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- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
Reading The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing 6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy What's your take on the vulnerability of open source software?... View Details
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
creating an impression that fits expectations? How does one do this and still maintain some sense of modesty and perspective that Jim Collins, in his research, has identified with the most effective leaders? Is some part of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
important next step for us is finding strong product market fit – among all the different capabilities we can engineer within our microalgae, which ones are most important? And to whom is it important? If you’re reading this and have... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
who artfully morphed their founding stories to fit their current iteration, creating a narrative arc as the companies evolved, McDonald says. “The founding story that’s associated with a Facebook app becoming a regulated financial... View Details
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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Networks Show Hide Details Concepts Mapping Power Dynamics Building and Maintaining Networks Analyzing Your Network Developing Your Network Featured Exercises Analyze patterns in your own professional network and the fit between your... View Details
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require... View Details
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
minority; perhaps it was that the diffusion of cultures I have grown accustomed to quickly turned into me trying to fit into American culture instead. I never felt so different in such a stark manner. Looking back, I did not think too... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
revitalization. Given his background, Majors is able to demonstrate how real estate acquisition, development, and financing can fit into the overall revitalization of neighborhoods. “I’ve had a lot of experience in figuring out how to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Web
Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services
for up to 3 days. Including a run time (-W) or estimate (-We) may result in faster dispatch (job start) time, especially if the time you supply is shorter than then max time for the queue. Here, the scheduler thinks your job is smaller, and will try to View Details
- 23 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative
carved quickly from foam but the shapes need to be exact, to see if they'll fit when people cradle them between head and shoulder. Innovation and process within a firm can coexist and even feed off each other, if you manage their... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Up on the Corner
figure out transformative projects on the edges of where it makes financial sense.” Dlodlo certainly fit that description; but the fact that she didn’t have a fat bankroll or a portfolio of successful projects still made her a risk—one... View Details
- 19 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Company Loyalty
conflict-resolution techniques," he suggests, "and regularly practice at least one technique that fits your style. As your comfort with conflict resolution grows, at least some of your direct reports will begin emulating... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
beers. Shufelt, a former hedge fund trader, had decided that all the boozy weeknight work dinners were incompatible with his life and fitness goals. He quit drinking and found sobriety to be a brilliant “life hack,” but he also missed the... View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker
value is to choose customers or purchase situations where the value is recognized. Managers are beginning to understand that it is impossible to provide a meaningful reason to purchase and outstanding service to all customers in all purchase situations. It is... View Details
Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
running.” “By doing so, managers and customers alike stand to learn a lot about how well the company’s offerings fit with customers’ needs and preferences, so that better decisions can be made on both sides.” About the Author Danielle... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
independent vehicle of growth. Gilbert has won several awards for his work and credits the unparalleled training the School offers. "A lot of business schools train you rigorously, but only within specific disciplines," says Gilbert. "There isn't an equally vested... View Details
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My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
or to "body fit in"? This session will provide you the opportunity to reflect on our standards of perfection, the price of success, and its relationship to the current mental health crisis in schools and workplaces. Geoffrey Jones (Isidor... View Details
Marty Blue
Marty spent 16 years in licensing at Reebok International predominantly as a licensor. She worked across a number of different brands (eg. Reebok, Weebok, Rockport, Greg Norman golf, and Boston Whaler) and product categories including kids footwear & apparel, sporting... View Details
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By: Debora L. Spar
Managing International Trade and Investment
Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details