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- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
the late 1970s, taking with it a number of smaller U.S. enterprises. The latter were acquired by Japanese companies and Europe's Philips. In the same brief historical period, from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, the Japanese industry... View Details
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
In 2013 Ning Tang, who in 2006 founded CreditEase as a broker of P2P loans to unbanked individuals and small businesses in China, confronts the challenges of rapid growth and expansion in a changing regulatory environment. CreditEase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
submitted, from managing a remote workforce to making decisions in the face of vast uncertainty. Not surprisingly, one significant challenge reported by many CEOs was how to position their company to survive, or even thrive, during the... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
additional fees for our programs or any associated final exams. If you request a transcript from HBS Online for the Credential of Readiness (CORe) program, you are required to pay National Student Clearinghouse a small fee (~$5) to... View Details
- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
deeply—entrepreneurs Big companies are no place for big thinkers." Providing time to reflect, particularly in an era of multi-tasking and the tyranny of technology, was most frequently suggested as an antidote to the dearth of deep... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
commented that, “When a non-compete clause is required it can signal a lack of trust If your ethics are being questioned the time of hire, question the company ethics.” This may help explain why RCD said that, “I have walked away from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
13% “I was sexually assaulted by my client and my company stood by me. I had to take time off for that but not because of anything that happened within my company. I came back to work after 4 months and moved out of sales and into HR. The... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
Like many business leaders, Donovan Neale-May routinely seeks out information on business innovation and management trends. He reads reports from market analysis firms, white papers from companies in his field, and articles in online... View Details
- 06 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die
disease; but the time it starts to show it's often too late. Q: How can strategic business components help companies be more flexible in their strategies? A: For many years, companies have recognized that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
simply begin with the direction you want to go and take a small step. Thinking alone will never change your life-you must ACT. Then evaluate the lessons you learn from that first step, build on them, and take another step in your desired... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
it to evolution. The creative destruction can occur within a large innovative company (Toyota, GE, Microsoft), but it's much more likely to happen with start-ups, particularly since they now have so much access to venture capital.... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
sector you're in, it's part of the climate economy and we need to shift all of our jobs to become climate jobs. So whether you're working at a big company or a small company, there are probably ways that you... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
Wahlen of MIT Sloan—examine whether such “wisdom of the crowd” can beat the odds in predicting a blockbuster at a higher rate than the gut of an individual producer. "While some companies have used crowdsourcing as a way to make decisions... View Details
- 31 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
of choices, so they can pick the activities that appeal to them, she says. And if a business is going to spend money on a wellness strategy, the company should test it out with a small group of employees... View Details
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
enforcement on air pollution controls. In California, OpenCounter streamlined registration for small businesses and provided zoning clearances in a fraction of the usual time. In New York, Mark43 is developing software to analyze crime... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 27 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Working to Change the Food System
believed I was best positioned to drive innovations in business models and strategies, and bring new, world-changing technologies to market. I came to HBS to get exposure to people from different backgrounds and have time and space to identify an opportunity to join or... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
business owners to understand their own cash flow and prospects. Now the fintech innovation cycle is at an inflection point—new streams of data have the power to illuminate the opaque nature of a small business’s finances. The playing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
his work. A paper he’d written, using game theory to explore the liberalization of telecoms, was the ticket to his first job at Metropolitan Fiber Systems; an early project involved analyzing the best stock exchange for the company to go... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
As organizations eagerly reopen their doors more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, many will be surprised to watch their employees walk out—for good. Companies have been quick to set blanket policies that range from a full... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 01 Sep 2006
- What Do You Think?
Are We Ready for Self-Management?
as many cited obstacles to its implementation, chief among them management itself. Many respondents were enthusiastic. For example, Leeor Geva characterized self-management as a "win-win strategy." In Jonathan Narducci's words, "Any method that gets all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett