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- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Hybrid Learning the HBS Way
the back wall. During pilot testing, however, remote students still seemed too far away, hindering discussion and participation. The team devised a solution that even Zoom’s engineers hadn’t thought of: stitching together three separate... View Details
- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
Massachusetts, he went to see Small Change, a 1976 drama directed by Francois Truffaut, with his middle school French class. "My parents had taken me to Young Frankenstein and independent films, but that blew me away," he says. But Hollywood's silver screen seemed "so... View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- News
Building Great Schools around Great Teachers
education, he suggests, share equal importance in protecting our country's future. Nearly all of the 76 NAATE Teacher Fellows thus far report that the experience has profoundly changed their classroom practice, increased their leadership... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
prides herself on and looks for in others. Of the time off, she observes, “I now understand the power of a sabbatical to enhance one's perspective.” Fudge, whose growing family now includes three grandchildren, says that the pride she has in her family View Details
- 30 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success
management skills he would need to invoke change. "The more I researched HBS," Josh says, "the more I realized that HBS is far and away more engaged with Africa than any other business school in the world." As... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
recent decades, the number of women in tech jobs remains far lower. And the figures for women in leadership roles still hover around a far-from-equal 25 percent. Girls Who Code is on a mission to close the gender gap in STEM education and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues
social-purpose enterprises," Nelson said recently. "Led by faculty chair Professor Jim Austin, the Initiative's research, course development, and publications have had a significant impact on many of our students, not to mention educational institutions View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
emeritus Sam Hayes: “The October 19 crash also calls into question the de facto rules and regulations that we’ve been working with for the last fifty years or so and how far we have come from the assumptions underlying the reform... View Details
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
near the media hubs (except Atlanta) and far away from those elite opinion-makers in coastal urban areas. “You need to shift your mindset from social media to social strategy.” "MySpace has a PR problem because its users are in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
ideas that have been rejected internally. VCs are adept at crafting business models for emerging technologies, and they can experiment with nascent technologies in emerging markets far more effectively than can most large organizations.... View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
management back to the home office is applicable. Is it limited to businesses and organizations in which collaboration is important? Does it apply more to large than small organizations? "We can ask how far this rejection of remote... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
David McKnight's comments reflected a similar need to take into account Chinese officials' views: "A far smarter approach is to evaluate the ethical impacts of Chinese law on a company's business model, and determine how to meet both... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
governance violations were effectively cut off from the global capital markets and lost their future access to outside finance. A more reliable system for disclosure could allow far more firms from emerging economies to tap into the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 12 Nov 2014
- Op-Ed
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
from the left and the right, set out to do just that. For the last two and a half years, we co-chaired the Commission's Mortgage Finance Reform Working Group. Remarkably, we saw consensus emerge from both parties on the goals of the new system. We made it as View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
computer to access data stored on another and to interact with that information. As he publicized his innovation among his fellow employees and across the computing community, people admired the quality of his work. In fact, in head-to-head comparisons, his software... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 15 May 2023
- News
From Scientist to Business Leader
She loved being on the business side of the house. “I found I enjoyed the work far more than sitting in a lab by myself all day. I loved engaging with different people and parties, both internally and externally,” she says. Kim had no... View Details
- 04 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should You Outsource Your Marketing?
that outside expertise is often needed. Sony, a legendary marketer, outsourced its program to market products through its online "Sony Style" store, recognizing that they needed expertise in areas such as customer database construction. With media... View Details
Keywords: by Poping Lin
- 27 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
From Africa to HBS
passionate about Africa and I think we all feed off of each other’s energy in terms of our pursuing our ambitions for ourselves and the continent. I am really excited to see what people will do on the continent and I expect great things! How has HBS changed what kind... View Details
- 22 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center
maximum load for 10 seconds, it moves on to dynamic testing. In dynamic testing, the blade is cycled along a single axis while the end is fixed to a large concrete structure that extends far into the ground. The blade is cycled to mimic... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
overburdened by debt is that it has steadily taken more borrowing to finance our growth. In the 1950s the economy grew by 73 cents for each dollar of added debt. In the 1960s it was 65 cents. By the 1980s it was only 34 cents, and so far... View Details