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- 17 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Teaming in the Twenty-First Century
Even as academic journals and business sections of bookstores fill up with titles devoted to teams, teamwork, and team players, Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson wonders if many might be barking View Details
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by Maggie Starvish
- 24 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in US Communities
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by András Tilcsik & Christopher Marquis
- 10 Aug 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Unobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem
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by Faisal Z. Ahmed & Eric Werker
- July 2013 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
TaKaDu
By: Elie Ofek and Matthew Preble
In December 2012, Amir Peleg, founder and CEO of TaKaDu, reflected on how to position his young firm for the next fiscal year and beyond. The small Israeli startup had developed an innovative software system that used patented algorithms and statistical analysis to...
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Innovation;
Customer Selection;
Business Marketing;
High-tech Marketing;
Enterprise Resource Planning;
Water Resources;
Water Management;
Utilities;
Product Positioning;
Expansion;
Resource Allocation;
Applications and Software;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Utilities Industry;
Australia;
Israel
- 22 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers
largest consumer debt in the US, trailing only mortgage loans—and surpassing car loans, credit card debt, and home equity lines of credit. Source: New York Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax Many people who currently carry student debt are having trouble keeping View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Jonathan Shepherd
I also acquired a portfolio of multi-family residential properties, which I continue to own today. When I first read the job description of my current HBS role, my thought was simply, “that sounds like fun” – nearly ten years later that...
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Bridging Science and Business: My Summer Internship at Eli Lilly - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
Instead, when the company wouldn’t pay them for their lunch hour, they intentionally scheduled deliveries to show up midday, when there wasn’t anyone working to receive them, sabotaging the project. “Top management have to be willing to...
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by Avery Forman
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
justice and national liberation, a fateful step in light of the transformation of the world wrought by decolonization. As capitalism stumbles through yet another global crisis today, what parts of Lenin’s fevered vision remain relevant 100 View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
Seven years into co-founding his Fintech venture in emerging markets, DJ DiDonna (MBA 2010) took a sabbatical. Doing so gave him the freedom to explore some items on his bucket list, but more importantly it provided much-needed...
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- 16 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults
wind up just as happy in adulthood as the children of moms who stayed home. Harvard Business School Professor Kathleen McGinn hopes the findings bring a big sigh of relief for guilt-ridden mothers who either have to hold down a job to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
experiences seem to have that undeniable "wow" factor, while others disappoint customers? Perhaps there's no better place to turn to than the world of magic. Consider that leading magicians are constantly under pressure to come View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Are Middle Managers Falling Down Most Often on Employee Inclusion?
(iStockphoto/AzmanL) Search “inclusion” on Amazon and the majority of book entries that come up are for children. Is that an indicator of the current state of management art on the subject? Fortunately, there is a growing body of research...
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by James Heskett
- 06 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Casey Gerald: Becoming a Leader at HBS
come to business school? Growing up in inner city Dallas I always thought the real horizon was going to school and playing football in Texas. One day my junior year a coach from Yale showed View Details
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
line and realized that all the significant pieces used to make Kodak's digital cameras—lens, shutters, electronic screen displays—were manufactured far from the factory floor in Rochester, New York, largely because American companies had ceded much of the...
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- 15 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Coming Out Calculus: A Reflection in Honor of National Coming Out Day
Brian Ventura (MBA 2022) is one of two DEI officers for PRIDE, the LGBTQ+ club at HBS. Originally from Orlando, Florida, Brian identifies as a queer Afro-Latino and came to Boston ten years ago as a first-generation college student at...
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- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
lot of people. And what's also important to note is that the problem solving being done is not "We'll spend five years coming up with a solution." Most people take knowledge and information from...
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by Martha Lagace
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1.7 Grading - MBA
of the subsequent spring term. If a student's incomplete record at the end of Term 2 does not allow a determination of whether the student has met minimum academic requirements, then typically the student will be expected to make up the...
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- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
Capital-Backed Entrepreneurs Via a Non-Wage Measure.” After exiting their startups, these entrepreneurs obtain jobs about three years more senior than their peers, according to the research. The findings suggest that companies value the...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2023
- What Do You Think?
Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?
related to boundaryless behavior.” We have over the years lauded the notion of boundaryless behaviors—sharing of talent, ideas, and other resources—in organizations. They involve putting the good of the organization above one’s own...
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by James Heskett