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- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
costs, and enabled businesses to form mutually beneficial alliances.Once two or more companies agree to do business with each other on activities beyond simple procurement, they again face a challenge in executing many joint processes as... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- Web
IT Strategy: Improving Service to Support Innovation | Information Technology
knowledge base, where important information can be documented and maintained in perpetuity. It is now visible to all faculty, staff, and MBA students and is a cornerstone of enabling rapid self-service IT support going forward. Onboarded... View Details
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Cross-Registration | MBA
Cross-Registration Cross-Registration Petition Process 1. Determine Your Eligibility Cross-registrants are limited to the equivalent of six credits per term in any combination of "Long" (full-term) courses (3 credits) or "Short"... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
industry’s growth from a small base in the U.S. North-east in the 1960s to today’s highly visible role in economies all over the world. Brooke lays out his vision for the industry as an essential element of economic growth and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Conversation with Dean Nohria
Istanbul. Rich in history, Istanbul provides a vantage point from which we can understand not only Turkey but also the many Eastern European, central Asian, and Middle Eastern countries that border it. Every day, in highly visible ways... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
dentist,” he recalls thinking, “but the process is not working.” Singh, who spent his formative years in Canada and his adulthood in the United States, had recently moved back to his native India so that his children could be raised among... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
employees and an algorithm to match them to employers, Apli aims to fill that gap. “We got amazing media and investor exposure, which kick-started our fundraising process and helped us raise a new round of capital in record time,” Makarov... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
the patent process you document affected entrepreneurial finance? A: Young, innovative firms are hurt in two ways by a poorly-operating patent system. First, as patents become easier to get, their value for the truly innovative firms—such... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
wearing gym clothes rather than an elegant outfit or wearing red sneakers in a professional setting. Nonconforming behaviors, as costly and visible signals, can act as a particular form of conspicuous consumption and lead to positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 23
intervention (red= "unhealthy"; yellow= "less healthy"; green= "healthy"). Phase 2 added a 3-month choice architecture intervention which increased visibility and convenience of some green items. We compared... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
No Mistake About It: Trust Is Key in Learning It's a real Catch-22: Learning is more critical than ever to firm success, yet the process often requires making mistakes. And many people believe mistakes lead to failure and thus avoid... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
leap that we’d hoped for, and it will still keep us far ahead of our competition. It’s the best-selling airplane of all time during the preproduction phase. And we learned a lot of things that we won’t do next time. Do some of those lessons involve overseeing the... View Details
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
stakeholder perceptions, is mitigated by two forms of organizational visibility. Firms with greater domain-specific visibility have specific characteristics that make them especially vulnerable to stakeholder criticism and as a result are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist
BEI is delighted to bring you this mini-series on HBS alumni tackling problems related to water and climate change. Emotional and visible connection to a topic is key to driving action. There seem to be few issues and topics that conjure... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
building and have someone to advocate for you when you aren’t in the room. Also, pick a few important meetings, such as staff retreats, to attend in person. When you are present, be extra visible by greeting as many people as you can. 4.... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field experiment to unbundle these mechanisms. We find that employer... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
and mobilizing employees to embrace them, and practicing dual-minded leadership. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55837 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review Operational Transparency: Make Your View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jan 2018
- What Do You Think?
In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
on-the-job misdeeds served the purpose nicely. Those supporting the idea of a corporate board's creating an independent officer of compliance, reporting directly to the board, cited the need for visible action in the face of growing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
it’s important to understand their risks, as well as those of partners and customers. Process: Implement a robust vendor management process for critical systems that considers business continuity risk, ensuring transparency, and mutual... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
- 11 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts
since a few studies examining the earliest offerings in the 1980s," says Lerner. "Instead, broad claims are being based on a few highly visible failures, such as Refco, or else analyses of a handful of recent offerings."... View Details