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- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: A Resource-based View of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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RCS Policies - Research Computing Services
And other, unforeseen uses. Scratch spaces on compute clusters are usually high-performant (e.g. Lustre or similar) and very large. Typical usage scenarios for scratch storage are: Working space for running jobs (temporary files,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
announcements about additional cities soon. “It’s taken a lot of political courage for Ithaca to say: ‘We want to be the first city in the U.S. and the world to decarbonize all our buildings.’” Keith added: “We don’t know yet how many View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future
to meet with panelists one-on-one and could also attend a career workshop, hosted by Juergen Bracht of Frankfurt-based GRIP Personal Consulting, on the status of the European job market. Bert W.M. Twaalfhoven (MBA '54), founder and... View Details
- Profile
Kristen Jones
performance and direction skills to retail, first at Sears then at DrJays.com, where she became the designated “women’s buyer.” “Most of the time,” Kristen says, “merchandisers become expert in one particular product, like handbags or... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
job postings than unemployed people in that space. WK: Add to that how quickly the technology and demographic forces are changing many parts of the workplace, and it’s clear that there’s a need to ensure that the middle skills workforce... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
businesses." Wulf hastens to say that the research is by no means a death knell for general managers, but their jobs may change. At the least, they will likely find themselves in more meetings than ever before. "The general... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
while creating new jobs more or less commensurate with the skills of the displaced workers. But things have changed since the technology is now able to think as well as perform tasks It is not easy to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management
with professor Robert Hayes. Key concepts include: Managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management that worked in the past. Companies must adopt a strategy for improvement that fits the specific needs of the organization at that point... View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
visited HBS and performed tricks that blew Thomke away. "He's an amazing performer, and my curiosity went through the roof. I felt like a young boy again." Thomke was teaching a course in the MBA program on innovation in 2009 and had an... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
asymmetry in message strength in turn permits cutoff equilibria, where players take action after receiving a minimum number of confirmations. Good Morning Creativity: Task Reactivation During Sleep Enhances Beneficial Effect of Sleep on Creative View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
BiGS Research | Institute for Business in Global Society
on race, gender, and other characteristics continue to present serious challenges, both in the workplace and in broader society. Purpose of the Firm Companies are increasingly evaluated not just on their financial performance but on their... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Hands-on Simulations Complement the Case Method
discover how to balance productivity, quality, job satisfaction, and cash flows.” For some, he adds, “It’s the first time they’ve had to engage in high-pressure manual work that requires a lot of dexterity, and they gain an appreciation... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
“combined leadership explained a remarkably high proportion of the success or failure of each team.” Just four leadership variables–quarterback, coach, general manager, and owner–explained 68.2 percent of variance in team performance... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Mihir A. Desai say American economic View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Health Care a Top Priority at HBS
mechanisms. Some 3,500 HBS alumni work in the sector, 600 of whom belong to the HBS Health Industry Alumni Association. Each year, about 100 MBA graduates take jobs in the sector; more than 40 students are currently enrolled in the MD/MBA... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success
enough to get a young person to college. They need to make the most out of college, get a job that they could not have gotten out of high school, and become a high performer at every stage of the... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
Your Skills: Managing Teams The ability to lead teams is fast becoming a critical skill for all managers in the 21st century. Here are four HBS Working Knowledge stories from the archives that address everything from how teams learn to turning individual View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- June 2019
- Teaching Note
CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap
By: William R. Kerr and Ted Smalley Bowen
Teaching Note for HBS No. 818-081. The teaching note presents background, case details, and teaching strategies, along with board plans and supporting graphics. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Training; Demographics; Economics; Education; Energy; Jobs and Positions; Intellectual Property; Labor; Knowledge; Leadership; Management; Marketing; Organizations; Outcome or Result; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Projects; Relationships; Risk and Uncertainty; Science; Technology; Energy Industry; North and Central America
- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
job Let the numbers fall where they may. You may find that people achieving their dreams has no link with gender equality.” For others, “having the best people doing the job” may have been seen as having a subjective quality to it, based... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett