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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
Competitiveness Project. Titled "Government Debt and Competitiveness," the paper asserts that "The United States federal government's current and projected fiscal deficits are not sustainable. No country can continue to run... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
must analyze the risk in continuing with the project, the potential benefits from product simplification and the potential benefits from improving the leak resistance. The students must also review the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
How Patient Should We Be In Waiting for the Tech Productivity Dividend? Respondents to this month’s column cited a number of factors accounting for the fact that there is no discernable increase in the rate of improvement in human... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
6 Lessons Learned from a Summer of Entrepreneurship
As an unknown liquid dripped down my head and onto my face, I tried to keep my composure and continue our customer interview in Central Park. Melissa, my co-founder, helped me wipe my face as I wrapped up the interview. Our first day... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- Profile
Jennifer Kelly
could have access to affordable, clean water. It's a business model that meets needs on a continuous basis." From Aceh to Boston At McKinsey, Jennifer "pursued a fairly balanced career path in both the private and public... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
learning techniques to draw conclusions that weren’t possible with traditional methods, and creating new machine learning approaches and algorithms. They have published more than 70 cases that address AI uses such as how to improve... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the workplace with no end in sight, leaving business leaders to struggle with a wide variety of challenges, including keeping staff members happily engaged—and employed. To make sense of the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
mediocrity. I now feel emboldened to say no to certain priorities, and recognize that by doing so, I am protecting the organization in the long run." While SPNM informs and shapes the participants, they, in turn, are continuously View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
IFC India 2025: Decarbonizing Rice Paddy Farming - Pioneering Sustainability in Indian Agriculture - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
Asia, and Israel, it has an international presence and a record of big hits that began in the 1980s with companies such as AOL and Apple and continues to this day with investments in industries as diverse as high tech and health care,... View Details
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
Abstract—Regulation Fair Disclosure was passed in 2000 in response to the concern that certain investors were gaining selective access to privileged firm information. In spite of the passage of this regulation, some investors continue to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India’s water quality and health outcomes. Naina Lal Kidwai: This was not a sexy business. You don't want to put your name to toilets. You're... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
and continuing to improve the quality of service provided. “We have a tremendously successful organization with a legacy of winning. The challenge is to continue to evolve and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
continues to be a prominent advocate for women's equality and empowerment in the workplace. Moving easily between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, she has served five Presidents, earned accolades as a corporate director, and... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
strategic focus if it was to improve margins and top-line growth. They wanted someone who could continue to build the 4,000 employee, $1 billion company and who could execute. In addition to making numerous... View Details
- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
in companies and the implications. Finally, the chapter concludes with a sample of what B2B companies have done in their attempts to improve marketing-sales coordination, including suggestions for future research. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
and concludes with a call to the reader to do whatever he or she can to speed the adoption of integrated reporting. A 2-phase Labeling and Choice Architecture Intervention to Improve Healthy Food and Beverage Choice Authors:Anne... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
long used corporate social responsibility initiatives and philanthropy to improve their standing with consumers. Now there is a new crop of companies that are making health and wellness a business imperative, not just because it is “the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
cycle management and the need to look at order-level details proved correct. It was a highly leveraged approach that helped support trends in re-engineering, supply chain management, activity-based costing, and continuous improvement. Q:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston