Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2018
News

Innovation Outside the Boundaries

introduced as part of the field method, which complements the School’s case method pedagogy. “As future leaders in a global business environment,” Thiry says, “MBAs need skills and insights informed by real-world, hands-on problem View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

through video interviews from prominent business leaders About the Professor Rebecca Henderson Sustainable Business Strategy John and Natty McArthur University Professor "In this course, we will explore what business can do to help solve... 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

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Lack of Female Scientists Means Fewer Medical Treatments for Women

we can open the spigot and then those ideas would flow out. Our results suggested that there is.” Women-led inventions benefit everyone Although women often invent products or solve problems for their own... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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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

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

revolutionizing of material things, is greatly needed. The business group largely controls these mechanisms and is therefore in a strategic position to solve these problems. Our objective therefore, should be the multiplication of men who... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

only if their protégé scored in the top quartile and decided to choose the high-stakes competition over the lesser guaranteed payment. Significantly, the protégés were told that they had sponsors before choosing whether to take the guaranteed 50 cents per View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Jan 2023
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Sam Perez Diarte

and repair in the factories to ensure the team could meet demand. I enjoyed this role because I was solving new, complex problems and learning every day. Did 2+2 change your path or alter your... View Details

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

supply chain problem space to include, among other things, the assignment of roles and decision rights among the coordinating partners, the selection of partners, the design of incentives, and the design of processes to monitor... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

at once the picture I had just taken of her. As I walked around that charming town I undertook the task of solving the puzzle she had set me. Within the hour, the camera, the film, and the physical chemistry became so clear to me that... 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

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

and Stanford University's Debra E. Meyerson propose a new approach to viewing and solving the women-in-leadership shortfall. Traditionally, three goals for fixing the problem have been considered: fix the... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

To Go-Go: A Foodtech Startup Serves Up Scale in Latin America

to make a go of it. They raised $500,000 from family and friends in 2019; picked up another $75,000 by winning the alumni track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2020; and raised $4.5 million in seed funding three months later. Foodology View Details

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

that's a business opportunity. And then we said, now we need a business model. What kind of business problems are we going to solve where this technology is the single best solution? We made a prediction and... 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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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

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

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Electricity - Business & Environment

Liqian Ma HBS MBA 2011, Head of Impact Investing Research, Cambridge Associates “Climate change offers an opportunity for us to step up to the challenge by bringing out the best in all of us: the capacity to solve large-scale 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

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