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- 02 Oct 2017
- What Do You Think?
Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?
specific use of the asset class when he observed that a possible use of Bitcoin could be “hedge funds betting on sovereign debt defaults.” Charles Sabatier III added that Bitcoin is the most secure financial network in the world. “The infrastructure that View Details
- 06 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge
succeed. The first intervention aimed to overcome reticence among lower-performing employees by giving them a structured process to speak with their colleagues. The second sought to overcome resistance from higher-performing employees by... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
numerous undertakings to roll out no- or low-emission products and processes in multiple sectors. Hence, the major auto producers, globally, have announced commitments to phase out production of new internal combustion engines by 2035 to... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
the topic based on his own experience as an outdoor wilderness instructor, an area in which the cost of failure is too high for people to learn only from their own experience. “Trial and error is not the way you want to learn rock... View Details
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
is at least a lull in globalization. China’s economic development has increased its costs of production and reduced international price competition. Outsourcing may have seen the end of its rapid growth. And workers may belatedly be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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CORe Undergraduate Credit | HBS Online
process are all the same, whether you choose to enroll in the undergraduate credit or credential-only version of CORe. By enrolling in the undergraduate credit option of CORe, you will be enrolled at Harvard Extension School (January or... View Details
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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products
attention and were an integral factor in extending products’ market reach nationwide. Throughout the 1800s, black-and-white trade cards and business cards with fine detail were created through the process of engraving on wood, copper, or... View Details
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
Although adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the enterprise is still in the early days, the technology has matured enough for entrepreneurs to start gathering inspiration and evaluating opportunities for potential applications. Every... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
are processed through the same United States Bankruptcy Court system, and are overseen by the same pool of federal bankruptcy judges, who currently number about 350 only. The bankruptcy process also requires... View Details
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
extent. For a start, it's possible to apply different strategies to different elements of a business. CEMEX pursued a financial strategy of arbitraging capital cost differences even as it implemented a standardized operational strategy.... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
research], according to Kent Byus, might be "to require academic research to pass through a practitioner review process prior to publication." If we see the challenge and provide suggestions, Paula Thornton asks, ". . .... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
achieving the complete elimination of all waste in pursuit of the most efficient methods.” The system is based on two principles: automation with a human touch, and each process producing only what is needed for the next View Details
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
seek and how firms could deliver it. The result can be new revenue, increased customer satisfaction and loyalty, positive word of mouth, and cost savings. The multiyear process to price the 8 million tickets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
York after graduating from college. Then, in 1988, Ferguson and Keith Clinkscales (MBA 1990) founded Urban Profile, a lifestyle magazine for young African-American professionals. “We didn’t consider printing costs or subscribers,”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- What Do You Think?
What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?
the faster, smoother, more responsive, cross-functional process design that characterized Michael Hammer’s and James Champy’s pathbreaking work in the early 1990s. However, one could also make the argument that middle managers have the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
once in a while to be in front of the right waves, and conserve energy—until it’s time. The key is to know when to paddle hard to set things in motion. Conversely, life is also about knowing when not to waste time, energy, capital, or opportunity View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
including cars and refrigerators. It has projects in development with GM's OnStar and in cloud computing. In addition, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam sees small "pots of gold" everywhere in the business, even in the traditional landline side, preaching View Details
- 07 Feb 2019
- Book
How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption
us the background and how you think about innovation? Gary Pisano: Probably the greatest economist of the 20th century was Joseph Schumpeter. He was really the godfather of the economics of innovation. He described a process he termed... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
about side effects and a rushed vaccine approval process as the main inhibiting factors. Innovators can play a key role in influencing early adopters by addressing their uncertainties. Similarly, innovators and early adopters can go on to... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
code enrollment. How quickly can our participants start learning? The contracting process takes at least 2 – 4 weeks. Requests for non-standard terms or modifications will extend this process. The deadline to enroll in our courses is 5... View Details