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- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
categorize the world, emphasizing some values or activities over others. In other words, languages shape the way people think. After hearing about one such theory from visiting doctoral student Hao Liang from Tilburg University, Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India
Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
short-term investors: A market of buy-and-hold investors wouldn't be very useful. However, a market composed of mostly short-termers presents its own problems, and today they have too much impact on the market. The more influence... View Details
- 19 Jan 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis
companies lose when they cut corporate giving? How Do I Lead In A Crisis? 7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm Leading in crisis requires a combination of skills and behaviors—personal and professional—that can be mastered, says HBS professor Bill George. A crisis,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
matter the most in your industry, and look at them not just as difficulties to be overcome but also as potential sources of value creation. Which Countries Are The Most Business Friendly? Handicapping the Best Countries for Business... View Details
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- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
example garnering worldwide attention is CRISPR-Cas9, a genome-editing tool that builds on the work of a host of international scientists. The effort began in 1993 with Francisco Mojica at the University of Alicante in Spain, subsequently passing from lab to lab... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Business Press) With values markedly different from those of earlier generations, Generation Y, born after 1980, makes up almost a third of all Americans living today. Erickson shows Generation Y-ers how to understand and influence their... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
improve the lives of the estimated two billion people who live on less than $2 a day by facilitating more secure, accessible, and reliable ways to store and transfer money than are currently available. The development of this ecosystem requires a network of agents to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to present... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those organizations work. In most organizations, the work that produces value for customers is carried out by teams,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
also teaches courses on innovation and building new ventures to seasoned executives in the School's Executive Education Program. This excerpt from a recent presentation encourages executives to leverage disruptive change as a platform for... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
an ambidextrous approach to solve their own innovator's dilemma. They contrast these luminaries with companies that—often trapped by their own successes—have been unable to adapt and grow. Drawing on an extensive research program and over a decade of helping companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
change that. Going forward, we need to view diagnostics, devices, and drugs in terms of the objective value that each creates. What about patient attitudes? Do you think most health-care consumers are ready to place their faith in... 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
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
these findings advance understanding of how organizational structure and corporate leadership interact, and how organizations can more effectively realize the strategic value of corporate social responsibility activities. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks
Research.) The premise is simple—there's value out there in those more than 5,000 publicly traded stocks and thousands of other investment instruments, if only you know where to look. "We didn't want the course to be just about... View Details
- 02 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best
employee monitoring makes the case that if business owners are interested in their customer-facing workers learning and making progressively better decisions over time, they're far better off taking a hands-off approach and granting more freedom for decision-making.... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
(that total half the value of the U.S. market). "On the trading level," says Seifert, " we need a liquidity pool that gives us low-cost, cross-border access. To accomplish this, we are merging institutions and employing a... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
photography, history, and climate change. I ended up focusing a lot on financial analysis for the team and putting together various communications documents for them to help demonstrate their value across the park service. We View Details