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- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Exploring Langerian Models Understanding Confidence: Its Roots and Role in Performance By: Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Fox Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51716 October... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
resources. And don't expect people to destroy something they've spent years creating. Impose your own processes quickly. If the acquired company is as large as yours and its processes are dissimilar, expect trouble. Some key people will... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
graduated from HBS and was finishing a three-and-a-half-year stint as an officer in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps, in charge of a select group that used early models of giant IBM computers to manage inventory for the Navy's airplanes. About... View Details
- 30 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)
Student Union. Social Events Of course, a large part of the HBS experience is meeting new people and making lifelong friends. Whether it’s small group dinners or happy hours, the WSA regularly hosts events to bring our community of women... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
well-meaning but ultimately toothless calls for greater individual integrity and ethics on the other. To speak of the professional obligations of individuals ... is to imply that business management itself is a profession—but is it? The sociology of the professions is... View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
is ideal for such a shared system, he says. Open-source and shared-platform models are most effective when the problem, such as climate change or ransomware, is too large for a single company or nation to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Web
Value Measurement for Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Value Measurement for He... Value Measurement for Health Care 5-7 Aug 2019 Executive Education Course Learn More Summary Innovative health care organizations worldwide are moving toward better value measurement models to improve patient... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
have an unfair advantage now knowing what I've learned from this course. It has given me confidence and clarity in my decisions, and I can already see the material impact of applying this model and mindset to our business and our culture.... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
models and policies are incomplete without taking into account the bargaining process and, in particular, the way in which this process interacts with underlying control structures in the household. Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can We Train for Trust?
The model requires a high level of trust. "In spite of the economics, organizations apparently are doing a poor job of building positive employee experiences, whether through trust or other means." We can put some numbers on this. In a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
When it comes to the job hunt, many of us have a traditional view of what it takes to find a new position: A worker searches for available openings, sends in a resume, and waits for an interview. Much of academic research assumes that’s the way people find jobs, too.... View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
a startup Understand the process of raising capital and how to speak to investors Who Will Benefit Aspiring Entrepreneurs Early-Stage Entrepreneurs Students Whether you’re a first-time entrepreneur with the start of an idea or are exploring entrepreneurship, learn the... View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
Resellers can offer significant added value (and benefit from reputation effects) by verifying the quality of goods when that quality is difficult to confirm. But that position can be prohibitively risky and costly if large numbers of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
customer relationships, dealing with large shareholders and creditors, as well as initiating and managing cross-border strategic alliances. It is true inside the firm where people from different functional areas and divisions need to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Recommended Reading - Advancing Racial Equity
provide essential opportunities for students to grapple and contend with the racial geographies that shape their lives. Based on a mixed methods study of students’ writing in a first-year-writing course themed around racial identities and View Details
- 19 May 2021
- Op-Ed
Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career
reflect persistent disparities based on race, gender, age, and educational attainment. Coming out of the crisis, providing more workers with pathways to economic stability will depend in large part on forging stronger connections between... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
Editor's note: This is the first of occasional columns on managing the family business written by Senior Lecturer John A. Davis. In this first of two articles, Davis discusses leadership models. Part One: Global Norms And The One-leader View Details
- Profile
Ahmed Alimi
accountant" for the small business his mother ran in his home country, Nigeria. He continued to study accounting in high school, then pivoted to the actuarial sciences when he attended the University of Lagos. In the following six years, he assumed accounting and... View Details
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
listened to speakers at Maersk’s HQ, it was clear that they felt this was a transitory windfall as shipping rates have already largely fallen to near pre-COVID levels. However, due to Maersk’s unique structure as run by the AP Moller... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources more efficiently will make the... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services