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  • 01 Sep 2004
  • News

Books

Advantage outlines a framework that goes beyond maximizing internal competencies to leveraging the collective competencies of one’s entire network for competitive advantage. Confidence by Rosabeth Moss Kanter (Crown Business) Taking on the elusive View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

managers were not likely to embrace research results that caught them off-guard. "If the purpose of research information is to reduce uncertainty (and thereby the risk associated with making a hitherto unsupported decision),"... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 5, 2016

performance evaluation. Using a sample of 4,000 commercial logo design tournaments, I show that feedback reduces participation but improves the quality of subsequent submissions with an ambiguous effect on high-quality output. To evaluate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • June 2012
  • Article

Comovement and Predictability Relationships Between Bonds and the Cross-Section of Stocks

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
Government bonds comove more strongly with bond-like stocks: stocks of large, mature, low-volatility, profitable, dividend-paying firms that are neither high growth nor distressed. Variables derived from the yield curve that are already known to predict returns on... View Details
Keywords: Relationships; Bonds; Stocks; Investment Return; Cash Flow; Quality; Risk and Uncertainty; Forecasting and Prediction; Profit
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  • 23 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

Experimentation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Abstract—The fundamental uncertainty of new technologies at their earliest stages implies that it is virtually impossible to know the true potential of a venture without learning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

to improve their financial situation by rushing new ventures to market. In doing so, they sacrifice quality standards and ultimately underperform their peers. This is particularly problematic in high tech, where entrants need strong... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Paul Lenehan

they would be five to ten years out – figuring out which technologies would be the ones to change the world." Case study: from uncertainty to conviction After graduation, Paul worked at Katzenbach Partners where he noticed there... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

New Releases

for opportunities to explore as well as reacting to problems to be solved. Says Raiffa, "Smart Choices is based on the premise that quality decision-making is a fundamental and valuable life skill that can shape and influence in a... View Details
  • May 2019 (Revised April 2021)
  • Background Note

Managing Talent Pipelines in the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr, Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman and Carl Kreitzberg
In the face of a rapidly-changing economy, organizations that wish to compete in the future of work must develop strategies for acquiring, retaining, and developing talent for their organizations. This primer reviews the major trends shaping jobs, workplaces, and... View Details
Keywords: Future Of Work; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Demographics; Labor; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Supply Chain
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  • 04 Mar 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Why the Bull Market in Leadership Books?

the somewhat pessimistic view that "There has always been and will always be a dearth of quality leadership ... because self-interest continues to drive human conduct." But Mark Horstman suggests that this doesn't insure a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 16 Oct 2013
  • Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 08 Jan 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

Total Quality Management was strategic when it was developed? Not strategic in the sense that I use the word strategic. "Strategic" is a word that gets used promiscuously—some people use it to mean anything important. Total... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
  • Web

Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

intelligence, quantum computing, and advanced materials find centers of excellence in a number of emerging ecosystems. The quality of STEM education as well as the government support for basic R&D can create opportunities to found... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Innovation, Inc.

Illustration by Jose Ortega Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inauguration Day, 1933 Creativity, a quality more traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

hard, we did well." Navigating Uncertainty In Turkey Güler Sabancı If the life experiences of Bajaj provide dramatic insights into the business environment in India, those of Güler Sabancı, the first woman to head a top business group in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • 03 Feb 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?

the employment of “imposters,” a term, by the way, that was regarded as objectionable by many, most respondents implicitly rejected the notion. They pointed to the desirable qualities of imposters, people who believe that their... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

performance improvement. We highlight implications for institutional theory, managers, and policymakers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-001.pdf Issuer Quality and the Credit Cycle Authors:Robin Greenwood and Samuel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

effect. To discern whether status serves as a signal of quality under uncertainty or satisfies the motive of conspicuous consumption, I study a period of time during which the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?

a discount. We need systematic experiments to find out which types of bundling are economically most attractive. Q: What's the current state of your research? Where does it go from here? A: A key uncertainty relates to our finding that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Music