Filter Results:
(869)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,920)
- People (6)
- News (615)
- Research (869)
- Events (5)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (136)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,920)
- People (6)
- News (615)
- Research (869)
- Events (5)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (136)
Sort by
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209082 Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple Harvard Business School Note 609-066 Describes Apple's approach to innovation,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
experience similar pressure from an executive directive in any industry, he said. "We have to face tradeoffs when we design and execute. There are different ways to approach the same problem," he said. Several participants in... View Details
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
the cost and schedule overruns. In general, I think the project would have benefited from more "for-profit" incentives—if there's not clear incentives to be efficient and make profits, people won't. To address this concern in... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
us now. Preliminary results of a study Gino conducted during the coronavirus crisis shows that people with a heightened sense of curiosity feel less stress and approach their days thinking about what they might learn during this strange... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
the Quartermaster General, earning the rank of captain. World War II had a significant impact on Christensen's career. The organizational challenges of warfare on a global scale encouraged the use of strategic thinking to accomplish... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
the table in their insurance-plan choices, sometimes thousands of dollars. This is true both when consumers make active choices (e.g., they do not have a default plan) and when they make passive choices (e.g., they have a default plan). We discuss the implications of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
and are highly work-engaged. All of this suggests a multi-pronged solution to contagious presenteeism: Remove financial incentives for it by providing paid sick leave, audit work designs for features that evoke undue pressure for... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
position as the seventh-largest U.S. financial institution. It would also unlock substantial value not currently reflected in the stock. Each faced major obstacles and execution risks, however. In particular, no one knew the precise cut-off for a SIFI View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
at many non-financial firms have highlighted a "low-leverage puzzle" and raised questions about the implications of cash holdings for corporate investment and economic growth. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50095 2015 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
charter middle school in Boston, explores new staffing and technology approaches in their quest to obtain what they term "jaw dropping" results. The team hopes to test and model for other schools solutions to specific educational problems. In 2013, the team began to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Secrets to a Successful Social Media Strategy
think that social does not apply," Piskorski says. "If you go on Cisco's platform you will see a number of interactions between network engineers who talk about troubleshooting questions, exam preparation, and in many cases, what happens... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
policy, resulting in even stricter immigration restrictions—with potential negative consequences for the economy. The US government and business leaders should instead seek a coordinated approach to design an open, but flexible... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
ideas to a wider audience. The chapter looks at the origins of Porter's interest in clusters, which turns out to be a natural extension of his earlier work on companies. It identifies the key characteristics of Porter's conceptual View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
could fit in two 40-foot intermodal shipping containers. The UPower reactor was designed to serve the need for "off-grid" electric power. These off-grid customers were in remote locations such as mining operations, military... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Raising the Level of Abstraction This technical note discusses abstraction as a way of generalizing a process or component for wider application. By hiding complexity inside a module, abstraction enables system designers to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
was called the Knowledge Management (KM) Appliance, but as Web 2.0 tools came into wider use, this evolved into what the company called "Cognizant 2.0" (C2), which was designed to ensure that the KM Appliance capabilities for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
quite brief (a total of 4 pages) so the balance between thinking time and reading set-up time for students is quite attractive. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211067-PDF-ENG ABICI Mukti Khaire, Elena Corsi, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? Below, HBS faculty members Robert Steven... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Billy Beane at the Oakland Athletics, looked for the natural leaders on the field. Beane said that this was necessary because "I don't think the general manager or manager can designate leaders. The... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
come to the team with their own ingrained ideas about how the game should be played and what roles everyone ought to play. (With eleven-year-olds in particular, everyone thinks they should be the one to run the ball and score touchdowns!)... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman