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08 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?

spread of epidemics, reducing congestion on highways, or finding ways to detect fraudulent transactions.The trend toward people analytics, Polzer says, is a logical extension of the era of big data, as the science of processing and... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

20 Nov 2017
Blog Post

A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee

emotional journeys as well as their physical ones. After we had met with dozens of individuals across the country, hailing from Bhutan, Syria, Congo, Iraq and beyond, we began our synthesis phase, deconstructing all of our conversations into their components to search... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Case Writing & Industry | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

continual ties with industry, HBS has produced case studies that are both grounded in complex, real-world business situations and serve as effective teaching instruments. The development of case studies has in turn enabled faculty to keep informed of current management... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)

building effective executive teams, developing and implementing a sound strategy and performance management. Interested in staying up-to-date with news about issues and trends impacting the nonprofit sector but not sure where to start?... View Details

Keywords: April White

18 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Use Baker Library to Build a Target List

within companies. Browse career sites Sites such as 12Twenty (our recruiting platform), Indeed, and LinkedIn Jobs will help you identify companies which are hiring. Even if particular job postings are not a perfect fit for you, these sites are a great way to uncover... View Details

02 Jul 2024
News

The Beauty Guide

social media and trends among the younger generation—how its feeling about the pandemic and hybrid work. She’s also helped Freyre keep a pulse on the next cohort of leaders. Because, ultimately, that’s what this is all about: positioning... View Details

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

advantage of new technologies in the early 1900s: "If I asked people what they wanted," he said, "they would have said, 'Faster horses.' Expand your horizons: Set aside a portion of every week for broadening your perspective. Identify important global... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

Fast Answer

Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Industry reports and equity analysis, especially on trends related to the Challenges: View Details

06 May 2019
News

Are You Ready for Veggie Fast-Casual?

is powerful,” Shaich told the Boston Globe. “Forty percent of America will tell you in a survey that they’re trying to eat more plants.” It’s a trend Shaich followed himself as he hit age 60. “I hired a trainer and ended up becoming much... View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

25 Jul 2014
News

Fostering connections with business leaders in India and South Asia

to South Asia through executive education programs, a lecture series, and the University's South Asia Initiative," explains Raina, a former Citibank senior executive. She facilitates research into emerging trends and business issues... View Details

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

entrepreneurial communities and four recent trends in entrepreneurial activity. The characteristics that make entrepreneurship thrive, said Stevenson, include: resource mobility; reinvestment in the community; joy in the success of... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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Professor Claudia Goldin on "Why Women Won" - Blog: RGE Report

Many similar cultural trends have arisen, and today’s conservative-leaning young people and popular far-right media channels are a sign that Professor Goldin’s research is more timely than ever. Some important phenomena that shape these... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

more efficiently. In addition, they discuss trends in the industry, such as lab-grown meat, the increased use of no-till farming, and the move among consumers to a more plant-based diet—a trend that Alvarez... View Details

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Tony Tasset Arrow Sculpture 2015 | About

the series “takes aim at the stock market, the art market, fashion magazine hot lists, the thumbs up and thumbs down of social media postings. . . . Normally this trending is all so abstract, so flat, so digital, it can be hard to get a... View Details

History's Guiding Light

understanding of technology/digital issues in the global economy. Despite the perceived “newness” of the field, I became captivated by the abundance of historical analogs to the important global technology trends we are seeing today. The... View Details

28 Jul 2014
Blog Post

Mid-summer Update

hinge on the feedback from customers. We needed high quality results and enough of them to make the data statistically significant. Back at the hotel that night, I was finally able to take a first look at the results. Some strong trends... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Mar 2012
Article

The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness

suffering not only from a deep cyclical downturn but also from underlying structural threats to its long-term competitiveness. The authors cite evidence of structural problems in trends that predate the recent recession. These concerns... View Details

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Global Maps - Creating Emerging Markets

markets. Mapping Tool This mapping tool developed by global strategy professor Pankaj Ghemawat features extensive historical data on more than 500 countries. Animated maps present historical trends and projections of future developments.... View Details

09 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads

salves to help relieve them. Brands were looking to reassert traditional American values like inclusion and the celebration of differences in the face of more negative recent trends like anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment. That... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Telecommunications

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

distinguish trends from fads, what drives their selection of menu items and how they manage their supply chain. Crisis Management. We’ll consider the critical issue of food safety and the crisis management implications when a foodborne... View Details

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