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- 18 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation
the importance of empowering investors and business & city operators at the local level. This lesson resonated because while climate change is inherently a global problem, the way it has shown up in my life at the different places I... View Details
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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
development by examining one of the engines for such development, the entrepreneurial sector. Educational Objectives: Global Entrepreneurship is intended to provide critical knowledge and frameworks for founders and investors to navigate the View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
behave and operate in a more sustainable way? It allows you to envision new markets, new opportunities, and new needs. Very few companies have reached this stage." Boosting Commitment Many companies don't make it to the innovation... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
most profitable products and customers and demonstrating how, when, and where to apply over twenty distinct improvement tools and techniques. Finally, it discusses how to embed the process and the tools into the ongoing operations of a... View Details
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
the Market for Digital Information Goods," is among the first efforts to study the interactions of two entirely new and radical business models operating in the same market. Sean Silverthorne: What attracted you to research this area... View Details
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Departments | Employment
Services, and Curriculum Services) Business Operations Executive Office Information Management Services ( Analytics, Taxonomy, Search, Data Management) Information Products Team (Working Knowledge, eBaker, Baker Library|Bloomberg Center... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
the more complex the legislation, the more difficulty the market has in assessing the impact of these bills. Consistent with the legislator incentive mechanism, the more concentrated the legislator's interest in the industry, the more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Leading the Way
means for the future of the School, as well as the need for HBS to educate leaders who will help solve the complex challenges facing the world today. The Campaign Nitin Nohria: The Harvard Business School Campaign offers us an opportunity... View Details
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Center Focuses on Europe
Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjöman: In the first eighteen months of operation (July 2002 through December 2003), thirty-eight faculty members were supported in either course development projects or research activities. So far, ten case... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
considerations into account when planning Colbun's future, especially in the light of new opportunities and challenges posed by global climate change. The case analyzes the Chilean electricity sector and the operations of Colbun to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
complex political environment; and 3) Manage a team: Forge a high-performing "we" out of all the "I"s who report to you. Packed with compelling stories and practical guidance, Being the Boss is an indispensable guide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
markets. Portfolio inflows that capture those financial market investments are much higher in South Africa than they are for other regions of the world. Q: Your case describes the complexities of good FDI and "bad" (or at least... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
provided by management. But on certain Gordian issues—a bet-the-company merger decision, say, or a complex product-liability concern—insight from an external perspective could be very useful. Although circumstances requiring such experts... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
of these changes is a new and more complex innovation system. "An internal technology base remains," he explained, "and the company can draw upon that to launch its research. But increasingly there's a parallel technology... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
Assistant Professor Douglas Fearing doesn't have the magic bullet to make this painful part of air travel a thing of the past. But his research on evaluating and improving the performance of complex systems such as air traffic control... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
doesn’t know how to do it, or doesn’t have the capacity to do it, even before you get into problems of corruption and so forth. So these entrepreneurs roll up their sleeves, and the heart surgeon Shetty is a great example. He wants to View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
will face serve an important purpose: They help them hone and develop the capabilities they need to succeed throughout their lives. Coping with a difficult teacher, failing at a sport, learning to navigate the complex social structure of... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
tinkerers from across the globe led to a process of cumulative innovation unhindered by rivalry operating through the intellectual property rights system. Yet in 1903, the year the Wright Brothers achieved controlled sustained flight at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Ebrahim is delineating a framework that takes into account the inherent uncertainty and complexity of measuring results in the social sector. EBRAHIM: The hard work of measuring impact becomes easier "Performance measurement in nonprofits... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
operating system for dealing with elective (largely surgical) patients. By opening an emergency room, however, the institution is now called upon to care for complex and highly variable medical patients.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne