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- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’
especially those that incorporate emerging forms of social media, support that shift. Equally important, though, is the emergence of cultural norms that favor dialogue over monologue. The benefits that accrue from conversational View Details
Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
that you’re comfortable working next to and interacting with,” says Scott Eckert (MBA 1995), CEO of the nine-year-old, 130-person, Boston-based bot maker. It’s a tenet so core to the company that its logo features an icon of a human next... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best known as the distributed digital... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Jeremiah P. Murphy, Jr.
Coop's brand name, while a core Coop management group retained control of Internet and catalogue sales, Coop membership, and interactions with local universities. A $4 million renovation of the Harvard... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
shaping the business environment and, in turn, influencing performance at the industry and firm level. Since joining the faculty in 1989, Emmons has conducted extensive research on the interaction between government policy and business... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
from under Mao’s control before it could make the moves that ultimately enabled it to catch up. Under Deng Xiaoping and then Jiang Zemin, government support for economic expansion really took off. Q: What are your thoughts on China’s... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
clients may be served by separate organizational units that are under common control and/or ownership. Second, a family of hybrid conflict polices has evolved that feature elements of the split account View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Media.) Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America Authors:Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
tax system can help us get there" On a recent and unexpectedly warm day for a New England fall, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge sat down to discuss tax policy in general and reform in particular with Professor Matthew C.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services
much as possible by the LSF scheduler, OS sandboxing (CGROUPS), and identity management permissions. However, there are a number of things to keep in mind while using this shared resource so that the system can work as well as possible... View Details
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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
leadership to the often-messy reality of rolling up one's sleeves and getting things done. It takes the point of view of a leader who: (1) is new to a situation, (2) must take action, and (3) is asked to operate within a system that she... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered
pioneer in the study of flexible manufacturing systems. A major component of his work was a comprehensive study of more than half of these systems in use worldwide. The project had a significant impact on improving the management of... View Details
- 21 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle
against a control group of customers. Econometric analysis of historical data: Historical data are analyzed to determine how customers have responded to different marketing actions in the past. Predictions can then be made as to how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
inside the firm to create subunits that define the operating core. As you will see, responsiveness is the critical objective for units close to the customer; economic efficiency and cost control are more important for units in the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 02 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Do Online Dating Platforms Help Those Who Need Them Most?
help—those who face most problems interacting in the offline world, or those who generally have little trouble meeting people? Does the Web serve to equalize access to potential relationships, or does it make the playing field even... View Details
- July 2007
- Teaching Note
Foreign Direct Investment and South Africa (TN)
By: Eric D. Werker
Teaching Note to 707019. View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
utilities." For starters, panelists talked about how the majority of the world's controlled water resources are dedicated to agriculture, leaving precious little for drinking, cooking, and bathing. (It's a subject complicated by... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should I Pay the Bribe?
At Harvard Business School, one of professor Rafael Di Tella's areas of study is how political corruption and common crime can be controlled in a variety of contexts. So it was only natural that Di Tella would be asked to comment when the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
delivery systems take advantage of new approaches for interacting with patients. Historically, telemedicine has been seen by many health care systems as a source of... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
views its stores as its most critical selling platform, and inside them it works hard to be in tune with its customers' aspirational leanings. Music pours through Bose sound systems and the stores are sprayed with a scent to envelop... View Details