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- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
potential to supercharge innovation, because we can prototype more ideas and share them with each other much more rapidly. That's on the supply side of the economy. On the demand or marketing side, the new technology may allow us to match... View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
Working PapersSome Neglected Axioms in Fair Division Author:John W. Pratt Abstract Conditions one might impose on fair allocation procedures are introduced. Nondiscrimination requires that agents share an item in proportion to their... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 5/5
to my reality. Then, I am asking you to do better! Until you realize that racial inequity is all of our problem, progress will be stagnant. But first, this is my black experience: My Black experience is making my non-Black peers feel more comfortable. As you utter... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
records and other, unconventional, records are being used by one speaker to uncover the scale of their activities, and argue that basically China already had an entrepreneurial class ready and waiting when Deng began opening China.... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
private equity roles. Westphal then found his second seven-week internship by reaching out to VC firms in Brazil. One VC connection was an HBS alum from his state in Brazil who had invited him to sit in on an HBS class years earlier.... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
assessment and demonstrate strong inter-rater reliability. Results show that crowdsourced peer-to-peer assessments are perceived as fair and accurate. Educators can leverage peer-to-peer sharing to enhance the assessment of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
Harvard Business School. In an effort to ensure parity and competitiveness among all its teams—and thereby stoke fan interest—the NFL literally shares the wealth: Some 60 percent of its nationally generated television and merchandising... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
claims about the benefits of broader operational scope. The performance benefits of focus are typically attributed to reduced complexity, lower uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater breadth are linked to the economies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light
For fun, Light takes to the water for sails on the ocean near his Dartmouth, Massachusetts, summer home. "I grew up sailing every day on the Great Lakes, and that experience has stayed with me," he says. In his first interview since becoming Dean, Light View Details
- 29 Apr 2016
- News
The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)
new and big comes about every day, and each teammate has played a role in each milestone we have reached. Of course, there are always bumps in the road, but it’s been very enjoyable to see how we have dealt with challenges as a team and View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
burnout. Amid the uncertainty, Harvard Business School faculty share some research-backed insights for leaders, people managers, and job seekers. Sandra Sucher: Tech layoffs—It doesn’t have to be this way Tesla earned a Wall Street... View Details
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
shares in those horses, making ownership much more accessible. As an investment manager, Finley’s got a strong track record, with four of his horses making it to the Kentucky Derby, including a win by Always Dreaming in 2017 and a run... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
http://hbr.org/2012/03/does-america-really-need-manufacturing/ar/1 Choosing the United States Authors:Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract The U.S. is not winning its appropriate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
Howard Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations, emphasized the unique learning environment that exists in a classroom of “experienced” alumni students. Building on this knowledge, Breakthrough Insights is content-rich, designed to stimulate the View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
look at how companies could more effectively leverage structured, randomized experiments to inform decision-making. His goal: Enable C-suite leaders to avoid the blind spots and blunders that can occur when making decisions based on data and large-scale tests. The... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
role? “As some of my classmates can attest to, I often ping friends asking for a copy of a case I think would be relevant to a particular challenge at work. Most recently, I’ve been thinking about the classes I took related to strategy... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
Deserve Gender Equity campaign in New York City, an effort to shift the harsh disciplinary policies that have disproportionately led to girls and gender-nonconforming students of color being pushed out of schools. In Massachusetts, the organization works with the Fair... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
re-read Khalil Gibran Muhammad’s The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, which I assigned to a class a few years ago and had Professor Muhammad speak to them about, because I might see new and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
November 28, 2016 Harvard Business Review One Obstacle to Curing Cancer: Patient Data Isn’t Shared By: Hamermesh, Richard G., and Kathy Giusti Abstract—Precision Medicine requires large datasets to identify the mutations that lead to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
perks, small non-cash rewards like access to valuable online classes or fitness programs can also contribute to well-being. Other non-cash rewards, such as notes of appreciation from clients, can also positively impact workplace... View Details
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