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- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
illustrates the importance of embedding a scale-up strategy in the initial design of a program that aims to solve a widespread problem. In the following discussion, Kanter and Litow talk about the process through which creative,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
knowledge spillovers and capital market externalities exert a stronger impact on multinational firms while labor market pooling has a weaker effect. These findings remain robust when we examine entry decisions and explore the process of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
process analysis—a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management—in a setting that didn't involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting cranberries. Students got to see the design of a system, linked together in a... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
Siemens's general counsel told me, 'Once you start paying bribes, you are committed.' You can never look back." The experiences of Siemens and SNC-Lavalin show that the first step toward changing that outward reputation, says Healy, is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper
online shoppers might be intrinsically different from past customers in a key way: how they view returns. We even went a step further and probed three other factors that might explain lower return rates. First, we wondered if new online... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
that companies will increasingly understand a more subtle but equally significant benefit: embracing diversity helps revitalize and strengthen the organization. "The very act of incorporating diversity forces the organization to rethink itself, a View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
through a largely unguided process like biological evolution with a gradual impact upon the distribution of power among economic and political actors, the emergence of factor markets typically required fundamental reordering of power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2021
- News
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
Help the Black Community. And in this episode of Skydeck, Rogers and I talk about the makings of America's racial wealth gap, why he thinks it is a root cause of the nation's racial crisis, and the tangible steps necessary to help erase... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
care they already provide. Peter Slavin: The regulatory steps you mentioned—the licensing, the payments—have definitely helped, but I think telemedicine would have exploded even without those because it’s just so obvious that we needed... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
steps toward rapprochement in June 2016. The central dilemma is this: whether in light of the existing uncertainties companies operating in both countries can resume their investments and commercial activities, or should decisions be put... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?
contact us.” The organization also sent the original letter without the additional line to a different set of delinquent taxpayers, allowing the government to measure the change. The intervention proved to be valuable. More people began View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
weigh a strong, clear opinion to the board versus the spectrum of opinions. “It is hard to obtain approval for something if you have as many doubts as reasons to do something,” he said. It is valuable for the board to understand that the View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
via the city’s Citizens Connect app were “closed” without a resolution. It is a balancing act between making residents feel their concerns are heard and helping them understand the process the city uses to prioritize snow removal given... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
expertise dissensus affects team processes and outcomes. We further advance theory by investigating the effects of expertise dissensus on all dimensions of team effectiveness: team performance, team viability, and individual member... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here. “Innovation through startups is shaping the future... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
entrepreneurs and slowing deal volume for VCs. But change cannot wait, says Barna, just one of many alumni and academics in the entrepreneurship and investing sectors who advocate steps toward inclusivity like the ideas offered here.... View Details
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
that the cost of change is associated with the degree to which applications are highly coupled. We show the best measure of coupling that predicts the cost of change is one that captures all the direct and indirect connections between components. We believe our work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
Dean Light, the only participant who appeared on all three panels, gave an overview of the market events leading up to the crisis and outlined a three-part process for dealing with it. Using the metaphor of an emergency room, Light... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
forces, but patterns over time and how markets move and customers buy. They may not know your specific market details or the intimate buying patterns of your target customer, but as Bob Mason, managing partner of Project11 says, “We often ask the right questions... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin