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- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
fourth-generation Stuart-they have come to form the core of his life quest. "The real question that has fascinated me is, How do you develop those two values within an organization at the end of the twentieth century?" says Stuart, who served in various managerial... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
implementing aggressive changes without a clearer mandate. That should lead the Biden administration to consider areas like infrastructure spending, expanding domestic capacity in PPE and pharmaceuticals, steps to provide additional US... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
address social determinants of health. As a consultant at Bain & Company, Isaac launched a racial equity challenge to foster an inclusive corporate culture. While in medical school, he led a pro bono project with Mission Plasticos to expand their View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
other nonprofits — are not those that are market-driven but those that are mission-driven and market-sensitive." One of the many talents for which Brown was praised during his 23 years as director of the National Gallery was his capacity... View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
economists found an elevated level of supervisory stringency during the most recent recession, based on an analysis of bank supervisory ratings. This research concluded that an increase in the level of stringency can have a statistically significant impact on total... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
two decades, according to the 2010 case The Smart Grid, prepared by Henderson, Associate Professor Noel Maurer, and former research associate Catherine Ross. When demand peaks beyond the capacity of the base system, utility companies use... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
125+ projects totaling ~4GW solar and ~6.5GW battery capacity across all major energy markets in the United States and Ontario, Canada. Faisal's role prior to HBS was Associate Principal at CrossBoundary Mini-grid Innovation Lab. Anish... View Details
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
K-rations. "[I]n wartime, [Doriot] went through a unique, intense immersion in high-stakes product development, where human lives hung in the balance," author Jeffrey Cruikshank notes. "He experienced first-hand the astonishing innovative View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
defaulting issuers and that the adjustments are generally useful in assessing eventual lender recovery following default. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52018 Meet the Oligarchs: Business Legitimacy, State View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
effects on productivity a priori, inhibiting effective capacity management in high load systems. We categorize load into in-process inventory (congestion) and incoming inventory, decomposing the latter into its levels of bottleneck (BN)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517027-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-022 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Building Value from the IP Estate (B) The leader of a pioneering biotech company in the siRNA space weighs his options for scaling production... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
connections (measured as campaign donations to politicians who won an election). Yet, we do not find evidence that BNDES is systematically bailing out firms. In general, BNDES appears to be generally selecting firms with capacity to repay... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
facilities, well designed and equipped (parking, transportation, services) and located in key developing zones of Chinese growing cities. In the first 27 years, Red Star had opened 115 shopping malls in 85 different cities. With capacity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
the "institutional appropriateness" of their controls. Importantly, the fate of the competing control systems was contingent, not on how well their technologies addressed the problem of EurInsurance's capital adequacy, but rather on the controllers' View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
rapidly enough to continue to justify our standards of living, at least during the recent decade. JR: The things America is great at—higher education and entrepreneurial capacity and scientific and technical infrastructure—are very hard... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
very tough intellectual problem, because for every story of success, there is one of failure," she says. "In some ways, it's the users who win—the phenomenon makes us all richer in terms of the innovation capacity of our... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
humility. Multinationals want to exploit the tremendous opportunities in emerging markets, but they need to carefully evaluate the extent to which they have the local knowledge and capacity to fully exploit those opportunities. Segmenting... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
1), a relationship mediated by decreased capacity to exert inhibitory control (Study 2). Two studies examining White and Black observers' impressions of colorblind behavior revealed divergent assessments of actors' prejudice in situations... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
probably partly allowed the industry to survive. Periods of idleness might coexist with intense overtime. During these times, outcomes that might appear minor—such as these homers—help sustain organizational effectiveness and the capacity... View Details
- 20 Aug 2024
- Book
Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge
traditional businesses should leverage these tech companies to boost their own capacity for innovation. It’s this enhanced ability to innovate that not only provides traditional businesses with a competitive edge against tech giants but... View Details