preparation - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

changing and make sure we're preparing our students for the future," says Light. That was the challenge faced by the roughly 100 HBS faculty members who attended all or part of the May colloquium. Most agreed that business schools... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

started with the need to find software smarts to prepare for Y2K, but now include a shortage of qualified, technically trained people in the States. India Favored Respondents said they are likely to send work to the following countries:... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

The Potential Downside of Win-Win

pharmaceutical firm B creates a drug that treats the same ailment and prepares to bring the drug to market. According to best estimates, this new competition will reduce the price of A's product to $2.55 per pill. B would pick up 40... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

significantly reduced. In fact, the WHO would probably be a more effective and nimble organization if it was half its current size, not double. The WHO's role in preparing for, providing early monitoring and managing pandemic crises... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

(it has a reputation for the latter). It's a quandary for Jim's employer, of course, but withdrawing investment at the 11th hour would also put many poor farmers' livelihoods in jeopardy. Like many case studies prepared for classroom... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

29 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future

addressed in the future through excellent research informed by and communicated to insightful practitioners of creative entrepreneurship in organizations of all types. What will be published or other output from your colloquium? The papers presented at the conference... View Details

Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

launch his own network of schools because he believed typical elementary education was not preparing students adequately for the future. Instead, Ventilla created "microschools," each with 80 to 150 K-8 students, with a focus on... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

10 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

Foundation, was preparing to launch a new type of clinical trial—an adaptive platform trial—to study potential therapies for glioblastoma (GBM), an aggressive form of brain cancer. Alexander believed that the standard way in which new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jun 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

the method prepared future business leaders, however, Harvard faculty and administrators have long been aware of a nagging truth: learning how business operates and actually doing business are very different things. No matter how well... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

the EU regarding the protection of Geographical Indications (GIs), which identify a product's origins and are treated as trademarks in some respects by international trade rules. Though Alexandra prepared her Kalamata olives in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

prepared to accompany the CommonAngels case (No. 807-149), enables students to decide whether to invite an entrepreneur to present to potential angel investors. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided nation View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

with skills training to foster inclusion takes time, perhaps too much time to satisfy those impatient for the more immediate gratification of increasing numbers of minority hires and ringing the diversity bell. Does an organization have to take steps to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

With a final deal reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), prepare for another cacophony of protest in Congress that America is signing away jobs to other parts of the world. The naysayers will be overlooking one small fact. Even... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

26 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Behind India’s Economic and Political Woes

longer-term investors. “There is a rampant lack of clarity and leadership from the major political parties” Q:Are you saying that China would be a better choice for that? A: There is a biblical saying that advises one to use a period of feast to View Details

Keywords: by Zeenat Potia

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

law is alive and well in cyberspace and that governments are fully prepared to enforce it. And finally, although we haven't seen these stories yet, I imagine that there will soon be a lot more interest in preventing possible terrorists... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

a neighbor, Goldberg's father insisted that his only son go east to Harvard, where he majored in government and minored in economics. Elected first marshal of the Class of 1948 (an honor he reprised as chief marshal of his 25th Reunion), Goldberg graduated cum laude... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

Cisco Learning Network, an online platform hosted at Cisco.com. Since its launch in 2008, the Cisco Learning Network provided content to prepare networking professionals for certification exams, as well as social functionalities to let... View Details