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- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
Because of the workload—most cases take at least two hours to read and prepare, and two to three classes are scheduled per day—students often form their own three- to four-person study groups to share ideas and divvy up responsibilities.... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
filled with news from enlisted men and officers serving in theaters around the world: letters sent in by parents from sons at sea; first-person and news accounts of harrowing escapes, rescues, and bravery; and reports about sailors View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
yields. However, the fraction of seniors is uncorrelated with share repurchases, investment, or profitability, suggesting that geographic variation in dividend payout is not driven by some unmeasured firm characteristic affecting the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
conditions in the world today: the declining capabilities of government, the massive size and increasing sophistication of the global financial markets, and the impacts of new technologies that leapfrog large centralized projects and put usable View Details
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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
facilitate the study of sculpture. When he met Edwin Land in 1934, he wrote enthusiastically about the young inventor’s “convincing demonstration of the practicability of studying from stereo-projections on a screen” with the use of polarized filters. 2 Recognizing a... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
today with digitization and technology going at a very fast pace. Artificial intelligence, internet of things, the cloud, 5G telecommunication technologies, all of these are transforming organizations in very fundamental ways. And I believe that organizations will... View Details
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
are also shown to be actors in periodic deglobalization waves. This was because their function was to reinforce the gaps in wealth and income rather than disrupt them. Business enterprises proved disappointing institutions for knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
one was surprised. On the retail side, the large discount chains — WalMart and Target in particular — had steadily taken market share from specialty toy stores, in some cases using toys as a loss leader to pull in traffic. The ripple... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
of typical businesses (undertaking commercial activity) and not-for-profit organizations (pursuing a social mission). In this essay, I discuss my research, as well as that of others, on social enterprises with the objective of tracing my perspective on the current... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
communication. We’ve had a telestroke program for a number of years, where doctors in an emergency room can consult with our neurologists, share images, and get a stroke neurologist’s opinion about how to handle a patient in that... View Details
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
little attention, and most articles change only mildly from their initial slant. Our study provides the first empirical evidence on the limit of Linus' Law. While many organizations believe that they could improve their knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
at HBS. In FY24, ODEI shared the findings in nearly 70 meetings with faculty, staff, and students, helping to create a roadmap to address key areas of work such as learning, development, and dialogue. The survey results will guide efforts... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
donated more than $5.8 million in cash, PPE, and meals, primarily to hospitals, senior centers, and first responders in New York, as CBS news and ABC reported. ACUC hosted a COVID-19 webinar on April 16, where 16 doctors from Wuhan, China, View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
develop the concept of interconnectedness as four conditions of an internal supply chain: a focus on system-rather than individual department-performance; routines within departments that are connected to current customers' needs; deliberate View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
mission is to preserve historic rural churches and document their history. So You’re in the Family Business: A Guide to Sustainability by Paul Karofsky (OPM 3, 1979) and David Karofsky Advantage Media Group Father and son authors share... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
knowledge you have, the more connections you can make.” This certainly seems to make sense in a football context when considering the most successful coach of all: 67-year-old Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots. Despite an... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
organization theory. Theoretical consilience will enable the accumulation of empirical research into a cohesive body of knowledge on entrepreneurial resource mobilization. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
this article, I outline an agenda for strengthening the links between key institutions. Leaders, I argue, should focus on four goals: 1) linking knowledge creation to venture creation to speed the conversion of ideas into market-ready... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
consumers (or retailers) are unlikely to pay. But the acquisitions provided a convenient distribution channel for residential customers who want to drop off or return goods ordered online, and moved new volume into their existing infrastructures. One result is higher... View Details