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10 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups

with Michael Ewens of the California Institute of Technology and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf of MIT Sloan School of Management. The researchers focus on one of the most important technological shifts in recent years—the introduction of Amazon... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology

01 Dec 2009
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Faculty Books

Gulati states that managers have figured out what consumers want and what their company should offer but are only now appreciating the huge institutional barriers that prevent them from delivering. He offers a practical process by which... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

14 Feb 2018
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A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

motivated to search for novel information and anticipate alternative perspectives, leading to better decision making, problem solving and innovation. Time and again, analysis confirms this improves the bottom line of companies. “Working... View Details

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IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

readings, and video materials to acquaint students with working in Saudi Arabia. Materials to conceptually introduce students to frameworks that help think about the broader institutional context will be a key part of the preparatory... View Details

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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

26 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 26, 2008

Working PapersDiffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision Authors:Michael J. Lenox and Michael W. Toffel Abstract A key role of corporate managers is to encourage subsidiaries to adopt innovative... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Terms of Use | HBS Online

you in Harvard Business School, or any other school, division, institute or program of or associated with Harvard University, or (b) entitles you to access or use the resources or receive any benefits or privileges of any of the foregoing... View Details

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

For companies to redeem credibility with investors, argue Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu, "fundamental and even radical reforms must be made to the way America's markets process the flows of View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

01 Jun 2010
News

Get Well Soon

Medical Center” (CCHMC) details how one institution has implemented its own version of health-care reform, taking overall perfor-mance levels from well below average to the top 10 percent in the industry. Coauthored by HBS assistant... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

information accessible and portable, have been talked about for a long time. One hurdle to progress on this relates, again, to the existing business model, which makes it difficult for information stored on... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

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Departments | Employment

work and collaborate with customers to ensure we meet their information needs in the dynamic climate of the information industry, knowledge-creating institutions such as Higher... View Details

02 Dec 2021
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Learning Curve

years. While she couldn’t see the future of the Joy School clearly at the time, she also wanted to build something that would outlast its founders. “It didn’t matter how big the school was; it needed to be a viable institution that really... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Takeaways

make additional efforts to infuse scaling into the DNA of their business models, and institute appropriate strategies for recruiting and retaining talent, leveraging financing and partnerships for scaling impact.” —Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli... View Details

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410065-PDF-ENG Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Rakesh KhuranaHarvard Business School Note 410-076 Large-scale... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

Abstract—Objective: Assess whether a commitment contract informed by behavioral economics leads to persistent virologic suppression among HIV-positive patients with poor antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence. Design: Single-center pilot... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Video Management Policy | About

Video Management Policy General Principles At Harvard Business School, the video management systems infrastructure is implemented to enhance the safety and security of the community, reduce institutional risk, strengthen customer service... View Details

10 Apr 2013
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Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “When this type of work is outsourced it should not be viewed as a mere commodity.” Teleradiology is the reading and interpretation of CT, MRI, X-ray, and other diagnostic images. Increasingly, medical View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

15 Oct 2019
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Advancing China’s Impact Investing Ecosystem

advancing impact investing in China, which includes educating others about the space. Now back at RBS in Singapore, where she is in Financial Institutions Macro Sales, Chen continues her work on this plan. “If I hadn’t come to HBS and... View Details

28 Sep 2015
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Rockin’ for a Cause

victim to California’s statewide budget cuts. “Susan’s group came up with a new model of distributing funds district-wide instead of school-by-school,” Scheel explains. “Because of that, PiE appeals not just to individual donors, but also to View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Symantec

01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976

lab and the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases. But in a much larger sense, Yeo is looking out on Singapore's future-a future he has played a primary role in creating since 1986, first as the longtime chairman of the Economic... View Details

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