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- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
coaxial, twisted pair, microwave, cellular and more—and an equally dizzying array of networked appliances, content and commerce sources and industry players. What will the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure look like 10 years from... View Details
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
THE COMPANY'S SERVICES" As an example, one of our portfolio companies at Flybridge, MongoDB, has done that extremely well. They are an open source database software company, which by definition means... View Details
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
ever when deciding where to source their goods and invest. The countries that can offer the best deal in terms of infrastructure and government stability—not just low wages—will come out ahead, she added. Lessons From Nike As director of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
"some 12 to 15 percent of GDP in Europe was public sector enterprise," he said. But all that began to change in the early 1980s amid loud cries of inefficiency, as markets opened up and governments sought View Details
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New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It. | Working Knowledge
employees feel safe to call out mistakes? The research team studied a health care organization, knowing the high-stakes industry suffers from significant levels of turnover and spends an inordinate amount of time and money onboarding new staff. In fact, one industry... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
change, oil companies are diversifying their businesses, putting money toward renewable energy sources and green technology. While sustainable funds shun fossil fuel producers, which contribute half of the world’s greenhouse gases,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an account executive at Grant Thornton,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
published in top peer-reviewed management, psychology, sociology, and industrial relations journals from 1990 to 2005. Our findings illuminate a continuum of open systems to closed systems phenomenological assumptions revealed in this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
The art of business today seems to be the ability to influence resources your company doesn't own—resources such as the production scheduling of manufacturing partners, the packaging requirements of distribution partners, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
be able to experiment with the economics and logistics of a pizza business and gain firsthand experience of his customers as well. The outlet was an instant hit, but Pujals resisted the temptation to immediately replicate it. He waited a year before View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
with open disagreement). The paper thus provides micro-foundations for the idea that bringing a project inside the firm gives the manager control over that project, while explaining concentrated asset ownership, low-powered incentives,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
comprehensive micro-data allow us to study how the entry rate, the distribution of entry sizes, and survival rates for firms responded to changes in banking competition. We also distinguish the relative effect of the policy reforms on the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
optimal action paves the way for incidental learning, while being dogmatic creates a barrier. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54567 Harvard Business School Case 717-035 Turkey and Russia: Dangerous Liaisons The case View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 3
advertising strategy, and leather sourcing issues. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/514078-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-070 The Grommet The Grommet, an online product launch platform, was at the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2024
- News
Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone
Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
that someone could start to discuss with his or her theologian? Nash: Let me back up and give you an example of the kind of thing that might cause them to say, "My religion is of relevance here." But then whether they should talk directly with their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 28 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
in promoting electric vehicle (EV) adoption. As acting director of Global E-Mobility at the research non-profit, the World Resources Institute, she straddles the intersection of the global transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy View Details
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
there, whose ancient existences continue to serve as a life source for the Tibetan herders. From this down comes a soft and beautiful fabric, unlike any other.We aim to source our yak fiber directly from... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
(MBA 2002), President, CBJ Energy; and Jackson Lehr (MBA 2007), Director, Distributed Energy Ventures, National Grid. “Climate change is such a controversial topic,” says Kiernan. “So this event was a big deal, especially with Professor... View Details