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2.1.4 Classroom Non-Attribution | MBA

viewpoints, changing their minds, and taking risks. The proliferation of social media has affected this learning environment. Because of the potential permanence and widespread dissemination of communications designed to reach a broader... View Details

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

$10 behind health care, there's a problem." Dr. Pride Chigwedere, an Oak Foundation Research Fellow at the Harvard AIDS Institute who worked as a physician in Zimbabwe, said the policy issues begin with difficulties designing... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

04 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 4

Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B) Maarten W. Bos, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Kyle T. DohertyHarvard Business School Supplement 911-061 The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jan 2009
What Do You Think?

Is the World Really Flat?

know-how are applied. The iPod, for example, was an example of purchased (largely non-U.S.) technological innovations combined with Apple design capability and knowledge of the U.S. market, where the vast majority have been sold. If one... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Dec 2000
What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to pay for (at least in the airline industry, according to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Taking the LEAP into the Case Method

courses related to leadership offered by HBS, based on the idea that "we challenge you to think differently." It is designed so that students can achieve the transition from the understanding of leadership in class to the skill... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

flaws, antitrust policy over the years has had powerful effects in controlling collusion, stopping cartels, preventing anticompetitive mergers, eliminating resale price maintenance, and encouraging entrepreneurship. Perhaps most... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way

your fixed costs," Bhide says. "But if, for example, you want to create a business that solves other companies' design or engineering problems, then you have an interesting opportunity. Just by working harder and faster than your... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

21 Nov 2024
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Thoughts on the JD/MBA From a Recent Grad

that is closed off to JD/MBAs. Rather, the challenge is having an abundance of choices. Each school is designed to be a full experience in itself, so being at two schools necessitates making trade-offs. However, I appreciated that having... View Details

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

did a job not designated for their employer. In 40 percent of these cases, that "something" was an object. Homer making is not, however, a French phenomenon—court proceedings of fired homer makers point to its prevalence in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

16 Sep 2024
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Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process

recruiting practices for candidates with diverse abilities is designed to welcome candidates into the recruiting process and foster their success while establishing a more equitable and effective process for all. Communicate Transparent... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

to improve resource efficiency, creating and discovering new game-changing planet-friendly raw ingredients, reducing waste across the value chain, and designing compelling brands to educate consumers and shift consumption behaviors. Or... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

18 Apr 2019
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Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

Dream Challenge (involving experts as solvers), we believe this work is unique in that it specifically recruited non-domain experts via the Topcoder platform. Lagace: How did you design and carry out the study? Why Topcoder? LISH team:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

pursued on a part-time basis with a workload designed accordingly and an emphasis on the quality vs. the quantity of work accomplished. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Field Course: Field X - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Field X Course Number 6333 Senior Lecturer Randolph Cohen Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly, 2 hour sessions Project Enrollment: Limited to 80 students Fall 2021 video link Educational Objectives The course is View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni

countries and territories in Asia designated by the World Bank as Low Income, Low Middle Income or Upper Middle Income (view complete list: World Bank Country and Lending Groups ). Award amounts are designed... View Details

25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to admit. Using a unique data set of 9,661... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

initial evidence for a positive feedback loop between prosocial spending and well-being, these data offer one potential path to sustainable happiness: prosocial spending increases happiness, which in turn encourages prosocial spending.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA

and students are responsible for understanding and complying with this policy. Faculty members and students are encouraged to seek advice from the Dean or a Dean’s designate for activities or questions not... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

Superwoman Thanks to intense discussions over dinners with alumnae—the first of which was hosted by Welsh in New York—and to later conversations with faculty and other colleagues at HBS, Hart came up with a plan. The result is Charting Your Course, a new program View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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