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- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
school gave it an enormous amount of credibility.” Getting Smart on Data The legitimizing power of academic research is something Karen Mills saw close up even before joining the Small Business Administration. As chair of Maine’s Council... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
Professor Zuboff, in your previous book, In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power, you wrote eloquently about the advent of computers in the workplace for individuals, organizations, and society. In 1988 you wrote,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
It’s a chance to exercise my creative side and, I always say, there’s no quarterly performance reviews in comedy: You are either funny or you’re not. I do what people call smart humor. I mean, I have a joke where the punch line is the... View Details
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2 billion to acquire Nest Labs, a new startup whose goal was to reinvent unloved home devices, such as thermostats and smoke alarms. Their View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Sep 2016
- News
MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding
could run on a blockchain. And we invented a bunch of stuff and a lot of that is ongoing now. It's quite a fun exercise. White: So in a lot of the work you're doing, I see you as a connector, surrounding yourself with a lot of really View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
Spencer when he told her the job wouldn’t be a walk in the park. “Who else is going to do it?” she says she asked herself. “I can do it. I’m smart enough to do it. Driven enough to do it. I love Xbox. I have a support network. Why would I... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
unexpected event in turn. Luck played a part, but so did smart leadership and sensemaking. Until the last reactor went into cold shutdown, Masuda's team took nothing for granted. With each new problem they encountered, it recalibrated,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
design business models to generate winner-take-all effects similar to the network externalities that high-tech companies such as Microsoft, eBay, and Facebook often create. A good business model creates virtuous cycles that, over time, result in competitive advantage.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
profitability. In Chapter 6 we describe the work of drug company Cipla in India and telephone company China Mobile working in rural western China to bring affordable drugs, and smart telephone connections, respectively, to hundreds of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
Traditions LLC) In this second book of a series, Beck has compiled over 500 college sports traditions (for every collegiate sport and both genders) from over 350 schools. No Boston Olympics: How and Why Smart Cities Are Passing on the... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Facebook make a 100 percent return, society doesn’t question it—it’s absolutely fine to make money if you are a smart investor or entrepreneur or just plain lucky, glory be to you,” says Rangan. “But just imagine making—on the backs of... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
Studies Smart Money? The Effect of Education on Financial Outcomes By: Cole, Shawn A., Anna Paulson, and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract—Household financial decisions are important for household welfare, economic growth, and financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This paper explores how entrepreneurs grow a new business in a nascent industry. Through a longitudinal, qualitative study of a new company in the nascent smart cities industry, we examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain problems including stock-outs, overstock, and discounting.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Julia Kirynova, CEO of Smart Holding; Volodymyr Kostiuk, Executive Director of Farmak; Andrei Pivovarsky, Managing Director of WOG Holding BV; and Arina Korchmaryov, VP North America Business Group of Cotecna. MARCH 28 Ukraine: The... View Details
- Web
Oral Histories | Baker Library
name) is going around the room asking all these charming, smart ladies, “What’s the nugget here? What is the real key to the case?” And they didn’t get it. When he got to me, I was almost embarrassed to speak, but I said, “It’s the waste.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
that will enable you to develop the digital skills you need. With a digital mindset, you’ll ask the right questions, make smart decisions, and appreciate new possibilities for a digital future. Leaders who adopt these approaches will be... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Yang Jianguo was recently promoted from country manager for China to global head of product development at a staid French perfume maker. He was chosen for his technical smarts and his knowledge of emerging markets—a critical avenue for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
complexity of pulling together idea, sound, and movement into a unified whole. The squirrel skitters to the edge of our path, thinks better of it, and darts back to safety—a smart decision, since Langford never saw it. Which isn’t to say... View Details