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- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
payments and later performance-based payments. The trade-offs here, including revenue recognition, are quite complex and might force the vendor away from performance-based pricing. Application guidelines The complexity and custom nature of the performance agreement... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and the Internet
forms, including better technologies, superior inputs, better trained people, or a more effective management structure. The other way to achieve advantage is strategic positioning—doing things differently from competitors, in a way that delivers a unique type of value... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter
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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions posed therein. This helps ensure participants... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
century, there have only been seven, truly new vaccines introduced globally at the clinical practice. When I say new, that means that they were effective against a pathogen for which there had previously been no vaccine. There are only... View Details
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Request the Data - Leadership
only one copy of the Excel spreadsheet for non-commercial use. I will only provide portions of the information in print or by secure electronic means to a limited number of individuals within my organization. I agree to include the... View Details
- 17 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Being the Boss
starts with using yourself as an instrument to get things done. And because you're the instrument, you've got to know that instrument very well and use it appropriately, so that your imprint matches your impact. We talk a lot about what it really View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service
According to a new book by Harvard Business School's Ranjay Gulati, it is customer-centric firms—those with a so-called outside-in perspective—that are most resilient during turbulent markets. An outside-in perspective means that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Vital Signs
rather than hardware, means that DemDx has the potential to scale quickly and globally. It also can be customized to different health care systems and national guidelines. While there are some geographic differences in patient care—with... View Details
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
I am becoming. The power of that memoir title never really hit me until I sat to write this blog post. I don’t mean to quote Michelle Obama in making that statement (I mean there are definitely worse people... View Details
- 05 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations
mean missing out on significant opportunities. For this reason, fostering trust on the fly is a critical skill for managers. As Kristen knew, the first step to inspiring trust is to demonstrate trustworthiness. All negotiators can apply... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 09 Nov 2023
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
the easy way out because they lacked integrity, courage and an overarching sense of purpose. Pursuing an MBA, I believe, means critically engaging with these kinds of stories and, ultimately, figuring out for yourself what being... View Details
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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Christensen's many qualities as a master teacher, pointing not only to his wisdom and experience but to his compassion and attention to every detail. Christensen also worked extensively with Harvard Medical School to introduce the discussion method into its curriculum... View Details
- 21 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
to make sure applications propose truly novel ideas, and not designs or techniques previously used in other patents—known as prior art. “That means searching through hundreds of thousands of documents,” says Choudhury. The office aims to... View Details
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
Frances Frei: I studied math in college, engineering for my masters, and operations and information management for my PhD, which just means I got more and more applied as things went on. And then I got to Harvard and was in the Technology... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 04 Jan 2024
- News
Great Heights
just below the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Denali is protected as part of a national park, which means the sort of semi-permanent infrastructure that aids expeditions elsewhere is not permitted, and climbers have to carry all their own gear.... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
installation/repair is $3K/home [16,17]. Electrical paneling: Electrification of the home requires 100-200A of electrical service, meaning most homes will need some type of electrical infrastructure upgrade. According to a study conducted... View Details
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
insensitivity to others.” Power fallacies According to the authors, “three pernicious fallacies” surround the topic of power. People often assume that power is something a person possesses, such as monetary fortunes and personality traits; or that it’s “positional”... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 16 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Gray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing
Keywords: by Romana L. Autrey & Francesco Bova
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A Continuum of Innovation
on five cases written specifically for the course that involve companies ranging from Microsoft to Sweden’s Northvolt electric battery maker. These cases, designed to help students think about what it means to make a difference, look at... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
consensus in a multiparty deal makes you hostage to the most extreme or reluctant party." This surprisingly common result is why an “A” is often appended to DAD: “DADA” means Decide-Announce-Defend-Abandon. An apparently irresistible... View Details