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- 20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007
understanding of design and manufacturing processes to instruct successfully her American and offshore contractors on how to mass-produce designer clothing at affordable prices. Claiborne was an industry pioneer in many ways. She developed detailed customer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses
Years Ago How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image by HBSWK with assets from AdobeStock/Yulia Raneva, AdobeStock/Siarhei, and... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money? How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created using image generated by... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
“Automating Mortality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines.” You Might Also Like: Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice View Details
- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
To equip students to effectively work in and lead these teams, FIELD begins with a five-week foundations module, in which students undertake a series of workshops on communication, feedback and coaching, emotional intelligence, and team... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
adviser and angel investor. This article originally appeared on her blog, Being FA and Other Ponderings. You Might Also Like: Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance? All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness How Entrepreneurs Can Find... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
itself. ©iStock/Nina Piatrouskaya Pitching an idea before actually producing a product can be advantageous to an entrepreneur because of the possibility of early and ongoing feedback from a seasoned buyer. By using this approach, the... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
functional support units. Business units to customers: The priorities of the customer value proposition are communicated to targeted customers and reflected in specific customer feedback and measures. Business support units to suppliers... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
and shows that effects of a similar size can be achieved by holding people accountable through feedback text messages, without any meetings or peer pressure. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42103 Cases &... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image by HBWSK with asset from AdobeStock/ArtFamily View Details
- 22 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23
senior leaders continued to revise the compensation formula based on feedback both internally and from the public. Particularly, they hoped to strengthen the link between pay and performance, which in the current version of the formula... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
and medical officers. Each officer went out for roughly an hour at a time and was encouraged to obtain feedback from nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, and administrators. Later, the officers held large staff meetings in each unit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 16 Jul 2024
- Op-Ed
Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty
Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image created by HBSWK... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
project versus waiting for more extended periods when a blown deadline or budget can't be overcome quickly. This reduction in uncertainty and increase in rapid iterative feedback between teams, customers, and stakeholders is vital in... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
other growth episodes end in reversion to stagnation or collapse. We create an analytical model that is capable of generating both transitory and sustained episodes of accelerated growth. The new feature is a feedback loop from existing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award; they were told their votes would count anywhere from 0 percent to 100 percent of the final outcome, with the rest of the vote decided by a panel of experts. In another condition, participants were told their View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
intrusive, and negative." That wariness is costly, because feedback from the front lines is often vital to improving business practices and safety measures. With that in mind, Edmondson discussed how to foster a workplace culture of open... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
into the digital age. And so we became ever more ambitious: to transform both the research and the teaching about business and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Silverthorne: In terms of public response or feedback from researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
be achieved through feedback text messages, without meetings, rewards, or peer pressure. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42103 Harvard Business School Case 516-072 Cyberdyne: A Leap to the Future No... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
alpha-test of the service and completed an in-depth survey of potential customers to explore the market. Most of the feedback was positive, which confirmed Berger's intuition about this market opportunity. Berger had found a more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne