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- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
mysterious at all, except for the closed-off parts. Like another local underground system, the MBTA, the HBS tunnels are color-coded — with red, blue, green, and orange “lines,” plus purple, brown, gray, and yellow branches. They reach all View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- Web
Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 6 Modules, 35-40 Hours Download full syllabus 6-7 hrs Module 1 Financial Analysis Understand the building blocks of financial... View Details
- 02 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top
would run. It was during these early days that Microsoft began to invest in creating libraries of programming "components": building blocks of intellectual property that could be used to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jul 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'
With the help of LEGO bricks, business executives discover how design principles can serve as building blocks to create a great customer experience. How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of... View Details
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Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential. Learn more about the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
New Home for External Relations
The recent growth of faculty associated with key academic initiatives in areas such as entrepreneurship, information technology, and global business has contributed to an acute shortage of office space at HBS. In response, the School has extended the reach of its... View Details
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
angles between those planes. In 1852, Dr. William Bird Herapath discovered that combining iodine with quinine salt produced tiny crystals with light-polarizing characteristics that could direct and block planes of light. But low-cost... View Details
- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
crucial projects we really need to get done. In fact, when we are distracted from a task, it can take 19 minutes to refocus on what we were doing, according to creativity expert Teresa Amabile, Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at HBS.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
organization had little interest in their professional development and well-being. NAH had mandated career conferences across all departments one year prior, and Harris felt this initiative could serve as an important building View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Demonstration Policy | About
the work of the School is carried out; or other places where demonstrations would interfere with the normal activities of the School. When a demonstration occurs, demonstrators may not: Inhibit the freedom of movement of members of the community (e.g., by View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
greater, but the average quality will be lower due to the lower expected value of marginal ideas. However, we posit that slack time such as school breaks may be qualitatively different than work time because contiguous blocks may be... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
"confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets." This excerpt looks at attack strategies used by naysayers: fear mongering, delay, confusion, ridicule. For more information, read Kotter's HBR.org blog post, Know Your Enemy: The People Who View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- Web
Forum - U.S. Competitiveness
Started 24 Jul 2014 A Billion-Dollar Profit Idea for Apple That Puts Americans to Work Forum started by Daniel B. Cunningham Daniel Cunningham has a billion-dollar idea for Apple: Start building the iPhone intended for American markets in... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), breaking down specific programs and provisions included in relevant policy. Finally, it will dive into some examples of EJ as it is currently being applied by businesses, building out clear... View Details
- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
is a fundamental building block of everyday technologies. The increasing importance of FOSS throughout the economy became critically apparent in 2014 when the Heartbleed security bug in the OpenSSL... View Details
- 21 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Harvard Square's Hidden History
Ave. Two metal plates embedded in the section of Massachusetts Avenue between Dunster and Holyoke Streets mark the foundation of Goffe House, a building unearthed during the construction of the Red Line MBTA subway in 1910. Harvard’s... View Details
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Teaching Quantitative Material - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Providing Assessment & Feedback Sample Class Teaching quantitative material with the case method challenges students to build their capabilities in identifying and solving problems embedded in context, think critically about approaches... View Details
- 05 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors
influence the stories consumers create or their relationship with a brand or company, they need to know what deep metaphors are operating. These metaphor insights then allow managers to leverage them in advertising, packaging, product design, and so on. For this... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
steadily solves unique problems, it builds the ability to do whatever is required to succeed in its context. When the incumbent has retreated into the highest tiers of its market and has to fight because there is no room for further... View Details