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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
understandable way and communicate it to help people comprehend a world that may seem very scattershot." "I love the intellectual hunt behind research. It's a process of understanding elements that initially... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
God-given gifts and opportunities to serve others – to live what I had spent so much time only reading about. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: Why, then, did I leave the Army? I left for the same reason I joined—I felt called. The Army helped me View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
see as key: efficiency and fairness. We approach the problem of designing objectives that account for the natural tension between efficiency and fairness in the context of a framework that captures a number of resource allocation problems of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
levels and frequency of default typical of emerging markets even if the household impatience parameter is calibrated to local interest rates. A quantitative exercise calibrated to Brazil finds welfare gains of the optimal fiscal policy to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
essentially use history as a research tool to understand why some succeeded on an ongoing basis and others failed. Q: What do you mean by the term "strategic intelligence," and why is it so important? A: I define strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas
R&D also come with more investment risk. While science-based patents are more likely to have higher values, they are also more likely to be total flops. In efforts to commercialize novel science, R&D teams often fail to replicate the key findings or struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 04 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Tech Club
what that looks like exactly but our hypothesis is trending in the direction of unique interactions and more memorable formats beyond the initial eye-grabbing headliners. This might look more like hands-on demos or interesting social... View Details
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
describes, the globalization of health care also provides a fascinating angle on globalization generally and is of great interest to corporate strategists. "Apollo Hospitals—First-World Health Care at Emerging-Market Prices"... View Details
- 06 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Music to the HBS Classroom: My Journey as a Nontraditional Student in the Summer Venture in Management Program
that my skill set was not aligned with the demands of business school, let alone a highly-acclaimed institution like Harvard. My undergraduate experience was predominantly made up of developing in-depth technical and lyrical proficiency on the clarinet, View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact
his tuition by trading his own stocks. This fall, Ameen will begin classes at Harvard Business School, where he says he hopes to strengthen the financial, analytical, and leadership skills that will help him understand how to work within... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
You Only Thought You Were Republican
centrist Republican Party has shifted to the right edge of the scale, ten clicks to your right. You think of yourself as fairly liberal socially — so you can understand why your daughter doesn’t want the government to step into her most... View Details
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
colada, the standard offerings for non-drinkers—even at special occasions—can feel like real kids’ table fare. Royle and Wood saw a demand for adult beverages as interesting and complex as a satisfying cocktail, just without the alcohol.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
experience,” she says. “No one ever spoke about culture; it was embedded. We were in it together.” That interest in the very human aspect of how work gets done is more than clinical. When asked, anyone who has worked closely with Enan... View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
company’s competitiveness after the downturn ends? For the last five years, we have been studying layoffs and their alternatives. Our goal with this research is to help leaders understand when it makes sense for companies to use layoffs... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
the core, and pivot to new opportunities. We provide a top-level overview of major topics and ideas relevant to each concept. We hope you are interested in engaging in further research about any topics that resonate with you and your... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
on intangible capabilities, such as the ability to assess the value of the knowledge and skills that are already present within the firm and in some instances within its broader ecosystem; to rapidly understand how to redeploy them in new... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
anyone. As part of the open source ethos, it is expected that people or companies who use open source code will “give back” to the community in the form of code improvements and enhancements. And that presents an interesting dilemma for... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
political dissidents and Falun Gong activists whom they attempt to track as equivalent. Q: It was interesting that no other companies backed Google in this dispute. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called it "Google's problem." A:... View Details
- 20 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Marketing Mix Right
says. "There has been some talk at conferences where there seems to be an understanding that these models are too restrictive." Widening The View So the professors created a new discrete choice model called Flexible Substitution... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Mar 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Firing the CEO
family business, interested in long-term success, poor performance may not be reason enough to fire the leader. The business leader may not be responsible for the poor results and may even be the right person to help restore good health.... View Details