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- 02 Aug 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?
the probability of success for ideas central to a strategy. Frequent testing has been especially relevant for retailers, whose merchandise displays offer endless opportunities to test product placement ideas. Now organizations whose... View Details
- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
gravitas all around his work and reputation. But at the same time he was a scholar who reached a number of distinct groups of people. Yes, he established business history as important and relevant, but not just on the landscape of history. He also made business history... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
up being the best takes because they have a magical quality that only exists when musicians are approaching something without an overly detailed plan. Working without a script or with a very loose script forces you to listen intensely to ensure that your own... View Details
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
Article Some of the more interesting writing that is relevant to management these days is found in out-of-the-way places in my local bookstore. In addition to the management and economics sections, you should check out neuroscience,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS
partnerships with companies looking to hire and companies working on initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion; Run workshops and panels of relevant topics to women in tech; Help build community for the group through small group... View Details
- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
is specifically relevant to our students, but also business managers in general. It’s about patience and persistence, and it also relates to the millennials who expect everything to happen fast, immediate gratification, to be successful... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
motivate and encourage its students to join the fight by bringing more of these challenges to the forefront in the classroom and making careers in these spaces more accessible and practical. As students, the greatest opportunity for us is to talk to those with... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
parts of the world in dealing with the financial damage that the pandemic has wrought. One other takeaway from the 2008-2009 crisis, just as relevant today as then: Hedge funds and private equity investors have dramatically transformed... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
message has been received? How will you know if you are getting all the relevant information you need? What has and has not worked in your communication strategies thus far? Draw a literal picture. Everyone is overwhelmed with text.... View Details
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)
used them in their own marketing materials. “Startups are dying for resources and attention. They were so excited to get that [attention] that they didn’t think about the fact that they would likely change their product or their business model over time, which would... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
the core, and pivot to new opportunities. We provide a top-level overview of major topics and ideas relevant to each concept. We hope you are interested in engaging in further research about any topics that resonate with you and your... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
capital and incubators and other new ways of launching businesses. "The Internet has changed everyone forever. It not only made it an opportune time to experiment with an organizational structure," he said. "It also made it important and View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
president and CEO of Estée Lauder International Inc. "Ted's writings taught me that relationship management is particularly relevant in a global business," she adds. "I knew every single department store owner in every part... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
their interventions but also benefits consumers who now receive offers and communications that are more relevant to them. However, algorithmic personalization poses risks for firms, consumers, and society as a whole. One of those risks is... View Details
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Self-environment relationship and its effect on decisions under risk and uncertainty
My research seek to better understand the main cognitive and social abilities that guide our judgments, and the ways they interact with aspects of the situation to shape humans' decisions. It is currently comprised of three related... View Details
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AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography
Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details
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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting
A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details
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Engaged with field work in East Africa, South Asia, and in several large hybrid organizations in the United States, Professor Whillans places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the social psychological literature and relevant... View Details