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- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
engineers, architects, and teachers to connect with people who need their services but live thousands of miles away, and more. “Of course, right now during COVID, it’s helping people stay connected in ways that help fill the gap of group... View Details
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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog
social media, two-sided platforms, robotics, and cybersecurity. Educational Objectives The course exists to address a gap in management scholarship between two fundamental stages of corporate development – exploration and exploitation .... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
a century (beginning in 1970) in which “intensive” productivity growth outpaces “extensive” growth in output, thereby limiting new job opportunities and further widening the gap between the haves and have nots? What should we make of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
problems in today's workplace. She commented that, "Salary transparency within peer groups is the most expeditious way to bring an end to the gender wage gap that exists in every country in the world (it) will certainly be the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
reporting, and rewarding end and effect—economic growth—than the means and causes of economic growth? Is there too long a lag time between the two to interest managers (and in some cases even policymakers)? Is there too great a physical and psychological View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
identities. "If you have fifteen brands in the men's department, it's not really a brand, it's a name," he said. Barnett said about 16 percent of Barneys merchandise is private-label, with those items often filling in the gaps... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
In his book, Learning in Action: A Guide to Putting the Learning Organization to Work (Harvard Business School Press), HBS professor David Garvin argues that Nike left open a critical gap between encouraging innovative thinking and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 25 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
manager gets the negative emotion wrong, talking about it is still better than ignoring the emotion completely. The team points to research showing an expectations gap between managers and employees. While managers view emotional support... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
economy, wanted to see how the algorithm performed. What she found surprised her: Although Airbnb had designed the pricing tool to be race-blind, the algorithm nonetheless widened the revenue gap between white and Black hosts. The reasons... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
other and the world writ large.” FINANCE AND THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path Addressing The Financial Security Gap A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
foundation which starts way earlier than college scholarships can solve alone. It starts with improved public school systems that close the literacy gap between communities of color and their white counterparts,” she explains. “So, unless... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
Donaldson’s move to Yale in 1975 to help his alma mater launch a management school that would bridge the gap between the public and private sectors. “I had seen tremendous conflict between corporate America and Washington,” he observes.... View Details
- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
Unfortunately, though, experts frequently make lousy teachers. Experts are sometimes so steeped in expertise that they don't remember what it was like to be a newbie—in terms of both how much they knew and how they felt back then. The memory View Details
- 27 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015
boil under the wealth gap heat up or cool down? Will the climate change accord catalyze investment in alternative energy? What impact will international terrorism have on business? Please add your comments below. 10 Most Popular Articles... View Details
- 22 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 22
close with an attempt to identify strategies to close the gap between the unethical people we are and the ethical people that we strive to be. Publisher's Link: http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415873246/ Working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
bridge the gap that a lot of young people experience between a very exciting digital reality and the dead world of the textbook." On an emotional level, the death of the paper textbook will carry less societal angst than trade books,... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health Is Wealth | The Path To Creating A Venture
of women on cap tables has contributed to the gender wealth gap in the industry. “Thinking about how I can impact that on a small or large scale eventually, is something I’m constantly working on.” Hiring for a Startup Rachel advises... View Details
- 20 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: Illuminating India’s Solar Future: Reflections on Tata Solar Manufacturing Plant Visit
organized compared to industry-leading global plants. Leadership acknowledged these gaps and highlighted plans for newer, state-of-the-art facilities to address these shortcomings. Another challenge lies in Tata Solar’s defect rate,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
to zero. Are you concerned about the projected $2 trillion in government borrowing that may be necessary to cover the Social Security funding gap created by the President’s partial privatization plan? No. The unfunded liability of Social... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 14 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital
At the onset, he was heavily leaning towards the private equity option. However, for Pierre-Jacques it quickly became obvious in his early days at HBS that there was a gap in venture capital that the fund he and Tingle had created would... View Details