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- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
on two of the most important historical episodes in the history of the computing industry, the introduction of the PC and of the browser, to develop a third hypothesis. Both IBM and Microsoft, having been extremely successful in an old... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
of American occupation (1898-1918), we find that the implementation of these reforms was very slow. As a consequence, tenure insecurity increased over this period, and the distribution of farm sizes remained extremely unequal. We identify... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
education dedicated to supporting Asian-Americans and breaking the bamboo ceiling. I feel extremely lucky to have both Asian and American qualities that have shaped me to who I am today. Section I or Die. Miranda Yen - MBA ‘19 I was... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
another, the need “to do extreme scenario planning and take out loans as precautions to boost the balance sheet.” One CEO mentioned that this was complicated by a distrust of government data on health and the economy, thus requiring... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
extremely talented people who never do anything, really. Find out where your skills and talents lie, and then look for your "creativity intersection" — for those activities where your talents and your strongest intrinsic... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- Web
Art Nature Business
longings' and also “captivate our collective imagination, the one ruled by instinct." Viewed in the context of climate change, rising seas, and extreme floods happening today around the world, Casebere's conceptual constructions can... View Details
- 11 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business
work entirely differently when dealing with people as opposed to objects. "You have to monitor people more than other things," she says. "As an extreme example, I don't have to worry about that coffee cup unless you pick it up and throw... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Coming Out at Business School
else is gay! I’m extremely grateful for my family’s response, especially when some of my friends haven’t been so fortunate. I’m now a supporter of the Russian LGBT Network, an organization with goals of rallying public support for the... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
coordinate and motivate people now that they cannot casually pop in at a desk. As a consequence, I expect that the desire to go back to “normal” will vary not just across companies, but also across employees within the same company. This is problematic. It is much... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
extensive evidence that Walmart places extreme price pressures on its suppliers. This can translate, as it is claimed to have with Blitz, to a supplier realizing that adding commonsense safety features to a product can prevent it from... View Details
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
one possible future scenario: "A key part of capitalism is consolidation. Current business trends are pushing consolidation to extremes The long-term result is a world of winners and losers, where the few survivors of the massive... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
unprofitable, non-dividend-paying, extreme growth, and distressed stocks earn relatively higher subsequent returns. When sentiment is high, the aforementioned categories of stocks earn relatively lower subsequent returns. In Microfinance,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
supervision of a stressed-out boss. Holt attributes Mountain Dew's stunning success in the 1990s to PepsiCo's nimble transformation of the brand to fit these new ideological circumstances. A new advertising campaign, "Do the Dew," creatively combined... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
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help to accelerate beneficial outcomes? What are the timeframes and impacts in various geographies of increases in river flooding, extreme heat, sea level rise, wildfires, and drought? What are the policy and private sector tools to... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
generate cash very quickly. So Jobs' first great attribute was extreme focus. There is a window right now for a desktop alternative to Microsoft in many markets around the world.— David Yoffie Number two; he went back to creating sizzle... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
a handful of architect-consultants to review the megapolis plan, Prematilleke was dismayed not only by the project’s name (“strange and archaic”) but also by the lack of an overall framework. “It was extremely broad brush, almost... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
for monetary gambles, reference points for experiences that are set at more extreme outcomes, leading to concave utility for negative experiences but convex utility for positive experiences. As a result, people are more risk-averse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
better understand the needs of Mexico's less-affluent customers, CEMEX assembled a team of employees who agreed to spend ten hours each day for an entire year in an extremely poor neighborhood in Guadalajara. Consumers in this... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
great deal of time in the car." Combining these two things may well make OnStar extremely popular. However, there are several other aspects of OnStar that raise concerns that it might become the 1990s version of Roger Smith's robots.... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
green space and recreation, air quality, extreme weather events. Public health coalitions that cross sectors and the need to “think outside the building” will combine the efforts of many distinct organizations toward ensuring community... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost