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- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
in captivity? Three professors in Harvard Business School's Entrepreneurial Management unit who focus on the study of creativity recognize the romantic allure of believing it's a rare quality bestowed on a chosen few, but all agree that... View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
actions with social or future benefits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53178 A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies By: Giacomin, Valeria Abstract—Clusters are defined as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
United States is no exception. So rather than focus on whether S&P called the downgrade a little too soon, let's focus more on figuring out how to get the US fiscal house in order. robert Steven Kaplan,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
gender-related themes from media outlets including the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. This allowed them to trace how, when, and why the firm evolved in its focus on gender. They also created a time line to explore links between... View Details
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
dynamics, including Nepal's, they have leaned toward one of two approaches: a broad view of several different countries together, or the sharp focus of a case study. Iyer and Do's method combines the best of both worlds by examining a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list, in a fair and efficient way. We focus on policies that have the same form as the one currently used in the United States. In particular, we consider policies that are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
papers got burned in their rush to create Web-based products, have you detected any change in how the industry may greet future such challenges? That is, once burned, twice shy? A: Unfortunately, after all of their efforts, many... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
rented 75 PCs for participants in the Program for Management Development. The Bulletin noted that the new technology enabled "a quick consensus on the numbers and allow[ed] a focus on the real issues of a case." In 1985, a Bulletin cover... View Details
- Profile
Evelyne White
Bookalokal continue to focus only on small and midsized cities. The company seems likely to confront winner-take-all competitive dynamics at the city level, because network effects are strong—more diners will attract more hosts, and vice... View Details
- 28 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
Nairobi Love: Heading Home
openness to technology adoption (e.g., M-KOPA)? I believe that the private sector will generate the majority of capital for our future growth, but how can it work together with the public sector to ensure that growth generates... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
focus and confidence to start Edify. Funded largely on donations, the organization provides the funds to help build simple cement-block classrooms with a $10,000 loan and serve students such as 14-year-old Delphine, who lives in Ghana,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
Porter, Director of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at Harvard Business School: I'd like to focus though, just to be brief here, on really some of the main findings on the microeconomic and corporate side of the equation,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
new jobs that were created in early-withdrawal states totaled roughly $900 million. Yet some 3 million workers lost $7.6 billion in benefits—cash that no longer flowed into state economies—the researchers found, citing US Department of Labor statistics. To View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
focus on the educational side because that’s what’s needed immediately?” she asked. “The crisis emphasizes the necessity of agility.” Within days, the Mayor’s Office redirected their efforts to help schools “financially and... View Details
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
focus on the educational side because that’s what’s needed immediately?” she asked. “The crisis emphasizes the necessity of agility.” Within days, the Mayor’s Office redirected their efforts to help schools “financially and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
he notes, “but I’m in a place where I can influence really important decisions every day, and that’s just where I’ve always wanted to be.” — DB Pushing the Ball Forward: As director of strategic initiatives, Jennifer Houston is overseeing construction of a new $185... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
biotechnology hopes to have on the future of human life, all agree that one of the industry's biggest tests—in addition to maintaining its focus and delivering on expectations—will be communicating with the... View Details
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
demarcation. Now the workers are on the floor, delivering orders or helping customers with the new kiosks; Karavites has updated his employee training to include a focus on customer interaction. Average customer count is up at this... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
focused on future direction rather than past achievements and was attended by fifty women, primarily from the 10th, 15th, and 20th Reunion classes. This new HBS lifelong learning program was designed to bring alumnae together to discuss... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
we’re selling them Coke Zero, Jettas, and GTIs. We’ve grown up with them, and that experience gave us a leg up on the learning curve about this cohort’s acceptance of the Internet, instant messaging, and many other technologies. That campaign was a great foundation in... View Details