Gap - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You

Now that customers have more of a voice in the consumer-brand relationship, some brands have suffered loud criticism for recent business decisions. How can brands avoid that pitfall? I’m not sure consumer criticism is always necessarily negative. Some recent examples... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 May 2020
Blog Post

Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust

communicate early and often,” he says. “If you don’t communicate early, you lose the chance to build trust. And if you lose that trust, your outcomes will be compromised. Your people will work in silos, and gaps will appear in your work... View Details

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Matthew Sau | MBA

whole. Professional goals: My goal is to leverage my experience to bridge the gap between the private and public sectors, with a focus on introducing innovative practices and technologies within governmental organizations. LinkedIn:... View Details

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Trade Publications - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Editorials and other articles offer qualitative insight, while regular features updating readers on sales, prices, and other data can be tabulated and used by scholars and researchers as the basis for quantitative analysis. In some cases, professional organizations... View Details

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The Field Method | MBA

The Field Method Bridging the knowing-doing gap As a complement to the case method, the field method enhances our capacity to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. The idea behind these complementary methods—case and... View Details

31 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories of 2012

brands in the world. Professor Anita Elberse discusses the keys to Sir Alex's long-time success. 7. Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management? Published: July 5, 2012 There are many reasons for the trust gap between employees and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed project delivery. Both speakers touched on key View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

01 Oct 2000
News

Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices

institutions that Jensen believes can function as a "prosthesis" to bridge this gap in an individual's reasoning. Others, he suggests, include families, universities, corporations, and government -- the last a somewhat painful admission... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)

01 Dec 2006
News

Over 50 and Job Hunting?

currency is the ability to make a positive first impression. “Your attitude, body language, and energy can dispel ageist stereotypes in the first five minutes,” Lassiter states. Although layoffs or extended résumé gaps may have an impact... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; job hunting

04 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering

or $250,000, or simply will not lend to small businesses with revenue of less than $2 million, as a way to limit time-consuming applications from small businesses. This is problematic as over half of small businesses surveyed are seeking loans of under $100,000,... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

07 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

consumer lawsuits against companies from The Hershey Co. to United Airlines. In a landscape with increased awareness about the gaps between promises and action, it is worth considering one fundamental building block that does not always... View Details

16 Dec 2021
News

A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic

fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that helped communities thrive, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Apr 2011
News

Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS

shared mobile-based longitudinal Electronic Health Records via mobile phone. AVA is an invitation-only shopping platform. The company addresses the gap between the growing market demand for fashion and the lack of availability of branded... View Details

Keywords: Multiple alumni

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

weaponry. (Many managers today must feel hopeless against an invisible foe that always seems a step ahead.) Boyd realized he could narrow the gap by working out the best possible approaches to deal with rapid change. Similarly, an Agile... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

09 Mar 2021
News

Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity

also engines of economic competitiveness in their regions. See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s exploration of how business and school leaders are addressing inequities in education. BRIDGING THE GAP See... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Dhilan Ramaprasad | MBA

bridge that gap by creating solutions using knowledge from many different backgrounds. Tech areas of interest: EdTech, IoT and Smart-home Devices, 5G Technologies, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (FPGA) Formative experience at... View Details

27 Apr 2023
News

Life Preserver

challenges of organ transplantation: "There's a massive gap between how many people get to benefit from a lifesaving organ transplant and how many truly need one," explains Giwa, who was a Baker Scholar at HBS. He's spent the decade since... View Details