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Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Promoting excellence and innovation in case method teaching What is the case method? The case method places students in the role of decision-maker, confronting real-world business situations complete with the constraints and incomplete... View Details

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

his company, and a discussion of recent efforts by Abrahams to break free of constraints that have limited the size and revenue-generating ability of Improbable Research for many years. Among those efforts are a decision to distribute... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Research Services - Faculty & Research

distraction of fundraising and the constraints of third-party grants or sponsorship. HBS also provides a wide array of services to support faculty in the development of a large number of breakthrough business ideas, innovative course... View Details

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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

members focus on corporate environmental strategy, operations and reporting; sustainable cities and infrastructure; the role of government and environmental policy; clean energy generation and demand-side energy efficiency; and the effective management of natural View Details

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Student Research - Doctoral

research domain. Nevertheless, various bodies of literature have made important strides in understanding specific elements of... 2024 Article International Journal of Public Health Psychological Safety as an Enduring Resource amid View Details

22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22

adequately support many online publishing businesses, and riddled with complex relationships that hinder accountability. Download the paper: http://www.sigecom.org/exchanges/volume_9/1/EDELMAN.pdf Constraints and Entrepreneurship... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and View Details

26 Apr 2022
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What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

isn’t absolute. It usually comes with guardrails that instill a degree of control and render greater autonomy possible. Some might think of control and autonomy as opposites, antagonists in a zero-sum game. My research has shown that we can deploy View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

20 Aug 2020
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From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

08 Sep 2014
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The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

or trainer. Technology is increasing these possibilities via game-like simulations, virtual video environments, and online media that allow more behavioral assessments by more people with less travel and time. The real constraint in many... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Sep 2011
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Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

demands or expectations of others, we often underestimate our ability to control our own destiny and overcome the constraints we face—or think we face. I Moved Your Cheese reminds us that we can create the new circumstances and realities... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

put together. AI-centric organizations exhibit a new operating architecture, redefining how they create, capture, share, and deliver value. Professor Lakhani discussed how reinventing the firm around data, analytics, and AI removes traditional View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

affects each of Porter's Five Forces as well as the resources and capabilities of the firm. The availability of patents may be key to deciding what barriers to entry exist. The enforceability of covenants not to compete and assignments of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

(2012) Abstract This paper summarizes research trends and opportunities in the area of managing air transportation demand and capacity. Capacity constraints and resulting congestion and low schedule reliability currently impose large... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

to solve that problem? Have we got the right formula? And then scale it, turn it into real business. And they're completely different because the context in which they're doing it is in some respects harder, and in some respects easier. Any entrepreneur will tell you,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

09 Apr 2001
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Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

difficult to attract to the public sector, especially with the salary constraints typical of civil services. Accordingly, if the government decides to manage the activity, it may also, through various methods, have to take steps to obtain... View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

28 Jan 2020
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Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

venture to connect principals with resources they needed—and was immediately greeted with suspicion and virtually ignored. She realized she needed a better and deeper story, plus some specific demonstrations. Silverthorne: You mention... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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