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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
sets. To demonstrate the sets, he secured informal permission from his employer to string an electrical wire from a local hilltop to serve as an antenna for the reception of signals from Philadelphia stations. When customers who purchased TV sets asked to be View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
It’s critical to stay connected to the world, to be economically viable, and to be able to do certain types of gig work. We’ve been talking for a long time about an ideal world where learning is not bound by time and space. We never... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
protective stock in case delivery is not when expected. Late deliveries cause higher costs for expediting orders and rescheduling the plant around the missing items. Also, low-price suppliers may not be electronically connected to their... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 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;... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
scientifically grounded way to align our speech and nonverbal behavior with our beliefs, abilities, and values to produce a synchronized inner state that resonates and connects with others. In this way, we can capture the inner strength... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
As interest in the flat tax grows, the world seems transfixed on an unlikely country, Slovakia, whose 3-year-old tax reform program is paying early dividends. Essentially applying a uniform tax rate on citizens (and sometimes companies)... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
the campaign to make India open-defecation-free connects with a growing trend in green finance. READ MORE Julia Hanna: Naina, when you were leading HSBC, you had the opportunity to represent the bank at conferences, touching on issues... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
from China-- so travel by Chinese citizens exploring the world-- has skyrocketed. That, I would say, starting from 2005, really took off 2010, 2012-ish. Chinese started traveling the world. April White: Travels Through Dali is a different... View Details
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
study at two UK-based banks, documents and analyzes the practices used by risk managers as they aim to gather and establish influence in their organizations. Specifically, we examine how influence-seeking risk managers (1) establish and maintain interpersonal View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
transparency—that is, the extent to which citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs. Across three studies using laboratory and field data, increasing operational transparency improves citizens’ views of and increases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Making the Case for Leadership
understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision Community exercise. It remains... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
common trope—that because of their supposed innate connection to nature, Native people possessed esoteric, spiritual knowledge that Western medicine had yet to grasp. The Ghost Dance . Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Trade Card (recto).... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
herself as an ecologist, and she used the occasion to highlight the connections among species, the larger environment, and the dynamic systems that govern the planet. She also pointed to the perils of man’s unconditional embrace of... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Op-Ed
Using Big Business to Fight Poverty
sufficient, say, to simply connect rural villages to the Internet; villagers must also be taught how to use it and have a reason to do so. That takes training, education, and motivation; corporations can provide all three. Corporations... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
tenure, the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the nation, and the company, to its core. GE was connected to nearly every part of the tragedy—GE-financed planes powered by GE-manufactured engines had just destroyed real estate that was insured... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
era to those of today. Next, we explain why transparency is desirable, even if full compliance is not achieved. We then outline the obstacles—both psychological and institutional—to comprehensive reporting. We go on to discuss possible remedies and end by drawing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
nations, people, and businesses. In COVID-19: Mankind’s Bitter Battle, Aneja makes practical suggestions about how to vaccinate the citizens of any country within 100 days of the vaccine becoming available; how to distribute the vaccines... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
step toward successful integration. Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet by Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) and Carl Pope St. Martin’s Press Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the former head of the Sierra Club... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
Faye Crosby, and Kevin Weaver Abstract—In recent decades, research in political psychology has illuminated the psychological processes underlying important political action, both by ordinary citizens and by political leaders. As the world... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
ability to use customer information for pricing or whether even larger rewards could be found in leveraging the connection to the GM family. However, although jointly selling auto insurance and cars is common in many countries, the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace