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15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

existed, says Harvard Business School Professor Michael Toffel. “Management system standards require adopters to embrace best-practice processes, and the theory is that these processes will improve performance. Our study provides evidence... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

father's travels provided me with a broadening experience," says Porter, at ease between sips from a can of diet soda, "and athletics offered an outlet for competing while exposing me to the importance of self-discipline and thorough... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

05 Dec 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

2022
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Becoming a Learning Organization While Enhancing Performance: The Case of LEGO

By: Thomas Borup Kristensen, Henrik Saabye and Amy Edmondson

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to empirically test how problem-solving lean practices, along with leaders as learning facilitators in an action learning approach, can be transferred from a production context to a knowledge work context for the purpose... View Details

Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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An Evaluation of Money Market Fund Reform Proposals

By: Samuel G. Hanson, David S. Scharfstein and Adi Sunderam

U.S. money market mutual funds (MMFs) are an important source of dollar funding for global financial institutions, particularly those headquartered outside the U.S. MMFs proved to be a source of considerable instability during the financial crisis of 2007–2009,... View Details

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Globalized Markets and Industries; Banks and Banking

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Considering Retirement

"So you're actually thinking about retiring?!" Retirement can inspire not only excitement for new possibilities, but also fear for the future. How can you keep the parts of work you love but enjoy more balance in your life? What work will you do? How will this... View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

heightened uncertainty? While we are still far from knowing what constitutes a “best practice,” there is already a great deal of experimentation emerging globally. To provide an early report of these emerging approaches, over the past... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

09 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 9

Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

customers on social networks such as Facebook. Professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski provides a fresh look into the interpersonal dynamics of these sites and offers guidance for approaching these tantalizing markets The 'Luxury Prime': How... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association

chose to join AFAA leadership to give back to a community that has provided me a lot of assistance, friendship, and support. During my application to HBS, one of the AFAA leaders, Phillip Jones, was incredibly helpful. Last year, as a... View Details

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Porter Prize India - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

initiative centered in India. The Prize is administered by the Institute for Competitiveness, India, which is dedicated to enlarging and disseminating the body of research and knowledge on competition and strategy. The Institute for Competitiveness View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

reported battery-storage capacity has quadrupled nationwide in the last four years, helping communities meet peak demand and providing resilience in severe weather. “Our utility has two high-capacity batteries in New York on Long Island,... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

PublicationsDesigning Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care Author:Richard Bohmer Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2009 Abstract Today's health-care providers face growing criticism—from policymakers and patients... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

impact, especially on practitioners. A central reason is that Porter addresses very specific needs of different practitioner constituencies, providing a framework and actionable ideas they could easily relate to. The final section turns... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

helpful, such as the best route to take to work to avoid traffic. Newer technologies such as the Internet, social networks, and specialized hardware may come to the rescue by providing easy ways of surveying customers, testing product... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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How Do I Cite Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools?

Indicate any verbatim use of generative AI tools with quotation marks and list any prompts used to generate the content, followed by a footnote. For example, when providing verbatim text within your research, consider the phrasing below... View Details

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

being an historian is the perspective provided by the passage of time. You have a frame in which you can place events. The historian is willing to sacrifice, for that priceless asset, immediacy and access. We have a lot of perspective on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

01 Mar 2023
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Step Change

areas that were our responsibility,” she recalls, “but everyone also was very collaborative.” The deputy minister to whom Enan reported was a constant, providing the “courage shield,” she says, for whatever was happening at the time.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

first is a mission-driven real estate development firm focused on creating desirable affordable housing for single mothers and their families. The second is a nonprofit that uses a percentage of the firm’s revenues to provide emergency... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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James Sharpe | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

found it in Extrusion Technology, Inc., a small manufacturing company in Massachusetts that provides customized metal parts to diverse industries. Jim talked about the distinctive path he took in entrepreneurship in an interview from his... View Details

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