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- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Studying Japan from the Inside
Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. The boom years of the 1970s and 1980s—when Japanese management practices and View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 30 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism
should, nor do we have many cases about business leaders operating in that high-conflict, low-authority domain." Giving students a broader perspective outside the HBS classroom is another possibility, such as pairing B-school students... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
effectively only to allow talent to slip through our fingers. Rather, retention and personal development are the name of the game. Inclusion and voice are important ways of achieving them as well as the innovation and outstanding... View Details
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
hiring more workers. Publisher's link: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/oDesk.pdf May 2015 HR Certification Institute Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation By: Kanter, Rosabeth M. Abstract—... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
in markets around the world. They prided themselves on their sustainable fishing practices, which were not the norm for the industry. Seafood buyers traditionally bought on price. Clearwater's innovations and technology investments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
about how to improve the quality of education for students in urban areas. Sarah and Matt were in the classroom when we discussed the case, and as much as the students admired their commitment to New Orleans, they treated them like any... View Details
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
cognitive, normative, or regulative mainstays of an organizational field. Institutional innovation, like all innovation, is both novel and useful but differs in that it is also legitimate, credible, and appropriate. Legitimacy is hinged to four characteristics such... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed workplaces and innovative social distancing designs. But how will companies, workers, and customers have confidence that these... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
New Space sector: namely, to use it as a means of launching classroom discussion and research on the subtleties and challenges of the relationship between the public and private sectors. An associate professor of business administration... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
organizational action."3 By the 1960s, classroom discussions in the business policy course focused on matching a company's "strengths" and "weaknesses"—its distinctive competence—with the "opportunities"... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
urban districts in the country, along with Boston. But their overall performance is far from where they want it to be. This is a problem for all large urban districts. You can find pockets of excellence—great schools in underperforming districts and wonderful View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
of HBS students over nearly twenty years. Through the close study of literature—novels, plays, and historical accounts—followed by rigorous classroom discussion, this innovative course encourages students to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
because they have never led anything. "He can't possibly mean our students," says Light. "Just go talk to them. They know what leadership is. In our classrooms we have plenty of students who have had real positions of... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
existing available resources as educational opportunities. The resources were underutilized because of a lack of awareness. He believed that education should not be limited to the classroom and instead should be expanded to the entire... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
faculty, whose scholarship and teaching skills attract hundreds of Harvard MBA students to their classrooms each year. Among the latest books by HBS historians are publications by Professor Chandler, Professor Nancy Koehn, and Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
railroad, the telegraph, and a host of other innovations related to them—along with the rise of powerful business figures, such as John D. Rockefeller—gave many observers pause. The reaction was increased oversight and anti--big-business... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
(it has a reputation for the latter). It's a quandary for Jim's employer, of course, but withdrawing investment at the 11th hour would also put many poor farmers' livelihoods in jeopardy. Like many case studies prepared for classroom... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
thriving in today’s flat, networked, increasingly collaborative organizations. The third reason is the skills transfer gap. Simply put, most executives do not seem to take what they learn in the classroom and apply it to their jobs. For... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
results. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713537-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-014 Sample6: Innovating to Make Food Safer Tim Curran, CEO of Sample6, a start-up biotechnology company developing a novel food safety... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
the way, this award-winning teacher and scholar draws on lessons from her research, her case studies on companies such as IKEA and Google, and her experiences in the classroom to weave stories of iconoclasm and nonconformity, of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace