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- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
is just one of many dilemmas that can incite insomnia in a sharing-economy platform provider. There’s also the threat of disintermediation between producers and consumers; the fear of trying to compete in a winner-take-all market; and the... View Details
- 25 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8
Disappointment of 2007.) "Microsoft has had problems in the past," Kanter says. "The company tries so hard to do something disruptive, but then all it accomplishes is getting disruptive to users." 10. Sometimes the View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’
within their own companies, as well as in their communities, to strengthen America's business environment. Read more news coverage of the report here: Political Paralysis Is Biggest Threat to US Competitiveness (Bloomberg) Harvard study... View Details
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Best Practices | Information Technology
posture. Protecting Yourself Against Phishing Clicking on a phishing email could cause you significant grief, and possibly even personal financial and reputational damage. Learn to better identify these threats and how to avoid them.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Rod Norman
life to help solve the economic, social, and political problems I saw in the Black community. I now realize that the world I saw then is only part of the larger world Dr. King saw. When he said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to... View Details
- 04 Jun 2014
- What Do You Think?
Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?
service on the Internet "could never have happen(ed) before and pose(s) a threat to brand loyalty." If there is a weakness in your offering you are at risk. Others were reluctant to reach such a judgment. In concluding that this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
Professor Rebecca Henderson, Photo credit: Susan Young Rebecca Henderson is worried about the current state of capitalism in America. The noted economist says that increasing global crises and challenges to democracy are posing some of the greatest View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities Authors:Jennifer L. Petriglieri Publication:The Academy of Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract I review and reconceptualize identity threat, defining it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
from ensured. In the face of teetering European economies, income inequality, resource depletion, mass migration from poor to rich countries, religious fundamentalism, and other threats to continuing prosperity, how can capitalism be... View Details
- 18–20 May 2018
- Reunions
MBA 2017 ONE-YEAR REUNION
Aldrich 2:45-3:45 p.m.: Faculty Sessions & HBR Interview, Aldrich Classrooms & Spangler Auditorium PROFESSION & PURPOSE: Leadership, the threat of success and paths to making a difference Michael Chu, Senior Lecturer of... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
what are some of the possible negative consequences of remaining stagnant? Stefan Thomke: Competitive environments and technologies are constantly changing, which creates both wonderful opportunities to innovate and grave threats if we... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
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Managing and Innovating in Financial Services - Course Catalog
and households save and manage risk. These financial services are provided in an array of organizations and structures – from fintech startups to private credit funds to multi-trillion-dollar global banks and a lot more – in an industry that is always under the View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
assessment came back as “highly effective.” Confused, I asked why. Their lawyer replied, “If your ego is so big you need to hold onto the CEO title, and you’d be willing to hurt the company to do so—we can have that conversation.” It felt like a View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Amy S. Langer
we're now in a completely different part of this race, and heading toward the finish line. Breast cancer will not be the threat to our daughters that it has been to us and to our mothers.” Langer has used a wheelchair since 1996, when a... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
applied to a wide range of issues,” explains Huckman, who co-chaired Viewpoints. The day opened with a keynote on “The Fragile State of the World,” by Rawi Abdelal, the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management, which explored the View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
willingness to pay. Lal: They've created new sources of value for their customers that did not exist before. Q: And PetSmart. What's made them so successful? Lal: PetSmart saw the online threat early and built a strategy to insulate... View Details
- 01 Jul 2021
- Office Hours
Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?
incredible resilience in scaling up its workforce and using technology to make people more productive and to enhance workplace safety." Is automation a threat to jobs? If so, how should government, business, and employees respond?... View Details
- 16 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society
built environment, and industry, with a core focus on systems with the highest emissions. MacNaughton noted: “Most of us expect to think of 2020 as ‘the year of COVID.’ But history may instead see it as the year when awareness of the existential View Details
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach
for their research, their framework and analysis help to explain current trends in the consulting industry and, crucially, to consider where the industry may be heading in the future, both in terms of threats and opportunities. Listen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
around was a fact that had stayed with me ever since I heard it: Black boys as young as 10 years old are no longer viewed as innocent children but as a potential threat and aggressor. That made me feel like I was on the clock with my own... View Details