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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Key to Innovation: Flexible Funding
thought leadership. We must experiment more extensively with alternative modes of teaching, collaborate more (both internally and with other Harvard schools), and find ways to deliver more real-world experience to our students. It is also... View Details
Keywords: Robert Steven Kaplan
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
customer service. Harvard Business Review on Managing Diversity. From managing diversity to exploring alternative workplaces to debunking myths about compensation, the topics covered in this compilation address how to build organizations... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
team's knowledge-integration capability. We test our theoretical framework using data on knowledge workers in professional services and discuss implications for research and practice. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-009.pdf The Cost of Capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
outcomes are now visible. The trajectory Afghanistan is now on pays too little attention to new enterprise and job creation and is predictably dismal. The alternative scenario I've described has a brighter outcome. It amplifies the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 02 Dec 2002
- What Do You Think?
How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?
key personnel to the development and survival of the business," Shann Turnbull suggests that cash bonuses may be a better alternative in established, cash-rich companies, where "bonuses eliminate the problem of valuing options... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
Summing Up Those offering insights into ways to make the corporate brain function more effectively suggest that the corporate brain may be as complex as its biological counterpart. Respondents alternatively focused on learning, constant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Fast Answer
Private wealth management
estate, alternative investments and other areas of interest. Preqin includes information and data on private wealth managers who invest in private equity. Click on Private Equity Click on Investor Click... View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
that are competitive with traditional coal. We need to insist that the world's governments allow and encourage entrepreneurs to pursue nuclear with both rigorous testing and real urgency. And we need to always remember that if new nuclear or any energy View Details
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
disclosure policy should focus not only on what information to disclose, but also on how and where to design disclosure Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54177 Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Profile
Kendall Brinker
alternated three months of work with three months of classes. "I worked at General Motors (GM) on power train operations," Kendall says. "The job allowed me to bring real life situations into my classes." Intense, yet... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
Candy That Is Good for You
we knew there was room to really get in there and disrupt and innovate. “The response has been overwhelmingly positive. Consumers are thrilled to have finally found an alternative to the artificial gums they've been having up until now.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Alumni on the Best Business Advice They’ve Ever Received
“You should not jump at the first solution that comes to mind. You should consider alternatives and figure out how to apply them.” —Ken Fettig (MBA 1957) “All leadership is very close in nature to friendship. “All leadership is very close... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Venture Capital, Post-Dot Bomb
alternative energy solutions were beginning to show a higher investment profile. “Venture capitalists haven’t traditionally been interested in that area,” said Stan Reiss (MBA ’00), a general partner at Matrix Partners. “But given the... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
what important groups of customers say they need in the way of products and services of increasing capability (as well as prices and margins) expose themselves to competition from innovators who create alternatives with limited capability... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
green business profitable is an even harder journey. For society's sake, entrepreneurs must be prepared to make that journey, says Geoffrey Jones. A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Many... View Details
- 11 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 11
alternative explanations for some important empirical observations in IB, such as bunching and second-mover advantage in market entries. 2006 Journal of Financial Economics How Do Staggered Boards Affect Shareholder Value? Evidence from a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
from the Working Paper.Ann Cullen: How is your system different than traditional mutual fund rating systems? Cohen: Our method takes advantage of a wealth of previously unexploited information about fund holdings. Standard metrics rate funds based on past performance.... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 15 Apr 2015
- Blog Post
Subverting Career Trajectories
alternatives out there for us—otherwise we wouldn’t have the opportunity to come here in the first place. The toughest part of HBS for me has been reminding myself that although the MBA feels like a detour in the short-term, in the... View Details
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
instructive. Blood is Co-Founder of Generation Investment Management. “The short answer is ‘absolutely yes,’ because the alternative of being pessimistic is not a good alternative. I guess the better answer is that we’re determined to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and innovation. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint