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- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
an issue under debate. Who or what body decides all of this, or will it be the independent actions of government and business leaders acting in national interests? If that is the case, who worries about what has been known for years as the "tragedy of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
pump water being treated in the Kalundborg Utility plant we visited. Moreover, Grundfos pumps are used to power those same sites – such as in wind turbines’ nacelles that convert wind to electricity, and in district energy systems that... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019
royalties from content sales. We consider a game-theoretic model in which two platforms offer different standalone utilities to users. We find that incentives to establish one-way compatibility—the platform owner with smaller standalone... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Wind Shift
HBS professor George P. Baker, a finance expert, has in recent years become an alternative-energy change agent as well, spearheading community wind projects in Maine. Now on leave from HBS, Baker is the CEO of Fox Islands Wind LLC, which last November unveiled three... View Details
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
"This is not like Field of Dreams, where if you build it they will come," Quelch says. "There are distinct categories of consumers, each of which needs to be addressed in a different way." By using a marketing-based approach, he says, government... View Details
- 21 May 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals
in Tokyo, another in Santiago, and another could be in Johannesburg" Students can take the course at their own pace and in their own time, spending more time on more difficult concepts. At the same time, CORe utilizes 70 distinct... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
is bilingual, acted as interpreter.) Staffing For Peak Occupancy For many restaurants, some nights of the week attract more customers than others. A bistro packed with customers on the weekend might be half empty on a Tuesday. For Michelin-star restaurants, that View Details
- 16 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process
In Jonathan O’Grady’s (MBA 2005) experience, remote work is critical in helping companies attract and retain candidates with diverse abilities. As a wheelchair user who utilizes voice recognition software, O’Grady has been intentional in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
have utilized diverse nostalgia prompts, such as having people write about a nostalgic memory, read accounts of other people’s nostalgic memories, read song lyrics that make them nostalgic, listen to nostalgic music, watch nostalgic music... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 03 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss
what kind of infrastructure do utilities need to build, and importantly, when do they have to build it? Rebekah Emanuel: Conventional wisdom is that powering our electricity without carbon is going to be expensive, but you've said the... View Details
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
average patient of medium severity in this ED. We propose that the improved performance comes from a reduction in social loafing and a more distributed utilization of shared resources. These benefits outweigh the expected efficiency gains... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
secured a role with Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), which would propel her career in a new, mission-driven direction. Connecting Impact and Advancement At MLT, Ramirez had the opportunity to connect with her professional purpose while View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
Business School Case 118-013 Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE In early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
time. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711414-PDF-ENG Product Development at OPOWER Thomas Eisenmann and Rob GoHarvard Business School Case 811-075 OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
memories of extremely good and bad experiences, most outcomes are seen as losses in positive domains and as gains in negative domains. Utility is thus concave across outcomes in negative but convex in positive domains, inducing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?
humans. It is undermined by any company that tries to justify decisions based on market norms . Academics and training alone will not create leaders. Life creates leaders.” Bill C., in pointing to corporate governance as an issue, said that “Leadership will continue to... View Details
- 04 Feb 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?
to several of the responses. As Carl X. Parks put it, "Organizations can utilize tools from Google's best practices to enhance or redevelop their own (where applicable). But as a whole, this may not always be directly transferable to... View Details
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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
Key Advisory Board member for the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship and utilizing my experience to help the next generation of life science leaders making a difference in the world. About the author: Michael Schrader... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
processes around that has been really helpful.” Utilize career coaching. Rachel worked with HBS Career Coach, Matt Spielman. He was helpful post-HBS while trying to launch her 1st company and at the point where Rachel saw this new... View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Building an Internship Program at Your Startup: An Interview with Facily’s Diego Dzodan (MBA 1999)
the idea of a potential internship program began to grow. So, when Westphal read about Facily and was connected with Dzodan, the timing and pairing was ideal. As the first intern in Facily’s history, Westphal utilized his experience from... View Details