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- 01 Feb 2022
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Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
Devices because they've got 50-plus years of being an advanced leader in electronics in the world. People see lots of entrepreneur successes, and they say, boy, that must be easy because they're free and autonomous and they can do this.... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 25 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Women's Student Association
who met to discuss the topic “How to Build a Successful Life.” We recognize that success can be defined in many different ways, and wanted to hear from successful female leaders about how they created their own professional and personal... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
(Experiment 2), and non-suppression (Experiment 3). However, when firms honor these implicit promises, voting can mitigate the disappointment that arises from receiving an undesired outcome (Experiment 4). Finally, Experiment 5 identifies... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
an HBS alumnus in Vienna, Georg Kasperkovitz (HBS MBA 1999), and decided to highlight Slovakia's experience when we realized that the flat tax was one of the hot topics. Meanwhile, we were witnessing "reform fatigue" within the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Esteves Hall | About
lighting to create a timeless design that will deepen the learning experience for thousands of participants annually from around the globe. About the Name André & Lilian Esteves Esteves Hall is named for André Esteves and his wife,... View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows
personalized oncology care. They have collectively raised more than $500M in funding and an additional $244M from an IPO in June 2020. The fellowship is guided by Peter Barrett, executive fellow, and a Key Advisory Board of 13 seasoned business and biotechnology View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
relationship between the diffusion of advanced internet technology and the geographic concentration of invention, as measured by patents. First, we show that patenting became more concentrated from the early 1990s to the early 2000s and, similarly, that counties that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate
advanced analytics that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI). “Chung has seen companies dramatically improve productivity after adopting advanced analytics to guide compensation.” In an ideal world, a company would use trial and error to set the best sales targets... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
Black’s original conjectures, and the author highlights refinements and additions to the original list. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50338 November 2015 Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Influence of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 01 May 2020
- Blog Post
5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS
Capital and Private Equity Club (VCPE) often are contacted by alumni or major firms looking for interested MBA candidates. While all career leads are registered with HBS’ Career and Professional Development (CPD) office, clubs allow students to develop relationships... View Details
- 15 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
An Average Day at HBS
Prospective students often visit campus to learn more about life at HBS. They’re curious about things like case method, housing, and the section experience. But once you get on campus, what is the day-to-day student experience like? We... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
rediscovering experiences from the past will be curiosity provoking and interesting in the future. In Studies 2 and 3, we find that people are particularly likely to underestimate the pleasure of rediscovering ordinary, mundane View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint
studies that highlight the opportunities and challenges facing business leaders and managers around the world, the School relies on the expertise and connections of staff members at HBS’s 18 global research outposts in 16 countries. Under... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
Nineteen years ago, Harvard Business School professor Linda A. Hill wrote the first edition of her book Becoming a Manager, detailing the experiences of several first-year supervisors who were making the daunting transition from star... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
E-Book How to Become a More Effective Leader Learn about the difference between leadership and management, uncover the qualities and skills that characterize an effective leader, gain an understanding of common leadership styles, and... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993
with J.P. Morgan. A member of the firm’s operating committee, she has run the Asset Management division, a global leader in investment management and private banking, since 2009. Her group’s record-setting performance is unheard of in... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
integrated 21-inch tablet computers have become a fitness sensation. For $39 per month, Peloton offers access to live-streamed classes where members can track their performance on a leader board, virtually connect with fellow classmates,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Mission-Driven Governance
By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Edward Martenson
The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful, easily applied theory of governance performance. The existing model is fundamentally adversarial, rooted in the paradigm of principal-agent conflict. At its base is an image of governance as a never-ending struggle... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Management; Standards; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation
Fisman, Raymond, Rakesh Khurana, and Edward Martenson. "Mission-Driven Governance." Stanford Social Innovation Review 7, no. 3 (Summer 2009).