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- 02 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Research and Prospects
change, because back in 1997 the number of faculty with a strong interest in health care research was fairly small. Now it's actually fairly big. We have about ten to fifteen faculty who have active research or case writing agendas... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
twice as much per dollar invested as male entrepreneurs, and Saigal said she felt positive that women founders will continue to attract more investors. Both panelists said finding investors who are supportive and actively engaged can go a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
model we're looking to replicate." Professor Richard H.K. Vietor, faculty chair of the event, expressed the hope that the School's activities in sub-Saharan Africa, such as the conference, new Executive Education initiatives, and... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
mitigating the possibility that a Democratic-leaning firm might already be more vulnerable in areas that received the channel as part of their cable plans. PR problems with real costs Public relations issues have long been a complicated... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
offers new hope for growth to companies frustrated by their hit and miss efforts. This book carefully lays down the authors' provocative framework, providing a comprehensive explanation of the theory and why it is predictive, how to use it in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
Increasingly, it seems, there are just two types of companies left in the world: dot-coms and "wanna-dots." The dot-coms, of course, are the pure Internet companies operating on-line businesses. Most of them are less than five years old, their View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Web
Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity
require high standards, we must understand where our standards are rooted. How do we truly activate people (instead of assuming they don’t have value to bring)? How can we create industry onramps so people can help make our industry more... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
its community. This transparency builds trust with all key stakeholders and is something that I believe the corporate world could learn a lot from.” Internally, Gower has focused on increasing morale among the council’s workforce, which he says was quite low when he... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
interest lies in the boundaries between religion and the wider world," says the newly ordained Messenger. "To my mind, finding meaning in everyday activities is what religion is all about." Messenger says he often felt out of place during... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
The various components of a channel (whether within a supplier or within a third-party vendor) may be able to improve operations by taking advantage of new technologies, but usually there is no one at the helm guiding the activities of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
Image by John Ritter Back in January, the leadership at Massachusetts General Hospital, including President Dr. Peter Slavin (MBA 1990) (pictured above, right), took note of a virus that was spreading in China. They decided to activate... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
wider political implications that concern me most. Brexit will put a real border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, for example, and that will pose a threat to reverse the (finally) peaceful relationship between the two... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Yelp data can complement government surveys by measuring economic activity in close to real time, at a granular level, and at almost any geographic scale. Changes in the number of businesses and restaurants... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
themselves, and repeated assertions of low-quality patents. We find moreover that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their innovative View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
masculinity on offshore oil platforms, the impact of racial diversity on retail bank performance, and the design and delivery of women’s leadership development programs. For the past several years, Professor Ely has maintained an active... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
well (and no one is there to watch you). Exercise is also an area where individuals have a great deal of control, which makes it a therapeutic activity in times of uncertainty. Short-term bursts of strenuous View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
A wave of mergers is sweeping the country, activity that recalls the 1980s, the 1960s, and even, some say, the empire-building of a century ago. In the following article, nine HBS professors comment on the current M&As; phenomenon and how... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
brokers to talk to Internet customers in real time, cautioned that advances in quality and service should be introduced over time. "It's important to stay on the leading edge with customers without falling off," he concluded. "Technology... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
we put people on the moon. There was this sense that: “Wait a minute, I thought we were going to have space hotels and moon bases.” Instead, the United States was going to have to buy trips for our astronauts to the Space Station from Russia. This caused View Details
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
participants either before or after the product itself was presented. Early exposure to price, or price primacy, altered the process of valuation, as seen via altered patterns of activity in medial prefrontal cortex immediately prior to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne