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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

consulting practice, I have already started applying what I have learned in Disruptive Strategy towards my own business. David Bergin Chief Technology Officer at Nantucket Technology Partners Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 View Details

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

helpful, such as the best route to take to work to avoid traffic. Newer technologies such as the Internet, social networks, and specialized hardware may come to the rescue by providing easy ways of surveying customers, testing product... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

businesses so we can leave the world better than we received it. SBS - Henry Tsai Technology & Innovation Policy Advisor, San Jose Mayor’s Office Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 surveys and course data All FAQs Sustainable... View Details

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Life & Leadership After HBS - Race, Gender & Equity

Life & Leadership After HBS Life & Leadership After HBS is a longitudinal study of the post-MBA paths of Harvard Business School alumni, examining how race, gender, and other factors shape their life and career experiences. Alumni are View Details

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

researchers focused on one aspect of the problem they could measure: lost income due to reduced hours and turnover. To do so, they used a 2014 survey of some 7,000 doctors that asked questions about burnout and short-term career plans to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Dec 2014
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The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

In the past 35 years, however, the US has diverged from positions of its allies, leading to a decline in its relative power within the organization. Perhaps the most surprising finding in the survey is the degree to which burgeoning... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

course on Sustainable Investing. Andrew Buks Instructor of Management & Business Policy and Strategy at School of Business, Black Hills State University Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 surveys and course data All FAQs Sustainable... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

well-documented by law enforcement groups, advocacy organizations, and public surveys in the United States since COVID-19 upended the world in 2020. In March of 2020, then-President Donald Trump dubbed COVID-19 “the Chinese virus” in a... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

07 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?

these areas in the academic supply chain literature is based on assumptions that are (a) derived from experiments (e.g., students playing the beer game), (b) derived from surveys asking managers how they make the order decision, or (c)... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston

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Industry Information - Alumni

and news on emerging designers, disruptive technologies and global brands in the fashion and luxury goods industries. United States Census Bureau: Retail Trade Provides the industry monthly sales and inventory data, annual survey data... View Details

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

of globalization as an irresistible force leveling everything that stands in its way, including national differences, that makes my message important. Based on surveys that I have done, many managers do believe this view, and suffer from... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

prework period in which you’ll be asked to complete a self-assessment and invite colleagues, such as managers, peers, and direct reports, to complete a survey rating you on dimensions of emotional and social intelligence. The prework will... View Details

30 Nov 2016
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How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

designing a “similar survey to be administered to every group of stakeholder outside of the company organization, to get the feedback on ‘how it feels’ doing business with the company.” Lavinia Rasca said “the answer was given by Andrew... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

role, that often frustrates entry into their work role, leaving them more vulnerable to the strain of commuting, less satisfied with their jobs, and more likely to quit. In one survey of employees at a UK media firm, the research team... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

and startup community. Stephanie Laguna Health Care Strategy & Innovation Leader Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 surveys and course data All FAQs Launching Tech Ventures FAQs When will I get access to the course? + – Once your... View Details

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

metrics to help determine how agile the company is, how agile it should be, whether it is moving in the right direction at the right speed, and which constraints are impeding progress. Surveys of internal and external stakeholders to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

survey done on nonprofit leaders, managers often cited a preference for growth by branching, i.e., replicating the organization from one site to another and maintaining central control and ownership of the new units. What Wei-Skillern and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!

sizes, and more water and mid-calorie options.” Cities look for public support If cities want to win public approval for labels, this research suggests it might behoove them to publicize information about their effectiveness. A related online View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Public Relations

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HBS - The year in Review

size of discussion groups for better engagement, finding new ways for participants to network and socialize virtually, and increasing virtual access to case protagonists. Post-program surveys revealed very strong satisfaction scores.... View Details

13 Apr 2021
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How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

soliciting and using their knowledge and expertise, you’re not truly including them in the actual work of your team. In our survey of women executives, one consistent characteristic of non-inclusive managers, both male and female, was an... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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