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- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
American Competitiveness site where resources, commentary, and solutions are showcased. Harvard Business School's US Competitiveness Project is another must-visit-site to better understand the complex problems facing the US. One good way... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
and New York. Cummings asked readers for their thoughts on how to design a fulfillment system that would suit their complex process. Their path: The company switched to an assembly line from a... View Details
- 09 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 9
Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point
It's been easy to dismiss the Occupy Wall Street-and-beyond protesters. To many, they seem disorganized, lack a clear agenda, and advance simple solutions to complex problems. But in reality their concerns are not very different from the... View Details
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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services
much as possible by the LSF scheduler, OS sandboxing (CGROUPS), and identity management permissions. However, there are a number of things to keep in mind while using this shared resource so that the system can work as well as possible... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story
infrastructure for the Industrial Century did not compete, conquer, or die in the manner of the national industries that created the infrastructure for the Electronic Century. I wanted to find out why. Amid these complex shifts of... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading the way in times of crisis
the city’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, got the city’s transit system back on track using the same take-charge skills he displayed on September 11, 2001, when, as Rudy Giuliani’s deputy mayor, he helped coordinate emergency... View Details
- Profile
Tony Perez
"Doctors are excellent at caring for patients"diagnosing and treating disease," says Tony. "But the overall American healthcare system has not been so good at creating a sustainable model for healthcare delivery. Our... View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
Corruption doesn't announce itself with a capital C. It is subtler and thornier than that—as one HBS student found out the hard way during a recent summer internship in Tanzania. In a new case detailing his experience, the student struggles to navigate the View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
program, featuring a takeoff on “get out of jail free” cards from the board game Monopoly. This wasn’t a blockbuster like the new shaving systems for women, but it showed that everyone has a role to play in a culture of innovation. To go... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
reward their own drives." Inspired by the writings and insights of Charles Darwin, specifically his 1871 masterwork The Descent of Man, Lawrence's new book, Driven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership, offers managers an integrated understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
but eventually add up to real trouble. "In complex services like health care, there are many opportunities for systems to fail because of the multiple interactions and hand-offs between people of... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
groups, and in the workplace: “What did you mean by that?” “What you just said feeds into a really old stereotype. Can we talk about that?” “That thing you said reinforces the system of racism. I want to talk about why." “Use words that... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Creary , The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (How) should I LEAP? Power, anxiety, and sociocultural ideals as facilitators of cross-racial allyship at work Sanaz Mobasseri , Questrom School of Business, Boston University Racial Inequality in Organizations: A... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
to help, has the government unwittingly created the mother of all moral hazards — implicit rescue guarantees as far as the eye can see? No doubt about it, says HBS professor and economic historian David Moss. “The extension of implicit guarantees to all View Details
- 16 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
What Should Employers Do about Health Care?
cannot get out of health care, no matter what kind of health insurance system is put in place. They bear the cost of poor health in the form of sick days, absenteeism, reduced productivity at work, and early retirements of skilled... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Student Plan Goes to Washington
encourage non-TARP companies to allocate voluntarily slots for three CGC directors. The proposal anticipates demand for roughly 500 professional directors within five years. “I wouldn’t say that the current corporate governance system is... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Los Angeles, California 1968 Earns BS, Systems Engineering, US Naval Academy 1985 Earns MS, Operations Research, US Naval Postgraduate School 1987 Receives Stockdale Award... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- Profile
Inessa Lurye
homelessness by fifteen percent; in two years, we housed 1,000 individuals and 250 families.” Creative approaches to intractable challenges At Harvard, Inessa is pursuing the joint MBA/MPP because she wants to “learn how to lead more effectively in complicated View Details
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
framework for the field in their book A Concept of Agribusiness. That seminal work traces a complex value-added chain that begins with the farmer's purchase of seed and livestock and ends with a product fit for the consumer's table.... View Details