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- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
to replicate the unique characteristics of a specific person’s writing style, says Prithwiraj Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “We trained an algorithm to write using the same words View Details
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2.9 Leaves of Absence | MBA
student has been arrested on allegations of serious criminal behavior or has been charged with such behavior by law enforcement authorities. Risk to the community. The student has allegedly violated a disciplinary rule of the School,... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
early twentieth century. It is a story, in part, about how fortune telling was professionalized. Unlike Adams, whose insights into the future rested on her purported ability to read the stars, the entrepreneurs profiled here were statisticians View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
and think I'm contributing to pushing the envelope in Africa, and accelerating our progress, that is exciting. On the low side, it is still very much an unstructured environment in many ways. There are View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
The New Space Race
changed, and people now realize he is a credible threat. There has been a strong push to reorganize the sector and trim the incredible fat that was everywhere. There is no magic to it—you have to find ways... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously wrote, "He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches." But it's often more accurate to say, "He who can do can't teach." It's natural for novices to seek out experts for guidance. That's why many organizations adopt formal... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
equal is the law of the land. So those are the constraints in this entrepreneur's life. He's the grandson of a slave, son of a teamster. And we don't know much about his early life, but sometime by the... View Details
- 04 Jan 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
been winning the competition repeatedly. As Working Knowledge reader John Sandvik put it: “A scale tipped to either side is not ideal the balance already is far in favor of the largest businesses, and some of the changes they have managed... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Uber: Competing Globally
By: Alexander J. MacKay
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia
- 06 Jan 2003
- What Do You Think?
China: The Next Big Market Opportunity or the Next Big Bubble?
ineffective enforcement of intellectual property laws that may stifle China's transition from a manufacturing to a higher-value-added knowledge-based economy. Greg Durst cites both "Western gullibility" in overestimating the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
move the black musicians from the back of the parade to the front. At UNC Chapel Hill, he and four other black students were the pioneers who first integrated the institution. At twenty-seven, he became the first black View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
position of clarity,” notes Steichen, who has also devoted much of the past twenty years to weaving together what she has learned from various spiritual and psychological disciplines. “The equivalent in... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
our communities on the benefits of electrification,” said BlocPower Co-Founder and General Manager Keith Kinch. In mid-February, Transportation Secretary Buttigieg added: “The President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure View Details
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2.17 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA
Field Course. Students are expected to behave responsibly regardless of proximity to the HBS campus or classroom. As ambassadors of HBS, students should carefully research local laws regulating drug and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
Picture a dog. The image you have in your mind probably has a long history. It likely started when you were very young and came across a dog for the first time: Maybe you pet the dog, maybe it licked your hand. You met a few other dogs,... View Details
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Meet the Team | Information Technology
for several radio stations, including WBUR and WFNX, where she was news director. When not working with the team, Ruth enjoys snorkeling in the coral reefs of the Caribbean and taking long walks with her... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
lives cut short by either race-based violence or fatal encounters with law enforcement. So if I'm being candid, my initial response was a tragically resigned, here we are again. You develop over the decades a certain veneer that allows... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
have to know a fair amount of neuroscience. And if you’re a good neuroscientist today, you have to know a fair amount of social psychology and basic social science. These are... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 02 May 2018
- Blog Post
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
range for every position in the company can be made transparent without revealing the exact pay for any person. This can help employees in their career planning and ambitions." Tahoegrrl reminded us: "There are differences in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
through the tangle of laws and policies around banking and operating in such unprecedented circumstances. This is the part of the job that weighs most heavily on her heart,... View Details