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February 2017 (Revised December 2018)
Case

From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem (Abridged)

By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran

In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “start-up nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Israel

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August 2014 (Revised September 2016)
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ANA (A)

By: Doug J. Chung and Mayuka Yamazaki

All Nippon Airways (ANA) became the largest airline in Japan in 2013. Having been designated as a domestic carrier by the Japanese government till the mid-1980s and Japan being the sixth largest domestic airline market, two-thirds of ANA’s passenger revenue came from... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Analysis; Economics; Price; Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Product; Policy; Air Transportation Industry; Japan

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23 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

Dan Kahan, Professor of Law and Professor of Psychology at Yale Law School

09 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

leaders grappling with improving racial equity in the workplace, important changes need to go beyond actively recruiting, hiring, and promoting more minority employees—and toward implementing workplace policies that challenge the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

part in offering remote work. While one company may offer work-from-home options, a competitor may not, the authors found. Take the automotive industry. In 2019, almost no jobs from Honda, GM, Ford, or Tesla promoted the possibility of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Lessons: Social Media Can Nudge More People to Get Vaccinated

vaccination rates, the campaigns led to an estimated 7 million additional people getting vaccinated. These results also point to the potential for broader use of social media platforms to promote other public health goals. Tech platforms... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Health; Technology

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

and funny material posted on social media, to promote health, beauty, and snack food products. Our job was to develop a new snack food designed for the Korean millennial consumer. The FIELD course began in second semester. First, we... View Details

05 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

experiences. Successful influencers are authentic, have a consistent voice and specific point of view, converse with followers directly, and promote products that work. They build relationships with brands and followers over time and tell... View Details

08 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees

Lead. In this role, I partnered with government agencies, nonprofits, and corporations to promote authoritative voter information across Google’s products. At what point did you decide to pursue an MBA/MPP program, and why? During my... View Details

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Vicarious Learning in Organizations

To advance the study of how individuals learn through their interactions with others, Professor Myers has adopted a vicarious learning theory lens. Vicarious learning allows individuals to learn from the outcomes of others’ experiences, rather than solely their own... View Details

Keywords: Learning And Development; Learning; Health Industry

21 May 2014
HBS Seminar

Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon

11 Jul 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'

evolved to the concept of the “customer experience,” essentially the ability to capture customer loyalty and promote evangelism by offering top-notch service and a delightful experience at every interaction, from browsing products on a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Service

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

September 2020 Plan for Racial Equity Announced Dean Nohria’s Anti-Racism Task Force of faculty, staff, students, and alumni resolved to take action to promote racial equity on campus and in the world. June 2019 Dialogue The DIALOGUE... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

With "variable sunglasses" users could adjust the degree of glare they wanted to eliminate. Polaroid promotional literature affirmed that "vibration-direction has been a scientific curiosity, and little more. Now, Polaroid puts it under... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

to his house instead of work, Sharpe cut off relations with that company. And when he took over the business, he promoted existing employees to management roles rather than bring in trained managers. "My value systems said that they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

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Dillon House | About

Johnson from 1961 to 1965, Dillon focused on trade deficit reduction and on promoting the Kennedy tax program, which called for sweeping cuts to encourage economic growth. Following his government service, Dillon returned to the private... View Details

08 May 2023
Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

according to Kerr. However, there might be ways for Kickstarter and similar platforms to offset or at least mitigate some of these tendencies and trends. Minority entrepreneurs are less likely to have projects promoted as “staff picks” on... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About

American Boards. Dedicated philanthropists, Gerry and Heather pledged a $100M gift to the University of Toronto in March 2019 to spur Canadian innovation and explore the intersections of technology and society. Rooted in his belief that the presence of provocative art... View Details

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

on-the-ground advocacy—to go get a free eye exam or a blood pressure check-up. Easy. Your basic principles of sales and promotion will carry the day. If your charge is minimizing smoking or drug use, well, your job becomes rather more... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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