

crucial skills that prepared me for the MBA experience: A structured and practical approach to problem solving The discipline I acquired to methodically think through problems... View Details

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

Cover image features Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO, and Taryn Stamper (MBA 2023), High Touch Advisor, of Celeste. BEI is delighted to bring you this mini-series on HBS alumni tackling problems related to water... View Details

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Porter Prize India - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

initiative centered in India. The Prize is administered by the Institute for Competitiveness, India, which is dedicated to enlarging and disseminating the body of research and knowledge on competition and strategy. The Institute for Competitiveness provides guidance on... View Details

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

Giving Business in Global Society Giving Business in Global Society Solve Problems Strengthen business’s role in addressing complex societal challenges The belief that business can and should be a force for... View Details

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

gets people to take risks, try new things, and envision something better. In the end, participants leave with the skills to identify, frame, and solve complex business problems and the confidence to make... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

David Chan

I am thoroughly convinced that business is best poised to solve what may be defined as the problem of our lifetime. And I believe the next generation of leaders will rise to this challenge. I certainly will.... View Details

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

took me to his personal dentist, and we put the fruit flies in the dentist’s chair.” Kidney love: “In medical school, renal medicine seemed to scare other students away. It’s about acid-based imbalances. Electrolyte abnormalities. You have to work through each View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

Second, I learned when to not trust my answer. For the entire first year, Harvard places new students in a section—a deliberately diverse group of 90 students. In each class, we’d come prepared, having read and analyzed a “case,” a business narrative always ending in a... View Details

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

performance only when participants shared personal experiences prior to the task. The effects of metacognitive CQ in enhancing collaboration were mediated by affect-based trust. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications for understanding and promoting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

co-workers to solve a problem About the Professors Amy Edmondson Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business Faculty Chair, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management "Whether you’re a... View Details

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

innovative product's inherently disruptive nature, the incumbent inevitably tries to morph the product to fit into its existing processes and values. It alters the innovation to enhance its appeal to core customers and fit within its operating model. The View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

importantly, this venture is not the only answer and in the interest of solving the problem I should partner. On the personal side, I could not have had a better chance to explore entrepreneurship. I enjoyed... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

of an idea with the potential to solve a problem or address an unmet need and grow it into a purposeful entity. The i-lab, the original component of the now three-lab ecosystem, opened in 2011 in Batten Hall... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

revenue, which is also difficult for a public company to do. About the Author Martha Lagace is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: metamorworks] Book Excerpt Launch: Solve the “Chicken-or- Egg” View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

for solving challenging problems with the interpersonal skills required for deep relationship building. Coaching, mentoring, and leading lights her up and further her mission. “I knew that I wanted to get an... View Details

24 Feb 2022
Op-Ed

Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC

During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide enough beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of inadequate capacity is of utmost importance in the “new normal,”... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger and Richard Boxer; Health

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Judges - Alumni

Marketing Tech Area(s) of Expertise Accounting & Taxes, B2B, B2C, Co-Founder Dynamics, Customer Acquisition, Go-to-Market Strategy, Fundraising Strategies, Pitch Feedback, Market Research Advice Start with the problem and illustrate why... View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

industry's biggest challenges: targeting customers who are likely to be interested in what is being sold and measuring the effectiveness of an ad campaign. Improved technology promises to solve the age-old View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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