Open Source Communities - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

found six managerial barriers that hindered communication from lower levels getting to the top, among them ineffectiveness of the leadership team. “Unvarnished employee and stakeholder feedback is key in uncovering those barriers so that... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

response is predominantly awe at the magnitude of what Tate has been able to pull off” It also created the Magic Tate Ball and a dozen other apps and online games to tie-in with exhibitions, available on iTunes and Android stores for free or a small fee. Several online... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education

then to go into business means a great deal," Du Bois wrote. "It is, indeed, a step in social progress worth measuring." 3 Harvard Business School (HBS), the country's first graduate program in business administration, opened its doors in... View Details

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

such topics as custom product or service programs for large customers, and coordinated communication messages for all dealers and end users can be specified. A major underlying point of contention will be the freedom for people in the... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

We were about to give up and call it a night when somebody dropped the girl off the bridge. And so John D. MacDonald (MBA ’39) begins another book, with an opening line so deft it makes other writers want to give up and call it a career.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

29 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

management and personnel, they said. What creates superior performance management? Attention to outcomes. Focus on stakeholders. (Surveys, satisfaction. How do funders and community perceive what we do?) Reversing a weak culture of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

of the challenges and opportunities facing his company. “The last year has been filled with national and international crises in which the role of government and how that intersects with the business community has heightened and grown... View Details

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

laws that seek to give workers more bargaining power by requiring companies to disclose employee salaries. However, opening up the books for all to see has put 2 to 3 percent less cash in workers’ pockets, at least in the US private... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

02 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

here; so come in with an open mind and don’t be afraid to take some risks! Bhargav: Not much...both schools do a great job of letting you know what you're getting into! One small thing I wish I had known was that scheduling classes... View Details

September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
Case

Dream: Impact Through Real Estate

By: Michael Chu and John Masko

The Canadian city of Toronto had one of the largest housing affordability problems of any city in the developed world. One company trying to address this problem was Dream, one of the largest real estate groups in Canada. In 2021, Dream had just launched a new system... View Details

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14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

proactive effort to be as effective and clear as possible in their communication to both internal and external stakeholders. Importantly, a vast majority of the initiatives that companies in our sample are implementing do not require... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

for as little as $3 a ton on the open market, perhaps of questionable quality. But $25 a ton is a reasonable price, it's still not the social cost of carbon as you pointed out. What could be really amazing as the Biden administration has... View Details

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

"Ted Levitt changed my life," wrote Barry Koh (HBS PMD 30, 1975). "In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer—the best attributes and the best... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

much more flexible schedule than any job I have ever had. I have found a family here within my section and a peer community through clubs like Crimson Parents and the MoMBAs. I am excited for you to meet these inspiring MoMBA women... View Details

30 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides

charity. [related readings] “It’s a way to clearly communicate that ‘We are unique in the space,’” Choi says. “Here’s what we are and here’s what we aren’t.” More traditional organizations have also been View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Gaining the community's trust is vital to building a successful business with crowdsourcing, agreed business leaders at the Digital Initiative Summit at Harvard Business School on March 30. When Tongal got its start in 2009, some members of the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services

is easiest to use but limited to the features offered by your application or programming language. Most of the applications commonly used for data analysis on the HBSGrid provide some degree of implicit parallelization. The system-wide installation of Rstudio /... View Details

10 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

improves communication and coordination, and sets up the possibility of knowledge transfer between them. The advancements accrued not just to individual radiologists, but to the outsourcing firm as well. Huckman explains what happens as... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

07 Apr 2003
What Do You Think?

Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

Summing Up Krishnamurthy suggested that a return of mercantilism is not a threat, and that "the present dilemma is probably an aberration that will taper off in due course." Alejandro Ocana stated bluntly, "Global initiatives must grow more than ever... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Debunking Teenagers: 200 Research-Based Parenting Strategies to Help Your Adolescent Successfully Navigate the “Tempteen” Years By Daphne Adler (MBA 2004) Independently Published Why are teenagers constantly tempted to behave... View Details

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