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02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

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mistake. Sandra Cha of McGill University and Amy Edmondson of Harvard Business School discuss what to do when values backfire. Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation Borrowing a practice that is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

advertising. “Government is a giant customer. They buy a lot of stuff” Harvard Business School professor Mitchell Weiss explores this strategy pivot in a new case on Bigbelly, co-written with case researcher Christine Snively, that looks... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

07 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

at Harvard Business School, who wrote the article with Dan Ariely of Duke University. "But is creativity always good? We often hear of cases in which people use innovative behavior to create a sense that what they're doing is not... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008

economists, to kidney exchange, and school choice in New York City and Boston. Third-World Multinationals: A Look Back Author:Louis T. Wells Periodical:In Emerging MNEs from Emerging Markets, edited by Ravi Ramamurti and Jitendra V. Singh. Cambridge, UK and New York:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

selective anecdotal evidence to pose a question. After all, John Doerr is a graduate of Harvard Business School. But think about it. The Silicon Valley and its neighbor to the north Seattle have influenced management and the conduct of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

administration in the Entrepreneurial Management unit at Harvard Business School and a general partner at Flybridge Capital. He closely studies the startup environment and draws from his experience as a venture capitalist and former... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

What’s an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional

panelists went on to describe could not claim that ideal framework, the projects they described did identify niches and illuminate business issues that are already reshaping the health care field. Daniel D. Moriarty, Assistant Provost and Chief Information Officer of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

17 Oct 2024
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The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

Harvard Business School. “Even in this politicized, polarized environment that our country finds itself in, people value accuracy.” Ultimately, Jordan’s research casts doubt on the idea that reputational motivations, and in particular the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

Publications May 2015 Cambridge University Press Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2011
Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

this happens is one of the many subjects discussed in the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, by authors Marc J. Epstein of Rice University and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

The name of the game in Internet search has always been helping users find what they're looking for as quickly as possible, as precisely as possible. The panelists at the 2005 Cyberposium's "Search Visionary" session at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

13 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw

some IT experts I’ve talked to are surprised by the results.” Why? The cost of software updates—both in terms of time and money—may cause businesses to delay manual updates to vulnerable systems, says Shane M. Greenstein, the Martin Marshall Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Information Technology; Computer; Web Services

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

Exercise of Leadership, a New Model Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, Kari L. Granger Abstract This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2

and Finance (forthcoming). (Also Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 05-053 and NBER Working Paper No. 13131.) Abstract The main arguments in favor of and against nominal and indexed debt are the incentive to default through... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2020
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Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?

suggestions, including starting early (Kcorey: “How about connecting with youth at an earlier age who are interested in business?”), emulating efforts to bring women into management education (Roslyn Payne: “In the 1980’s when University... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

29 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It

industry like taxicabs. It can fight hard to get the rules changed,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and chair and director of the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

for Silicon Valley, brandishing signs that read "Stop Displacement Now!" "The incident brought to the surface the values and aspirations of long-standing residents and the challenges they were facing," says Clayton S. Rose, professor of management... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

28 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation

incentivized to produce safer products to help them manage risk” “When physicians are under pressure from high liability, innovators are incentivized to produce safer products to help them manage risk,” says Hong Luo, an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

08 Sep 2011
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What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

logistics man," according to Miles Harris. Of course, if this were even feasible, it would pose difficult challenges to the continued success of Apple. Tom Dolembo's advice is "Go to Stanford, Alondra Hall Go to Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

13 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

The Inner Life of Leaders

or coauthored 15 books as well as the now-classic 1977 Harvard Business Review article "Managers and Leaders: Are They Different?" His latest book, Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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