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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
and - much as in word processing - efficiently, with minimal keystrokes." Bricklin made good use of the School's computer resources as he struggled to germinate the seed that would grow into today's ubiquitous spreadsheet, and he found near unanimous View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
skills building boot camp, a global immersion field study, and a team-based entrepreneurial project designed to integrate knowledge from the first year curriculum—FIELD teaches students that what they have learned about business in the... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
three-month program, held at NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, was designed to move entrepreneurs out of their silos and encourage them to work together to identify a worldwide problem and a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Strengthening Ties with Executive Education Graduates
model does not work as well for Executive Education alumni. The Survey Subcommittee, chaired by Cathy Benko (MBA 1989), has worked on developing questions designed to identify specific ways to help Executive Education alumni stay in touch... View Details
- 06 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
Foundation (DRK) – a venture philanthropy firm. The Initiative also partially funded my internship through its Summer Fellows Program, a sponsorship designed to help students explore career opportunities in social enterprise. In... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals
campus is closed to most motor vehicles, a rule that encourages face-to-face encounters along the walking paths. Taxis, and often black limousines, patiently wait for their clients on the campus' margins. As the campus master plan... View Details
Keywords: Education
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Healthcare, and Leadership. "The Initiative designation is meant to acknowledge a new phase of activity: one that we hope will engage the faculty, students, staff, and alumni in enhancing and extending both knowledge creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
companies we visited were supportive of market interventions by government policy and regulation to encourage sustainable investments. For example, Grolsch shared that taxes on landfilling (which is now prohibited in the Netherlands) and... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
rate. Our results suggest that low pay rates are, in and of themselves, unlikely to promote dishonesty. Instead, it is the salience of upward social comparisons that encourages the poorly compensated to cheat. September 2013 Empirical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
tax policy. Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations Authors:Bruce J. Fried, Sharon Topping, and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:In Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior. 6th ed., edited by Lawton... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Health Care Initiative at HBS
possibility. I had the privilege and good fortune to help launch the Health Care Initiative (HCI) at HBS in 2005. It still energizes me every day to be able to design a program that I would have wanted to participate in when I was an MBA... View Details
- 14 May 2018
- Blog Post
Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers
"The biggest reason women have such a hard time relaunching careers is lack of confidence," says Flynn. "When people aren't paid for what they do, they devalue their worth." ReBoot Accel encourages confidence through... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
Statistics Trade Credit and Taxes By: Desai, Mihir, C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Abstract—This paper analyzes the extent to which firms use trade credit to reallocate capital in response to tax incentives. Tax-induced differences in pretax returns View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog
John the Evangelist (just across the river) or Blue Cliff Monastery. Volunteer to design and lead sessions with invited guests, who will feature in most of our weekly sessions. Past guests have included Ken Frazier (CEO, Merck), Dr. Lisa... View Details
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
away, might encourage more people to use it. The early, surprising answer: yes. Whereas free is sometimes equated with no value, people who pay even a little bit for Clorin are more likely to use it and use more of it, according to the... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
governments to influence choices in ways that encourage choosers to make decisions in their best interest. They call it "libertarian paternalism." This involves utilizing "nudges" such as the wording of choices in ways... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Web
Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need | Working Knowledge
across industries, says Edmondson: Encourage teams to bond through day-to-day tasks It’s hard to be effective without knowledge-sharing, teamwork, and shared decision-making. These require an element of interpersonal ease. People who feel... View Details
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
results contribute to the literature on how alternative organizational forms can be designed to solve complex innovation tasks. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2384068 Sharing Design Rights:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine
more interest from potential employees when it is represented with the top investor badge than when it is not” In 2020, AngelList added graphic “badges” to job postings on the platform designed to highlight information about each startup.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Four Ways to Make The Most of Your Company Events - Recruiting
option to facilitate events 1:1 or in a small group in person or virtually, or in a large classroom setting. Here are four ways to effectively engage with students during your events this year. Post materials in advance Organizations should View Details