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  • 2024
  • Article

A Universal In-Place Reconfiguration Algorithm for Sliding Cube-Shaped Robots in Quadratic Time

By: Zachary Abel, Hugo A. Akitaya, Scott Duke Kominers, Matias Korman and Frederick Stock
In the modular robot reconfiguration problem we are given n cube-shaped modules (or "robots") as well as two configurations, i.e., placements of the n modules so that their union is face-connected. The goal is to find a sequence of moves that reconfigures the modules... View Details
Keywords: Robots; Mathematical Methods
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  • 2016
  • Book

Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services

By: Elie Ofek, Eitan Muller and Barak Libai
This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and what innovation stakeholders—from managers, to investors, to analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Technology Diffusion; New Products; Customer Lifetime Value; Monetization Strategy; Social Influence; Innovation Adoption; Forecasting Demand; Commercialization; Marketing Strategy; Practice; Customer Value and Value Chain; Research; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Embracing Commitment and Performance: CEOs and Practices Used to Manage Paradox

By: Tobias Fredberg, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote and Flemming Norrgren
We tend to assume that great leaders must make difficult choices between two or more conflicting outcomes. In an interview study with 26 CEOs of top American and European companies (incl. IKEA, Campbell Soups, Nokia, H&M), we find that instead of choosing between... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance; Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Decision Choices and Conditions
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Creating Shared Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

connecting shared value practitioners worldwide. CSV in Practice About Mark Kramer Mark is co-founder and Managing Director of FSG and the author of influential publications on shared value, catalytic philanthropy, collective impact,... View Details
  • 20 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

colleagues, generates high-quality connections with clients, or enhances their experience of authenticity and fulfillment in their work. In other situations, these same individuals may choose to minimize their race in order to draw... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

social media. Participants said that trying to be "authentic"—sharing more about themselves than they’re accustomed to, for example—to connect with remote employees has left them feeling vulnerable. Self-aware. Participants consider... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
  • 31 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

pain points and desires. One participant remarked, given the unpredictability of the pandemic and the economy, companies should “serve their customers, not sell to them,” and build the connections needed to move to the next normal. Global... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • 28 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

is not expensive for a company to do and makes the act of appreciation in the workplace habitual and easy, Whillans says. “It also builds social connections in a workplace, which helps people feel more fulfilled at work.” Make the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

personality traits connected to charisma. Those traits are a sense of power or dominance, trustworthiness, competence, aggressiveness, warmth, and generosity. They depict the possible theoretical relationships between CVP and the 11... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • Web

Research Computing Services

requirements for project space requests on the HBSGrid that are being implemented to ensure consistency with University policies and regulatory requirements, and to support data security measures. ... Connecting with RCS To View Details
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

create a space for them to connect and observe through their experiences. This could be as simple as finding them on Quora or Reddit and looking at threads of questions that are related to what you’re exploring. Test early, test often!... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

but related through their connection with an underlying, evolving technical system. In the future, I believe the key problem for organization design will be the management of distributed innovation in such dynamic systems. Organization... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Recent Alumni Regional Events - Alumni

Programs & Events Recent Alumni Regional Events Throughout the year, HBS travels to cities near and far to connect with recent alumni—those 0-15 years out. Recent Alumni Regional Events are fun! They’re also a chance for you to visit with... View Details
  • Web

Find a Club - Alumni

a Club or SIG for you! Clubs and SIGs are alumni-led and governed, working in partnership with the HAA to connect Harvard alumni to each other and to the University. HBS Alumni Association of Israel President Mr. Isaac Devash, MBA 1993... View Details
  • 16 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

prior requests. Very quickly, they learned that cleanliness mattered, so a cleaning and laundry program was created to support the hosts. Trust, they realized, was another issue, so Airbnb Social Connections was introduced, which... View Details
Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Wide Horizon

core symptoms of ASD, with some non-verbal children speaking, according to their parents, the first sentences of their lives. After unsuccessfully trying to negotiate use of the drug from Bayer, he continued to pull at the thread. He leaned on his HBS View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
  • Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Victoria Ivashina JUNE 2020 For emerging market economies (EMEs), foreign bank loans are the most important category of cross-border capital flows, and they are denominated primarily in U.S. dollars. This creates a direct connection... View Details
  • 12 May 2021
  • Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

critically important only up to a point [to employees], but the real motivation comes from an emotional connection that you feel—either that you are more highly valued than someone else because of the natural competitiveness of human... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil During Early Industrialization

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio & Ian Read; Banking