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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
practice; a commitment to use specialized knowledge for the public good, and a renunciation of the goal of profit maximization, in return for professional autonomy and monopoly power; a code of ethics, with provisions for monitoring... View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
receive money conveniently. In order to use the service, the customer hands his money to the agent, plus a transfer fee (about 40 cents). Through a computerized process secured by multiple passwords and PINs, the agent transfers the... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
multiple actors and causal mechanisms that are still poorly understood. In such cases, it can still be useful to try to measure what an organization is doing and whether its strategies are working to influence societal change. But there's... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?
the context matters. Corporate training is most effective when leadership has prepared the organization for change. Source: MonkeyBusinessImages Take the example of Swedish industrial conglomerate Cardo. The CEO commissioned a training program for managers in two... View Details
- 13 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet
to do now, and to have any hope of doing that, we need to be integrating the specialized domain knowledge that managers possess into these tools and systems.” Marketers have long envisioned the potential for technology to bring about a “virtual market”—an algorithm so... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow
organization needed to now manage and coordinate operations across multiple locations. Wei-Skillern's research on nonprofit growth evolved into a focus on multisite nonprofits and the advantages and disadvantages of various multisite... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
initiative was founded with the goal of optimizing the business plan in precision medicine to accelerate new therapies to oncology patients,” says co-chair Kathy Giusti, adding that much of that work has entailed identifying... View Details
- 23 Jul 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action
the strategic goals that organizations set for themselves and the results they achieve. An office of strategy management is intended to close that gap. At the corporate level of an organization, it oversees all strategy-related... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
co-written by HBS doctoral candidate Hayley Blunden, Harvard University post-doctoral fellow Jennifer M. Logg, and HBS professors Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie K. John, and Francesca Gino. “In asking a co-worker for advice, you have this View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
say. In this story, the parties exchange relational, substantive, and procedural information that builds upon each party's interpretations and responses to the exchange. Managing a negotiation at the micro level means identifying and directing the View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization that transformed how cancer research is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
businesspersons are going to great lengths and great personal expense to put their stamp on commercial space travel and the so-called New Space sector, turning a very cold place into a hotbed of startup activity. Professor Matt Weinzierl has taken careful note of this... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
goals of profit and nonprofit mission do sometimes collide. When the goals complement each other, however, they bring real, unexpected, and refreshing advantages. For example, profits can bring in more than... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
and financial outcomes. The study complements financial education with (1) financial incentives on a financial literacy test to affect participant motivation, (2) financial goal setting to provide a psychological nudge, and (3)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
Date: December 7-8, 2007 Faculty Chairs: Teresa Amabile, Mukti Khaire Faculty Summary Report: What were the overall goals of the event? To elucidate the antecedents, facilitators, and consequences of creativity in the organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
ambitious goal of creating a showcase high-tech city from scratch. The collaboration brought together software entrepreneurs, real estate developers, city government officials, architects, builders, and technology corporations. Taking a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
nonprofit organizations. Hart, who is also co-head of the entrepreneurship and service management faculty unit at HBS, said that reflection on a balance between work and personal goals can never start too soon. In terms of role models,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
processes that cut across companies and may involve multiple systems. 51 Both of these approaches have proved productive for manufacturing firms. Multi-partner Integration In addition to enabling rich point-to-point links, the Internet is... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
glass ceiling but doesn't explain what it takes to break through the ceiling.” "The goal is being able to answer this question: What is specific to the dimension of difference?" Thomas says. For instance, in researching the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel