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- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
strengths and limitations of this method, and address two misconceptions about ABMs: reductionism and “you get out what you put in.” We also... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., whose strength was spiritual. "Equality for women was a step back for women," said Boteach, adding, "real greatness is where you don't have to prove... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
that some giant computers controlled by big corporations and institutions know better than they do about what they will be doing in (the) future and what they'll become They might turn into poor, View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Sep 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property
a cure-all, but rather as a tool with both strengths and weaknesses. The increasing use of patent pools to share technology is one method for firms to avoid costly litigation arising from overlapping patent... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Gaining Currency
REYNOLDS: Weak dollar cuts both ways. To illustrate the global impact of fluctuating exchange rates, the New York Times (December 11, 2004) focused on two small, family-owned manufacturers, one located in Germany View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
contrast the strengths and weaknesses of "open-ended questions" (e.g., World Management Survey) with "closed questions" (e.g., Management View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
accreditation standards that play to their strengths in demonstrating student learning outcomes. These institutions are poised to respond cost-effectively to the national need for increased college participation View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
independent directors. The decision to opt out reflects the relative costs and benefits of doing so. Cross-listed firms opt out more when coming from countries with weak corporate governance rules, but if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
who did not have backgrounds in investing to effectively make a career switch. Looking back on the year, the strength of our community was consistently cited as a differentiator for our group. Over the course of the two semesters... View Details
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Take Responsibility for Rising Stars
accountable for the resulting weak talent pool. In A.T. Kearney's 2004 survey on the effectiveness of corporate governance, participating board directors universally acknowledged the importance of leadership development View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
the other schools within Harvard. His challenges include attracting the best faculty and students, creating linkages across the university, and determining a strategy that will make Harvard engineering as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the PRIDE Club
playing Latin percussion, and scoping out Boston's mac and cheese scene. PRIDE was a huge factor in my decision to attend HBS. In earlier chapters of my life when I moved to a new city or started a new job,... View Details
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
real-world problems in totally self-sustaining ways, harnessing the strengths of both for-profit and nonprofit models. But they are a difficult bet for entrepreneurs starting out in the field of business.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time
States," Jones says, adding that many of the economies went through transition periods that involved a high degree of state intervention and hyperinflation. Then, by one means or another, the businesses in those economies came out of that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 3 PM – 4 PM EST, 11 Dec 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Entrepreneurship: Failing Well
Most ventures fail. Most lives are built on journeys that did not get to their desired destination. How can we think about failure as a necessary part of growth and learn to fail well? View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Your Balance With Customers
strength of its partnership by striving for sole-source relationships. At all of these companies, customer retention strategies were based on providing superior service, listening to customer feedback, and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 08 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]
government in the past: trying to resuscitate ailing industries and nurture new ones. This approach did not actually work. What the government ought to do, instead, is address the systematic weaknesses in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
this bank use its strengths and overcome its weaknesses to best serve its constituents and the public? This case follows Sturzenegger´s eventful... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
US outbound FPI and FDI, this paper analyzes whether the composition of US outbound capital flows reflect efforts to bypass home country tax regimes and weak host country... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
and hence crowd out the motivation to volunteer? Since the strength of this greedy signal is normally unobserved, the answer is theoretically unclear, and corresponding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne