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- 20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn
member of the Omaha Tribe and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. I traveled to Omaha because I wanted to see Keen's work with Sacred Seed, a nonprofit he started in 2014 to educate others about an indigenous, centuries-old approach to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
guessing where this might be going. “Let’s not.” Joe left the room briefly, and then returned with two long gray pillows off the couch in the TV room. He handed one to McArthur, who still had the oversized frame of the football player he had been a half-century... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
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Historical Research - India
rule of the British government) and from 1857 to 1947. Topics covered in varying depth include social history, urban history, trade, wars, agriculture, travel and antiquities, and Indian and Imperial politics. Making of the Modern World,... View Details
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
firms, less is known about the more complex choices faced by hybrid organizations that balance social and economic objectives and curate symbolic, values-based portfolios. By process-tracing original... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
issues in business history concerned how business enterprises innovated and created wealth as well as patterns of success and failure in that process. There now exists, after a lag, a compelling stream of research focused on the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
students." In his words, this behavior should characterize well-respected programs. He asks, "Isn't 'adapting to change' almost a synonym for learning?" Little attention was given to the influence of alumni in shaping current educational strategies.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
quarter-century of HBS startups? To celebrate the New Venture Competition’s 25th anniversary, we asked some past participants about the hardest lesson they’ve learned as an entrepreneur—and what it looked like to learn it. The 2022 finale... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
social entrepreneurial skills to a corporate board that wants a unique perspective. “I would love to see the day where we don’t have to talk about achievement gap, technical divide, or schools-to-prisons... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010
extensive theoretical literature generates ambiguous predictions concerning the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) reform on industrial development. The impact depends on whether multinational enterprises (MNEs) expand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off
contact to manage their Amazon account and partnered with a manufacturer to handle making the product. These moves allow them the time to not only focus on their day jobs, but also on the fun aspects of building a business, such as setting a growth strategy, thinking... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
for tomorrow: the knowledge-based spaces such as advertising, media, software, biotech, research, and genomics. The government doesn't really know how to grab onto some physical asset, because there are no interventionist rules and regulations written to it."... View Details
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
struggled to get twenty-five people to the conference. At that conference the academics and consultants came together and created a professional society called the Family Firm Institute (FFI) to develop professionals in the field. Now, when the FFI meets they usually... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 02 Jun 2011
- What Do You Think?
Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?
Summing Up Responses to this month's column devolved into a debate about the division of responsibility among institutions faced with the potential for a national bankruptcy. The majority argued that such bankruptcies shouldn't be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence By: Bernstein, Ethan, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer Abstract— People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jul 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?
decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit is the only legitimate goal of a corporation ," pointing... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
presence “somewhere” in Asia and “somewhere” in Europe in addition to our offices in New York. Facing the same concern as you—how do we make sure that our value proposition and brand remain constant across the regions—we took our time and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)
and Budget, 1977-80, 1985-87 Northern Air Freight and Danzas Corporation, 1987-90 Why HBS? "I took a year off from college to work at Boeing. There were rows of engineers sitting at desks. After about six months, I decided I'd rather... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
to the World Trade Organization, the WTO later ruled that both Canada and Brazil needed to make changes to comply with international trade rules. Finally, in March 2003, the WTO gave Brazil permission to impose $248 million in trade sanctions against Canada. But... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
manage its operations for another three years. At that point, Murphy says, “I wasn’t sure if I wanted to keep being the guy on the ground in the developing world or get the credentials to become more involved in the big picture.” His View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
changes made over the previous year to address concerns expressed by proxy advisors and some shareholders about Hikma’s reliance on a combined chairman/CEO position, the long tenure of some directors, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman