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  • 30 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

you can't prove who you are.” The scope and scale of the project, and its progress so far in already enrolling 200 million people, make this the largest-scale project of its kind in the world, says Harvard Business School Professor Tarun... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Case Research & Writing Group - Faculty & Research

the HBS Global Initiative and its off-campus centers, and provides RA training services. Services CRG case researchers have contributed to over 1,900 projects across all the HBS academic units. Field cases (which involve interviews at the... View Details
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About

sessions. This policy pertains to all program or course activities taking place in a classroom or other academic setting, including, for example, discussion or project groups, work at project sites, and... View Details
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Walking Through Jelly: Language Proficiency, Emotions, and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work

By: Tsedal Beyene, Pamela J. Hinds and Catherine Durnell Cramton
In an ethnographic study comprised of interviews and concurrent observations of 145 globally distributed members of nine project teams of an organization, we found that uneven proficiency in English, the lingua franca, disrupted collaboration for both native and... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Globalized Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 26 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 26

identifying the types of GPs that drive the identified correlation between GPs and reduced shareholder value. Publisher's link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1718488 August 2013 American Journal of Managed Care... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

Iyoha are assistant professors in the Business, Government, and International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management Units, respectively. Meg Rithmire: Prepare to adapt to the policy backlash For at least a generation leading up to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

management of UCCA wondered what they could do to achieve growth and financial viability while continuing to realize their mission. 2014 Discussion Paper The Promise of Microfinance and Women's Empowerment: What Does the Evidence Say? By:... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

encountered, it recalibrated, iteratively creating continuity and restoring order. Daini survived the crisis without an explosion or a meltdown. October 2014 Article The Transparency Trap By: Ethan Bernstein To get people to be more creative and productive, View Details
  • 04 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 4

  Publications 2006 O'Reilly Media, Inc. Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts By: Eisenmann, Tom, ed. Abstract—Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann annually compiles the best posts from many blogs on technology startup... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Feb 2018
  • Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

themselves. Furthermore, that decision to abandon ship is often the wrong decision. “There is potentially a great market opportunity when a competitor drops out,” says Joshua Lev Krieger, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health
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Food & Agriculture - Business & Environment

and nutrient management Supply chain innovations that reduce food waste and transportation impacts New product development innovations that shift demand toward less greenhouse gas emissions-intensive foods, including plant-based... View Details
  • November 1990 (Revised May 1994)
  • Case

Microsoft Corp.: Office Business Unit

By: Marco Iansiti
Describes the development of a new word processing software package, Word for Windows. The major focus is how the development process should be improved to reduce schedule slips and cost overruns. Some of the issues raised are: the use of schedules in managing... View Details
Keywords: Communication Strategy; Cost Management; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Product Development; Programs; Projects; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Information Technology Industry
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Business History - Faculty & Research

simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship.... View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Curriculum 1ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the natural environment to their roles as View Details
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

kinds of research. Managers should keep researchers abreast of what kinds of decisions will be made and what role the research results will play in those decisions. After the results are in, if the managers... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

volume and constituted a key lever for the company to increase its positive impact on sustainability. IKEA Group Management therefore had to decide how to manage its portfolio of wood sustainability... View Details
  • January 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

China Mobile's Rural Communications Strategy

By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, G.A. Donovan and Tracy Manty
China Mobile was the world's leading mobile communications service provider with over 400 million customers. In some cities, its penetration rate was over 100%. With such huge successes, Chairman Wang Jianzhou was exploring ways to expand its customer base. Nearly... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Investment; Rural Scope; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Telecommunications Industry; China
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  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

that addresses part of that challenge—with a particular focus on predicting customer churn. However, several other equally important aspects of managing retention have not received similar level of attention, leaving many managerial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

Kaiser mastered the management and execution of plans for several large-scale projects that contributed to the growth and improvement of contemporary America, including the Hoover Dam, one of the wonders of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

effect of a unique mediated funding scheme that combines project grants with active facilitation and conflict management on firm performance, comparing the likelihood of bankruptcy and employee count as well... View Details