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  • September 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

Transferring Knowledge Between Projects at NASA JPL (A)

By: Dorothy Leonard and Christopher Myers
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a federally funded research institution within NASA, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has played a large role in many space and planetary explorations, particularly to the planet Mars. As a project-based... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Management; Employees; Experience and Expertise; Aerospace Industry; United States
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online

and firms compete to craft successful business strategies. 8 weeks 6-8 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key... View Details
  • 31 Jul 2015
  • Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

how much I was learning and if I was developing into the person I want to be after two years at HBS. It was simple yet transformative advice. And though I still have to work at it, I have a feeling that learning to define success for... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

technical skills, expertise in analysis, and diverse views, allowing them to brainstorm and explore different interpretations of a failure's causes and consequences. Because this usually involves the potential for conflict that can escalate, people View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 23 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

books, I'm not with a customer. So bookkeeping is the last thing I want to do." For Cook, that produced an insight that led to the development of QuickBooks, which greatly simplifies small-business accounting. Networking is a View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson
  • April 1999
  • Article

Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980

By: G. Jones and Judith Wale
This article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield, a British-based multinational, between 1900 and 1980. There is an accumulating body of case study evidence on the historical evolution of British... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Great Britain
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  • 29 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How Organizations Create Social Value

on board. Close alignment between strategy and mission. How can organizations get the right people with the right skills to develop social value? The recruiting processes should be centered on personal... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers

collect data or change their policies, so caregivers’ work performance deteriorates and bias against caregivers continues. How can a company break that cycle? More companies need to develop a “care culture” that supports employees’... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health
  • 25 Sep 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

stress experienced by doctors themselves. Sinsky is one of the authors of the latest paper. “It was a great opportunity to explore this issue with thought leaders on the subject,” Goh says. “I could provide my technical skills on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 01 Jan 2011
  • News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

jobs." Mills's introduction to government service came while she was still working in New York but living in Brunswick, Maine, with her three sons and husband, Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College. In 2007, she was asked by Maine's then governor John Baldacci... View Details
  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

compared the firms' performance over six years. What they found: in the beginning of a relationship, suppliers enjoyed no significant difference in sales, inventory holding and control costs, gross margins, or return on investment. But later, two of the numerous View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Emerging Markets

including courses like Africa Rising or Global Tech Entrepreneurship, and interaction with fellow students in the Africa Business Club, will equip me with the necessary skills and insights to thrive in this role and contribute... View Details
  • 27 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

limit the opportunities to develop people who are "dual-faceted" and good at both the sales functions and the marketing functions. But, some companies successfully try to hire people who have good "cross-over" View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
  • 27 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 27

The Effect of Service Quality and Competition on Demand By: Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake Abstract—The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

works and develop your own to gain influence and make an impact within your organization and society. 6 weeks, 6-7 hrs/week Enroll by March 6 $1,850 Certificate Global Business Professor Forest Reinhardt Understand how decisions affect... View Details
  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

solar-powered phone charger,” he recalled with a smile. Having spent the last few years as a venture investor, Hilton continues to use his education, experiences and passions to build clean technologies. “I was drawn to venture because I get most excited about the... View Details
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

Picture 1982 Joins Symbolics 1993 Joins Lotus Development Corp. 1995 Joins Digital Equipment Corp. 1996 Named President and CEO, AltaVista 2003 Joins Catalyst as President 2008 Named CEO, Catalyst 2015 Retires from Catalyst Retired... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • October 2017
  • Article

Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
Keywords: Business Admnistration; Market Structure; Firm Structure; Market Efficiency; Competency and Skills; Organizational Structure; Strategy
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  • October 2001 (Revised March 2002)
  • Case

Perlegen Sciences

By: Linda A. Hill and Nicole Tempest
As a biotech start-up company involved in studying human genomes, Perlegen needed to develop an organization that fostered innovation and teamwork among a group of highly trained professionals from both the science and technology fields. Perlegen's CEO, Brad Margus,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Groups and Teams; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Business Startups; Genetics; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation Strategy; Biotechnology Industry
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  • 19 Aug 2021
  • Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

productivity. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/WvZ0cFGPFEU8Igj4vKIZ][/div] Diagnostic tools, such as surveys and small group discussions, are critical to developing a more holistic view of the employee experience. In the Army, officers... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson