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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
cultural, aesthetic, and social,” Koehn said at the opening session. When it came to issues that matter, she continued, “We organized the conference not just with respect to possibilities, but with respect to key questions,” a duality... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
success will depend on your organization and execution as well as the basic concept. In the work that I'm doing with HBS alumni, I have found that women believe the greatest demand on their time—in terms of importance, rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
influence what will eventually happen in the boardroom. However, many open questions remain about the factors that enable even people with good intentions to commit unethical acts. What are the tools organizations and their managers can... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Team MBA
Long-standing obsession: cricket. (He supports Pakistan’s national team.) Amyn helped organize the first trek to Pakistan and also participated in the Alpha Fund, a student-run hedge fund affiliated with the HBS Investment Club. What’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
sink or swim,” Hamermesh says. “If they’re good at what they do, they’re given even more administrative tasks. In the meantime, they continue to see patients. “The good news is that doctors today can reliably diagnose and treat conditions that were View Details
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
help demystify the frustrating experience and could, if adopted, result in improvements to the US air traffic control system. Fearing's interest in improving performance extends to how a large governmental organization like the Federal... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
country’s oldest and largest business groups. In August 1997, the Ayala-led Manila Water Company signed a 25-year concession agreement (later extended another 15 years) to operate the water and sewer systems of Metro Manila’s east zone,... View Details
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
be considered at the core of the meaning of a "market-based society"? And what professional organization would be able to define and enforce, presumably by delicensing, such a code of ethics? On the other hand, are we already... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
November 20, 2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory By: Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia Abstract—Operational efficiency is a core business principle... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
aside time to focus that can help restore work-life balance. Joseph Fuller: Make time for ‘deep work’ at the office and home People have struggled to balance the demands of work and their personal lives since the emergence of organized... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a team of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin Abstract— Organizations often struggle with motivating employees to develop innovative ideas that may benefit the firm, especially when the standard tasks for which employees are measured and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Catching the Entrepreneurship Bug at HBS
how entrepreneurship is truly a team sport. My time at HBS has changed the way I think about the world and myself. In my first year, I started to realize that a lot of the things I enjoyed most about my work thus far – being a generalist,... View Details
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Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
contrarian views are wrong most of the time, due to the wisdom of crowds. How can you know if you are too far out on a limb? Course Content and Structure The course will be structured into modules on problem definition and solution... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978
what's important to you and what you stand for; values are critical to success and happiness. Get yourself a compass and forget the clock. It is far more important to know in what direction you are headed than how fast you are going."... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- 21 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine
In May 1995, two scientists at the University of Mississippi were granted an American patent for the use of turmeric to treat flesh wounds. Soon thereafter, an Indian research organization won a lawsuit challenging the novelty of the... View Details
- 10 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 10, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708440 Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 408-066 As CEO of leading executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles for the past 18 months, Kevin Kelly was pleased with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Founding CEO’s Dilemma: Stay or Go?
Noam Wasserman is an assistant professor and MBA Class of 1961 Fellow in the entrepreneurial management unit at Harvard Business School. His paper "Founder-CEO Succession and the Paradox of Entrepreneurial Success," published in View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
in a marketplace that you have a good chance to dominate. Bottom line: higher margins and more revenues for you. These sorts of assumptions may still prevail in, say, pharmaceuticals, but all bets are off as far as the IT sector is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner