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  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

A Summit Higher Than Everest

above sea level, the men faced a tough decision: How long could they safely wait for the weather to clear to continue to the summit, 15,325 feet above sea level? Only a few days of food and, more vitally, heating fuel remained. To give... View Details
Keywords: April White; mountain; climb; climbing; adventure
  • 25 Apr 2014
  • News

Investing in Innovation

difference leadership makes in the organizations you care most about—how an effective leader can create so much better and how an ineffective leader can destroy so much value. Leaders have a powerful multiplier effect. They can make the... View Details
Keywords: HBS Fund; Educational Services
  • 14 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 14

  PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Apr 2025
  • News

Challenge Accepted

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience
  • 08 Jun 2018
  • News

My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses

mission. And as I was walking out of the door my dad looked up and said, son, when you finish firing my manager I expect you to replace him with your manager. And yours better be as good as mine. So as I was on the way back to take care... View Details
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

know what's expected of them, and it's important to give feedback in a constructive way. Using information is essential to a good culture because it allows people to get engaged, to investigate, to explore, to be curious, to learn, and to do View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

strong validation of our client franchise and future prospects." For his part, Buffett called Goldman "an exceptional institution" with " an unrivaled global franchise, a proven and deep management team, and the intellectual and financial capital to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

Improving Infant Mortality Rates: The Impact of Front-line Staff Collaboration on Neonatal Care (revised) Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Jeffrey D. Horbar, and Joseph H. Carpenter Abstract Front-line... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. "A lot of discrimination happens because of implicit biases where... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 11 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

you entrepreneurial.' "From the very get-go, we get very different messages about who we are as economic beings," she observed. Women's economic education, continued Godfrey, a former social worker, "is really one of the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

across industries and the concomitant demands for value creation engender variations in firms’ collaborative behaviors. On average, firms in technologically dynamic industries pursue more-open ego networks, which fosters access to new and diverse resources that help... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

effects of deregulation on firm size are significantly non-linear. The reallocation of market shares toward a small number of large firms and a large number of small firms is characterized as the "shrinking middle" in Indian manufacturing. Small- and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • News

Toy Story

care about the brand and are good ambassadors. They can explain the product and convey the value of it.” (See sidebar, page 36.) Without these ambassadors, he observes, it is harder for people to see the educational value of LEGO... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Light Years Ahead

and faculty. People really care deeply about HBS and are committed to its ongoing excellence. The good news is, the School is in great shape. Looking ahead, what are some of the big issues facing the School? I think the biggest issue and... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

wonder whether this is a frothy market that might go downhill or a bull market that will continue to run strong. If they conclude it is the first, they may opt for selling their shares. Would that have a big downside impact on the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 08 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System

As today's fiscal deficit and dragging economy continue to cast long shadows, it's easy to forget much darker times in American history. Shortly after winning its independence from Great Britain, the United States was bankrupt. Individual... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Banking
  • 22 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution

frame, is the perfect example. Every process, every incentive, every cultural norm was optimized to deliver efficiently, bypassing the retail channel. When the strategy changed, the organization simply did not follow. Execution continued... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52341 February 20, 2018 JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association Administrative Costs Associated with Physician Billing and Insurance-Related Activities at an Academic Health View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

household income gains for new adopters. However, one year after the study ended, the exporter refused to continue buying the cash crops from the farmers because the conditions of the farms did not satisfy European export requirements.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace