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- 01 Apr 2000
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Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
associated with the high-level administration of large, complex, and relatively stable businesses. In EM, the basic principles developed in the general management course will continue to be central, but the decision-making contexts will... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
“Speed Trap” Can Snare Companies
be “right,” but the context created by past decisions means it unwittingly perpetuates a harmful, speed-oriented pathology. “What happens is that we look at our decisions in isolation instead of recognizing how they've contributed to the... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
New Idea: State of the Art
selected from 10 Smithsonian collections—that feels particularly relevant to Belsky these days as he and his Adobe team build virtual tools. “Sometimes,” Belsky says, “considering the history in a field helps set context for the future.” View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Innovation Imperative
of a major research project that addresses whether rapidly growing Chinese universities will set the world standard for excellence in the 21st century. When I talked with Nohria recently about the year ahead for HBS, I asked him to assess Kirby’s observations in the... View Details
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
that buyers aren't just looking for "stuff" anymore—they want pieces that have meaning and context (that's why Voight's cheeseboards make a killing). Koss and Paranjape, who run Brika with the aid of only four interns, are not your... View Details
- 10 Jan 2013
- News
From Wall Street to Visual Art
Museum and the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Bulgaria. "My MBA experience equipped me with the skills to work in these different contexts and to manage the unexpected," she says. "And, wherever I am around the world, I feel support... View Details
- 11 Oct 2024
- News
Highlights from the Fall 2024 Alumni Board Meeting
and Doctoral Programs and External Relations, to discuss the current MBA student recruiting landscape, the Board was joined by Senior Associate Dean for External Relations C. Fritz Foley (PHDBE 2002). Foley discussed the current economic View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
shows that, as people move between contexts where they experience different levels of status—something that is becoming increasingly frequent as organizations adopt more crossfunctional and flexible structures—these changes in status... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
more and more commonplace, they help provide a richer context for intelligent and nuanced conversations about the game. And to Marinak and the MLB, a more enlightened fan is a more engaged fan. “You have to have some sort of processing to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
insides of their companies as they do to shaping the institutional context within which the companies operate. That’s because everything is a work in progress. You really can’t throw your hands up and say, “I’ll wait for the government to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
gain in understanding about themselves and their own work context through the lens of distant colleagues. “The two kinds of knowledge offer different insights that, in complement, foster trust and make you feel closer to distant... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
narrowed. "Much of what we teach in management theory is that there is one best way to do things," West observes. To explain the existence of two "best ways," he cites differences in the institutional contexts in which U.S. and Japanese... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
undergraduates adds a different kind of depth to the learning experience. Paul Moskowitz (MBA 2015), now working at Bain Capital, says, "We helped each other think outside the box. The undergrads with history backgrounds contributed valuable background View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
Citigroup appear to be. One survey of human resource directors of large corporations indicated that 60 percent lacked CEO succession planning. This situation is hardly optimal — not when global competition and technical change, in the View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables
representatives of this group who reflect on the challenges they have faced and — often with humor — place their professional accomplishments in the context of other activities that give meaning to their lives. Scott Cook John Doerr... View Details
- 17 Feb 2011
- News
Field Report: Rwanda
Afghanistan. Information gathering for the field project began before the team left Boston. The group’s on-the-ground experience, however, provided much-needed cultural context — the heart of any IXP experience. “Most of the renewals for... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
On The Case
case centers on how much of a stretch Mihaljevic and his team should build into the 2023 targets. “Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic” by Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag April 2024 Sweet Spot “I’m an organizational anthropologist, so I like to deep dive into a View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
am planning to reread. A recent surprise for me was Houdini, His Life and Art...I couldn’t put it down. Houdini was just a relentless genius in so many ways. Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development. What’s on your list? I enjoy books that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
and racism are built into markets, business systems, and technology. The T.R.A.P. Lab has developed an algorithm audit platform that collects data about the outcome of an algorithm within a particular context and then assesses its impact... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
greater overall satisfaction with their lives. One of the things we are working on now is understanding how decisions about time, money, and happiness play out in the context of romantic relationships. What is the optimal way you and your... View Details
Keywords: April White