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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
Business School Press), a new book by HBS professor Dorothy Leonard and Professor Walter Swap of Tufts University. The authors not only disprove the stereotypical perception of group creativity as an oxymoron but show how the group creative View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
ask for legal help and being able to process that help effectively are teachable managerial skills. Managers also need to understand the importance of keeping their lawyers in the loop, not just on discrete legal queries but on an ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery
manage funds of half a billion dollars or more now face the challenge of creating processes that are appropriate for a large team rather than individual venture capitalists, as in family-style firms of the... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Blog Post
Creating a World with Trusted Leaders: An Open Letter from MBA Students
reminded us of the importance of remembering this in the future. Sarika and Steve, who are also my section-mates, were on the same call. They too believe that fair employee treatment is something companies should make a top priority and that’s how our View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Class Day and Commencement 2001
money behind me, I'll be fine.") Describing GE as really not much different from the neighborhood grocery he patronized while growing up in Salem, Massachusetts, Welch said, "Business is a bunch of lucky calls, a bunch of bounces here and there. It's about your ability... View Details
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
billion in investments and R&D to build a GiGAtopia, essentially ushering in the next generation of mobile (5G) and wired infrastructure. CEO Dr. Chang-Gyu Hwang, and his team are considering which areas to prioritize in terms of new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
existing, entrenched systems and processes of the larger enterprise. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816048-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 816-042 Clover Food Lab: Building Out the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
Hall, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large UK banks over a period of six years. Our analysis highlights that a process we term toolmaking, whereby... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
knowledge spillovers and capital market externalities exert a stronger impact on multinational firms while labor market pooling has a weaker effect. These findings remain robust when we examine entry decisions and explore the process of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
best program for me.” Stan had already gained an impressive amount of experience at Microsoft where he worked on operating systems and with online payments technology, responsibilities that “shaped my view on software development and how to make the View Details
- Blog
HBS Online and Executive Education Leadership: Q+A with Patrick Mullane and Luis Viceira
responsibilities as well. (LV): The two products need autonomy. ExecEd doesn't have the experience that the HBS Online team has in producing purely online asynchronous programs, and that's an expertise we need to preserve—they've... View Details
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
program as time is our most valuable resource, but it’s definitely worth it. We have the evidence. We got a $1B valuation with the model Eric built in his internship so the impact is very clear.” Fast forward to today, and Facily has hired a Head of HR and the View Details
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
familiarity could aid in the process of team learning. In an experimental study, we find that familiar teams learn at a faster rate than unfamiliar teams. Additionally, we find... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
the morning and were told to come back in the evening. At no point were they told that the experiment was about sleep—but that’s exactly what the researchers were trying to test. Past psychological research has shown that sleep benefits memory through a View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
moderate-income families (LMI) families were given the option of redirecting some of their refund to savings? Would they take advantage? The Tax Test Tufano and a cross-sector team of nonprofit and private sector organizations explored... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
is a much more robust incentive instrument, and is less likely to be abused since its value is much more transparent.” Creativity in a Crunch Does having a tight deadline spark creativity or stifle it? When HBS professor Teresa M. Amabile and her research View Details
- 24 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Internship In Action
recommended approach to move forward. We redesigned the entire process for an important group of sellers that contribute around 30% of GFG’s Net Merchandise Value, assessed the features and resources required, and developed the roll-out... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 24 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security
and to frame the problems in the right way to come up with solutions quickly. Additionally, I was used to strict processes but at At-Bay, I had to learn how to tackle issues that no one in the company has dealt with before me, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off
their ability to reach if not surpass the goals, start banking on the extra money. In practice, however, the process of connecting pay to performance may be far trickier that it at first appears, according to HBS professor Michael Beer.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
values and pay them fairly, it seems an interesting proposal for both the company and the individual." Juan Manuel Salas Guevara commented that the challenge in Holacracy "is a strong communication process from the top level of... View Details