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- 05 May 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
I learned how to speak Chinese. We went to Chinese language classes every Sunday for 12 years and I absolutely HATED Sunday School. I didn't understand why “learning my heritage” mattered when I was trying so hard to just fit in. But then... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
software to coordinate care with one another, now processes some 30 percent of patient transitions out of hospitals. In October 2020, CarePort was bought by health technology company WellSky for $1.35 billion. CEO Hu says that one reason WellSky was a good View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
corresponding example of actual implementation. But we’re pluralistic, not rigidly prescriptive. We don’t say that every school must pursue every goal. Using the wide range of examples that we provide, they will all have to figure out their own strategies to View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
as continuous variables to represent customer segment and average daily room rate. The case contains tables showing the output of the regression model and compares the fit of the moving average and regression models. The case allows... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
a new everyday low pricing policy that aimed to fit with a radical repositioning of the J.C. Penney business model and brand. However, with sales continuing to decline, the board fired Johnson in April 2013 and appointed Johnson's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup
long, this aspect was a great fit in both roles. Storytelling is another skill that is critical to develop in both VC and the startup world. During my VC internship, I had to define the “story,” or what we needed to believe, for a company... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
vision from a different angle. He’s frank about the financial aspect of the decision—with three children, a government salary wasn’t sustainable over the long term—but he doesn’t rule out a return to government, and is equally upfront when discussing how his new job... View Details
- 22 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China
picture of the micro-underpinnings of this phenomena. Q: What about multinational corporations? How do they fit into this scenario? A: One of the strongest trends of globalization is that U.S. multinationals are placing larger shares of... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
message: Welcome. You should be proud to work here. Please fit in accordingly. But research suggests that employee orientation ought to be less about the company and more about the employee. In their paper "Breaking Them In or... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
motivated state, focusing on the deadline, the profitability goals," she says. "Ideally, they will still be passionate about the work, but it's important at that point to focus in and to make sure the details of implementation are right." Karim Lakhani:... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
humans have become an indoor species, so buildings have a major impact on our health. say John Macomber and Joseph Allen. Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire Thomas DeLong, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains in a new book what makes a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
typical startup roles to help you determine which one might be the best fit for you, 2) profiles of startup executives across many different functions who share their stories and describe their responsibilities, and 3) a methodology to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
products other than the ones that best fit their preferences. Our analysis yields three key and novel insights regarding search diversion incentives, which have direct implications for platforms' strategies and empirical predictions.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
apply their skills and knowledge to improve health-care systems. (A book excerpt from Designing Care follows.) Martha Lagace: How does health-care delivery fit into the greater context of health-care reform? Dr. Richard Bohmer: Broadly... View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
to connect the purpose of the organization with themselves. And if it doesn't connect, then maybe the fit isn’t there. Now, you may say, well, I don't believe in that. And then you’re going to bring in transactional people who will come... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New News
chief, so I see final copy, but I don’t want to be a bottleneck for my team anymore. So how do we hire really great people who will fit with our culture? You could bring an all-star reporter from the New York Times and they might fail at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
technical training for its long-tenured tool-and-die professionals. “We are now a core group, and for anything beyond that we bring in people on a project and per-hour basis,” Chirchirillo explains. “We are doing more just-in-time work; that View Details
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
that a model with feelings of guilt as a mediator, but not generalized negative affect, fits the data (Study 4). Finally, we examined the relative explanatory power of different appraisals and found that appraisals of illusory control... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
with beautiful pictures, upbeat music, or dramatic lighting. Finally, emotion-focused ads do this by appealing to consumers' emotional attachment to the brand by personally connecting the product to how it will fit into their lives. (See... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases
discouraging further actions. "Through this back-and-forth, the would-be leader accumulates experiences that inform his or her sense of self as a leader, as well as feedback about his or her fit for taking up the leader role,"... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish