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29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

unknowingly bring different taken-for-granted assumptions about how to carry out this or that technical procedure to collaboration. Reprinted by permission of Emerald Publishing Ltd. Excerpted from Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex,... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

Do lower-income families need and deserve access to fewer things than everyone else? As a society, we seem to think so, revealing a "grim double standard," finds a study published this month, Inequality in Socially Permissible... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

my life,” said RJ Melman, president of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises and creator and developer of more than 13 restaurant concepts. “I know a good chunk of those people, this is a family business.” In 2012, the World Economic Forum View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

26 May 2023
Blog Post

Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

intelligence to predict water usage,” Sweeney said. “I’ve learned so much, and to be able to sharpen both my engineering and entrepreneurial skills at the same time has been really good.” This student profile was originally published on... View Details

25 Aug 2014
HBS Case

Starbucks Reinvented

Harvard Business School Professor and historian Nancy Koehn has studied Starbucks and its leader, Howard Schultz, for close to 20 years. For her, the company represents much more than a phenomenal success story. In a recently published... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

30 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

General Brigham, and Lily Payvandi, assistant professor at Boston University Medical Center, was published in March in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open. Audience question leads to inquiry The idea for... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Railroads: The Transformation of Capitalism Introduction The Pre-Industrial Era The First... View Details

21 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. Is the restaurant owner fulfilled? In one of their first experiments, De Freitas and his colleagues gave about 400 participants different vignettes, one of which described Ariana, a... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy by Michael Beer. Copyright 2020 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. About the Author Dina Gerdeman is a senior... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Doing Business with China: Early American Trading Houses - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Alumni Recruiting MBA Recruiting Recruiting Resources Alumni Bulletin Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Business History Review Harvard Business Publishing Harvard Business Review HBS Working Knowledge Close Harvard Business School About... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

studies represent a valuable resource for researchers, government officials, and other leaders. Students have given permission to publish their work here; the copyright for each report is retained by the student authors. References to the... View Details

05 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)

Whether I’m discussing management dilemmas with classmates or climate policy with friends, I’ve learned to bring both facts and compassion to every conversation. This article was originally published on the HBS Social Enterprise Impact... View Details

10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

Female representation in movies has been consistently low, with women making up only 4.5 percent of directors and 14.4 percent of writers for top-grossing films. Worse, many women have endured sexual harassment and abuse. In October 2017, the New York Times and the New... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

the consumer products giant Unilever, published some years ago. This company had a long-established business in soap and other toiletries, but spent decades after World War II striving without great success to expand its business into... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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Data - Advancing Racial Equity

result in the total percentages exceeding 100%. Data rounding can result in the total percentages exceeding 100%. New Field Case Protagonists New field cases published in academic year 2020 - 2021 2021 - 2022 2022 - 2023 2023 - 2024 % All... View Details

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

Working PapersRegional Trade Integration and Multinational Firm Strategies Authors:Pol Antrás and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper analyzes the effects of the formation of a regional trade agreement on the level and nature of multinational firm activity. We examine... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 22, 2022
Article

Is Novel Research Worth Doing? Evidence from Peer Review at 49 Journals

By: Misha Teplitskiy, Hao Peng, Andrea Blasco and Karim R. Lakhani

There are long-standing concerns that peer review, which is foundational to scientific institutions like journals and funding agencies, favors conservative ideas over novel ones. We investigate the association between novelty and the acceptance of manuscripts submitted... View Details

Keywords: Research; Journals and Magazines

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In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

PublicationsDid Increased Competition Affect Credit Ratings? Authors:Bo Becker and Todd Milbourn Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The credit rating industry has historically been dominated by just two agencies, Moody's and S&P,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2023
HBS Seminar

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