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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
program participated in an intensive summer seminar on systems engineering before beginning their first-year studies in the MBA Program. HBX Course Development Stretches and Energizes Faculty In developing new Leadership courses for the... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
interaction. They spend more time internally, specifically in pre-planned meetings that have more participants from different functions. The complementarity between span of control and the team model of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
preconception of how they expect it to go down. How such preconceptions, or what researchers call "mental models," actually control the outcome of a negotiation is one of the important new areas of investigation. Mental models,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
research has focused on the underuse of incident-reporting systems. After all, the thinking went, a system used to collect and report incidents will only help an organization learn from its mistakes and lead to better safety results—to... View Details
- 21 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 21, 2010
heterogeneous telecommunication costs arising from different regulatory regimes) strengthens our results. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-023.pdf Employee Selection as a Control System... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog
follow-up window which opens on June 24. Class meets weekly on Tuesdays as a section. Class meets weekly on Wednesday nights to enable unique interactions with HBS alumni and other guests. Usually these sessions are from 4:00-6:00pm, but... View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
pharma," said HBS professor Regina Herzlinger, moderating a panel discussion titled "Pharma and Biotech—Where does Europe Stand in the World?" The discussion was held at the conference on November 22. At the start of the 1990s, the U.S. and European drug... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
an "invisible hand" that was largely beyond the control of individual firms. Competitive theory has been advanced at Harvard Business School, shown here under construction. The scope for strategy as a way to View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
experiences with systemic racism. In late June, the NCF plans to announce its second round of grants, totaling $2 million, to community groups across the Commonwealth. See more from the online-only June Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
to actually spend it, so no one’s playing the game, which then destroys value. And if it’s too liquid, then there’s suddenly too much of it in play, it loses all the value, and the game’s economic system collapses. It’s a very careful... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
http://www.springerlink.com/content/91647u2175267563/ Ownership Structure and Financial Constraints: Evidence from a Structural Estimation Authors: Chen Lin, Yue Ma, and Yuhai Xuan Publication: Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract This study examines... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6
immigrants enabled the United States to control its debts, to pay for the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, and-barely-to fight the War of 1812, which preserved the nation's hard-won independence from Britain. Buy the book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
on a Tuesday at 2 p.m., who’s going to show up?” Agora, the online platform Sze launched last year, offers a place for citizens to interact with their elected representatives using everything from message boards to streaming video chats.... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54036 August 23, 2018 NEJM Catalyst Using a New EHR System to Increase Patient Engagement, Improve Efficiency, and Decrease Cost By: French, Katy, Barbra Bryce Speer, Alexis B. Guzman, Tayab... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
levers that politicians pull to spring the trap, including appointment of favored regulators, control of budget appropriations, and direct arm bending of regulators on behalf of companies they favor. In all these models, the cycle of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
similar way, write the authors. "There is little dispute that we need a system that is competitive, responsive, and consumer-driven, with clear metrics of value per dollar spent." In the following excerpt, they outline three... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
development of Project Bison, a planned direct air capture (DAC) facility in southwest Wyoming. Our strategy is focused on what we’re calling “modular open system architecture.” We are trying to build as much modularity into our View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
systems that place these leaders in positions of power, Indispensable sheds new light on how we may be able to identify the best leaders and what lessons we can learn, from both the process and the result. Profiling a mix of historic and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 12, 2006
beings are resourceful and evaluative as they strive to maximize their own interests. An individual's interests can converge or diverge from the interests of the organization. Thus, to bring the resourcefulness of individuals to benefit the organization, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne