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- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. After local governments decided to pursue LEED certification for their own buildings, there was an uptick in the number of local architects, general contractors, and other... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
of sorts. They have allowed entrepreneurs to build empires out of fiber and thin air and to establish these empires in a realm without rules. They have challenged governments and their traditional authority—not by design or intent, but... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
inefficiencies and waste in a business where every penny really does count. Did you ever expect to be in the retail industry? No, never. I was trained as an electrical design engineer and spent four years in venture capital after leaving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
women. Baker Library exhibit on Women, Enterprise & Society Catalyzing: Visit Ilene Lang’s blog A New Path: This weeklong leadership development course is designed for women with significant professional experience who are seeking to... View Details
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
Back in 2001, I wanted to test some theoretical predictions about negotiations versus auctions. At the time I was co-course head for the first-year required course on Negotiation at HBS, so I designed an elaborate experiment that used all... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online
Featured Exercise Articulate dynamic pricing’s benefits and drawbacks Define the most important characteristics of economies of scale Determine how platforms build trust into their systems Advise a startup platform, Picabuu, on how it can... View Details
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
medical devices after they are approved by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Historically, such surveillance was based on voluntary reports by medical practitioners, but with the widespread adoption of electronic medical records and comprehensive patient... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
program participated in an intensive summer seminar on systems engineering before beginning their first-year studies in the MBA Program. HBX Course Development Stretches and Energizes Faculty In developing new Leadership courses for the... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
computer ended the use of typewriters, or how electronic fuel injection systems replaced carburetors. It's probably more accurate to say the Apple Watch introduces several impressive incremental innovations that improve and combine... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Disrupting India’s Dental Market
polyglot country. He raised $1 million, primarily from American investors he knew personally. In March 2011, he opened a small clinic (two chairs) in Delhi to serve as a pilot project. He set out to vertically integrate all aspects of the business, from recruiting and... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
company computer systems is often left unclear. Managers need to ask, "Who should have remote access to the corporate network? What safeguards must be in place before employees can connect to the corporate network from a remote... View Details
- 27 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018
project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds the brief interactions described in the helping literature. Such deep help consisted of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
The new capabilities and vast quantities of data that smart, connected products offer are redefining the activities of the core functions of companies—sometimes radically. As software and cloud-based operating systems become integral to... View Details
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
use of knowledge previously codified and stored in the organization affects team performance. We draw upon the team effectiveness, knowledge management, and information systems literatures to develop five hypotheses on the effects of team... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
such far-flung but tightly integrated subsidiaries? How do you ensure that financial reporting is effective while simultaneously optimizing your tax position? How do you design compensation systems that... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
he’d reached at the bottom of the South Sandwich Trench; 8,376 meters—now he had surpassed the deepest point he’d ever taken the Limiting Factor, on an earlier descent to the bottom of the Puerto Rico Trench. His board was green—all View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
neighborhood-based health plan for the city of Charlestown, and I became involved in building a system of benchmarks for the various services that were being offered—everything from dental care to drug and alcohol abuse counseling. I... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
for the coming year: encourage clubs to designate an information technology officer to run Internet sessions and develop Web resources; create a system for connecting current students to clubs and... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
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Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
through accurate measurement and reporting Apply the concept of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) to measure health care costs and outcomes Design and implement a bundled payment system to reduce... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the value of an operating system depends critically on... View Details