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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
ordering system and takeout food. Business after business pivoted remarkably quickly. To me, that was the huge and very positive lesson of this crisis: Businesses are amazing at figuring out a path forward. FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY Addressing The Financial...
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April White
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
assignment frictions, which appear to be more severe in lower-income regions. The productivity loss generated by inefficient assignment is equal to 13% of the productivity gap between high- and low-income countries in our sample. Download...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
in state industries—became a closed caste, an industrial elite with hereditary jobs, and with privileges and security far above that of their rural cousins. If anything, the gap between urban and rural identities became greater. And the...
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by William C. Kirby
- 04 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success
e-commerce strategy. These analyses ensure that each unit is making a contribution to the e-commerce initiative and improving corporate profitability. Additionally, these metrics can be used to provide a gap analysis that permits managers...
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by Marc J. Epstein
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
person who understands both sides of management and technology so that I can bridge the deep gap between them. Jay Kim: As I continued my job search through the pandemic, my primary goal this summer was to keep exploring ways to make the...
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- 07 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Pathlight: Reimagining the Developer Onboarding Experience
hiring efficiently. Now that we’re here, we believe solving this problem unlocks massive opportunities for companies to close their talent gaps and meet the pace of innovation they are aiming for.It sounds like you have experience with...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as high as 98 percent. Those...
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- 03 Dec 2019
- News
Two Tales of Connection: Over Meals and Mentoring
Suchita Prasad (MBA 2011), the HBSCS Mentorship Program pairs HBS alumni in Singapore with students from five polytechnics—trade or professional schools—and two universities to help provide guidance and bridge the gap between academics...
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Margie Kelley
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
McFarlan said, "There is no application gap at all. What is going on in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong is at the same rate of speed as what has been going on in Silicon Valley and Boston." In all of this, there's a hair's...
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by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
event. Elements of the weekend were tailored to the interests and knowledge gaps of those from family businesses. Cases focused on relevant topics like small scale franchising and analyzing family business success stories. Staying in the...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
times as many Ph.D.’s as India. Basic education and technical and vocational training languish despite renewed government commitments. The rich-poor gap in education is mirrored in health care — India boasts hospitals and clinics with...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
have an impact on business managers on an everyday basis. In essence, we want to bridge the gap between theory and practice,” says Mayo. Mayo, who spearheaded the legacy project along with HBS professor Nitin Nohria, notes that the...
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- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
has it, so why is it interesting?" she says. "I think it's pretty sexy plumbing." “There's a tremendous gap between the most IT-savvy firms and the IT laggards” McElheran believes IT has the potential to completely transform the supply...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
the concept of sustainability itself. It appears that overcoming these roadblocks will require systematic interventions and alternative normative concepts. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55541 The Impact of Penalties for Wrong...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
We Rise
invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender gap is harder to explain but is often...
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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
venture capitalists and the amount invested in founders has its origins in the same historical forces that shaped most industries: When the VC model emerged in the 1940s, white men dominated the workforce. The persistence of the gender View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
book manuscript and seeking a publisher for it. This includes filling a few gaps in my research by using historical collections that are housed here at HBS and at a number of other libraries in the Boston area. Bank records have been...
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- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
"It's a gap that might make you less competitive compared with someone who is of the same ethnic culture." “To the extent that you could speak the language or demonstrate a certain level of understanding of culture, that might...
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by Michael Blanding
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Women Leading Business: A New Kind of Conversation
hire or a firing situation. Issues may also be more personal, such as how to bridge the enormous gap between the leadership of a company and retirement. EE: What sort of feedback have you received from past participants? Hart: They say...
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Re: Myra M. Hart & Cynthia A. Montgomery
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Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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