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18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

It is commonly accepted in economic circles that a country can grow faster by making key investments in sectors such as technology and in R&D and human or physical capital. But can a country also grow by saving more? A recent working... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

21 Jan 2021
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How I Used the HBS Community to Hone My Professional Goals

development rotational program. My time at Cardinal Health exposed me to the health care world and gave me the chance to work functionally in Corporate Finance and Corporate Strategy. The rotational program was a great fit, as I moved... View Details

01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

a consensus seeker who wants to remain popular with colleagues that cling to a model that the explorer is committed to breaking. Kovac and her team needed to role model a new way of working for the firm. In her case, that meant hiring... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

management processes within each—what worked and what didn't—provided a unique method of learning, and incomparable to other course offerings available. Monica Higgins Account Director at Hollywood Agency Elevate your management skills by... View Details

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Impact - Health Care

areas. Impact Stories The Economics of Science: Turning Ideas into Applications Professor Kyle Myers Implementing Innovation: How to Overcome Adoption Challenges Professor Rebecca Karp Make Work from Home View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

(1930-2007) an immigrant from China who, with her husband James Si-Cheng Chao, built a life in the U.S. and raised six daughters. It is the first building on campus named for a Chinese family and its extraordinary matriarch. After working... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

A Continuum of Innovation

understanding, and it has evolved into a course that also teaches design thinking and team effectiveness through practice in the real world. It takes place in the spring of the RC year for all 900-plus students and culminates in team-based project View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

28 Dec 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic Compensation

Keywords: by Ian Larkin, Lamar Pierce & Francesca Gino

2016
Working Paper

Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano

The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage

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Breakthroughs and the 'Long Tail' of Innovation

The largely erroneous perception that breakthroughs are impossible to predict arises from the tendency to focus on just the breakthroughs while ignoring the iterative process of invention and its distribution of outcomes. When all inventions are considered, they... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Performance Improvement

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30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

Despite recent advances in our understanding of how locations impact the creation and appropriation of value by firms, the speed of these changes has often surpassed the speed of research on the connections between geography and firms. This volume draws together... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2023
Blog Post

The Sixth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

that can be drawn from other regions of the Global South and beyond. Africa Rising was crafted to appeal to students who have extensive experience working in Africa and those eager to expand their knowledge. The course was purposefully... View Details

04 Aug 2023
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Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture

emissions of about 600 US residents.” The Science of Flow Sabin’s work focuses on making carbon capture more energy efficient. His model flows a liquid solution into an electrochemical cell where electricity passes through and activates... View Details

02 Apr 2020
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What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

simple guideline, that every 10 years or so, expect a major disruption. So you need 6 months cash on hand to weather it.” Larry recommended contingency planning. As he put it, “Operational contingency plans are unlikely to be helpful. But financial contingency... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

1800s, the Lehman family has made noteworthy contributions to philanthropic work in health, social services, and the arts. Robert Lehman, ca. 1960. Lehman Brothers Records, Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Herbert Lehman giving a... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

public companies. “It has gone global.” To explore this trend, Gompers has spent a year conducting in-depth field research spanning continents. His work will inform the creation of a new MBA elective course called Entrepreneurship Outside... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

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Events & Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

value-based health care. January 11-13, 2023 January 2023 MGB Residents & Fellows Course HBS Campus, Boston, MA The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness works in collaboration with the program directors at Massachusetts General... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Doctoral Programs Faculty from the BGIE unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be found on the doctoral programs... View Details

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

risk-taking incentives. Under reasonable parametrizations, the marginal benefit of higher capital requirements related to this channel significantly exceeds the marginal cost, indicating that U.S. capital requirements have been suboptimally low. Download View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

are homeowners making the switch? Electric heat pumps provide homeowners the opportunity to reduce their energy bills and work towards greater energy independence. A heat pump could cost as little as ~$7,100 over the lifetime of use,... View Details

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