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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
coursework similar to what I had been doing at JPL.” As his doctoral work progressed, Light became “more and more interested in the Business School side of the joint program.” He found mentors in Raiffa and Finance Professor Eli Shapiro, who encouraged Light’s growing... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
World Class Learning
that the number of international cases in the MBA curriculum will indeed grow as the HBS Global Initiative (see sidebar) moves forward, thereby enabling the School to strengthen its research capabilities around the world. Another priority of the Initiative is to... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
turbulent times. Ernest Shackleton Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill Today’s entrepreneurs would find the tasks involved in organizing and leading an Antarctic expedition in the early 20th century somewhat familiar. Koehn notes that the Irish-born explorer Ernest... View Details
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
outdated. Instead, innovations are increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, selected for their unique capabilities, and operating in a coordinated manner. This new model demands that firms develop different skills, in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
situations where they literally, it seems to me, bet the company, changed its direction to keep it going up. In the mid '80s with the Japanese coming into the market with very cheap memory chips. A: They... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
direction and the internal data to understand its own strengths and weaknesses can be overly influenced by outside demands for metrics that may not always be relevant to its ultimate success. “Without understanding outcomes, you can't get... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
opportunities. While most of the IRA takes the form of incentives and tax credits, there are also some sticks and penalties in it. The most important one is probably the first-of-its-kind fee on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, which is boosting the... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
developed the relevant capabilities, but the formation of a new set of core activities is still inhibited. Taking a micro-perspective, the paper argues that there are situations where direct top-down interventions are necessary. Termed as... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
systems. The links between multinational firms form a distinct type of international system for the private sector—one that is simultaneously enmeshed in geopolitics and international markets even as it is also autonomous from them. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018
should hire for curiosity, model inquisitiveness, emphasize learning goals, let workers explore and broaden their interests, and have “Why?” “What if ?” and How might we ?” days. Doing so will help their organizations adapt to uncertain View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
programs that are on the mission’s critical path and separating them from the important and the nice to have. Then, until the crisis is over, direct all funds current and future to the former. Lastly, remember that these steps are not... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
fulfillment. You must share the reason why you exist and infuse it into everything you do in order to thrive. Many leaders see the shift in the market and make an effort to adapt. Companies quickly learn that one-off workshops and... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
have in 25 years and then hold onto that ideal. If you graduate from HBS, you'll certainly have the tools to achieve whatever you want, so just stay at it and believe in yourself." Steven B. Belkin founded the Trans National Group, a View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
big movies with Warner Bros and I'm making middle market movies with Netflix, because people now are able to get what they want when they want it, which wasn't the case when I first started the business. Hanna: Can you tell me about your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
How Business Schools Lost Their Way
chorus of criticism directed at business schools from within their own ranks; and the implicit challenge represented by the rise of for-profit, online, and other alternatives to the traditional MBA. Biddle’s implicit question is as... View Details
- 05 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: January 5
(revenue maximizing) auction for sponsored search advertising. We show that a search engine's optimal reserve price is independent of the number of bidders and independent of the rate at which click-through rate declines over positions. We separate the effects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
world-class athletes. Successful marketing of the Olympics - which is essential for financing the Games - depends on the Olympic movement's continued integrity, reputation for excellence, and "goodwill." That inherent value, Frazier... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
and policy. And I think that bedrock had been reset, but it took a while for the market to understand that. So a lot was education about how we do layered moderation with layers of rules and human moderators and voting, which is very,... View Details