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- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
a means of mitigating threats to the natural environment while creating urban living capacity, by combining low carbon and resource-efficient development with the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
and grow cohesive teams with a tribe of supporters and advisers. “We saw this as a moment to focus on the human side of learning and connecting in a remote world,” said Wallace. “How do you build a startup when you’re all in different locations? How do you develop the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
with this eternal conundrum. Easy Rider Martin Snoey (MBA ’72) Age: 61 Home: Mercer Island, Washington “My sense is that life is not a simple sequence of events,” says Martin Snoey. “Instead, it’s a continual trade-off among career, family, hobbies, and View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
question is: In the wreckage of a collapsed building, whose labels do you find? Often, the activist community will point their fingers at the brands for basically enabling those factories to exist and to persist with very risky working... View Details
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
great they are as individuals, reap the personal benefits of their position, and deftly blunt competition from potential inter-organizational rivals.” His point is that an age of knowledge sharing facilitated by networks negates the effectiveness of vertical View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It
“If you have a concept to communicate that is 20 minutes long, you will be competing with other instances of 20-minute content,” Greenstein says. “Don’t expect households to take two 10-minute slots and put them together for you. That’s... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
savings. In the area of prevention, the spread of ever-cheaper mobile smart phones enables citizens in remote rural areas to receive online medical consultations, treatment suggestions, and prescriptions. Readings on diagnostic machines in clinics can be taken by... View Details
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
noting that a regional or community bank is their main financing partner. Is There A Credit Gap For Small Businesses? There is disagreement over whether there is indeed a credit gap when it comes to small business. Banks say that there is... View Details
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
unavailable at this time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412062-PDF-ENG TopCoder (B) Karim R. Lakhani, Eric Lonstein, and Stephanie Healy PokrywaHarvard Business School Supplement 612-044 TopCoder develops software for clients through online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
relationships, with communicating verbally as well as reading gestures, and with using their imagination. Many ASD sufferers prefer routine to novelty, and exhibit steady focus and repetitive behavior patterns. If employed, they... View Details
- 21 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The VC Quandary: Too Much Money
made available for investment has ebbed and flowed. That phenomenon seems to be shifting, he said. "One theory is today the money doesn't go away. The limited partner community has defined venture as an asset class; they're going to... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
knowledge in the future? Sjöman: To share the management knowledge, the Center runs roundtable discussions that give faculty an opportunity to meet with the business community to discuss their research ideas and offer alumni and other... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 15 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
who are assertive and strong. Looking ahead, there are more great things on the horizon as Dozie plans to grow her team, raise institutional capital, expand into national retailers, and leverage technology to build a Bossy community for... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
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Trends and Insights: Board Leadership Diversity and Organizational Performance - Blog: RGE Report
says companies like BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard have made board diversity a strategic priority because they know leadership needs to represent the communities in which the company operates. Through their groundbreaking research... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest Group (SIG).... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
ask what can be done to change the structure of the ask in any particular situation. Exley: And if you look at how frequently we’re asked to give—by email, at the grocery store, by postcards, from community organizations—we can’t always... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
governance in Asia, and measuring performance in nonprofit organizations. As always, there was ample opportunity for networking and socializing with participants and speakers from across the Harvard University community and beyond. The... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
earned relatively high margins on products rooted in science and innovation. However, Lyons believed downstream integration would allow Alltech to better communicate with its end customers (farmers), increase sales of its supplements, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
unlikely achievement of sorts. After all, Rapid7 was a venture-backed, corporate client-focused cybersecurity company, and Metasploit was a white-hat hacker community with a reputation that ranged from esoteric to “notorious.” And... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
terms of art. Other labels, such as "creating" and "claiming" value, are more analytically precise while directly communicating to a non-specialist audience. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel