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- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
debates whether large global firms are becoming "stateless" and whether this is a historically new phenomenon. It shows that a great deal of international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
Similarly, the fitness studios I frequented often adjusted the class schedules twice a year—almost like two “semesters.” Likewise, the enrichment activities my kids decided to participate in reset each fall. Even the Broadway plays and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
had recently launched several lifestyle brands (using brand names it had revived), which posed brand architecture issues. Lastly, the company had just acquired a digital fitness app, RunKeeper, and was wondering how best to leverage this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
systemic view of how all these tasks fit together. The reason why mostly white flowers get planted on campus or an eleventh student section gets created (beyond the standard 10 sections first-year MBA students are divided into) might seem... View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
world in a way that fits the new realities of the global economy, fosters leadership, and uses citizen-diplomats to befriend moderates in troubled regions and business networks to ensure success in the major emerging economies; and (6)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
be no role models. No other bike riders to observe and follow. In this case, learning is paving new ground, typically in a trial and error manner. In this process, performance is improved by developing a better fit between the entity's... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 05 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
Using Competition to Reform Healthcare
explicitly define the set of medical conditions in which it participates. For each of these medical conditions, the provider must define where it currently fits in the care cycle. Addressing these questions is the first step in devising a... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
This process of filing divisional applications is intended to shape the patents and claims that are ultimately granted so as to fit the invention or inventions that have been made into the appropriate legal form. But the opportunity to... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
does the course fit into a global context? Hamel: In the last few years, the business world has changed dramatically. No longer moving linearly or at a steady, predictable pace, the world has become fundamentally discontinuous. Most... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
this book and its lessons all the more urgent? Michael Horn: I think the anxiety of individuals right now in the job market is off the charts in many respects. We know individuals stay in their jobs right now, they're not quitting because they're nervous about will I... View Details
- Web
Year in Review | Annual Report 2024
fit into their regular curriculum. The program launched in September with over 850 students participating. Winter and Spring sessions drew another 1,000 participants overall. Weekend Sprint News Article Senior Executive Leadership Program... View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
customer-to-customer communications promote different types of usage? We study these questions using two data sets and by developing a multivariate hierarchical Poisson hidden Markov model (HMM), which fits the data significantly better... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
Considering the title of the 1996 HBS Global Alumni Conference - The Information Revolution: "Bridging the Gap" - San Francisco was a particularly fitting locale for this forward-looking event. The city's Golden Gate has long been a... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
an overall sponsorship deal with the NBA. With his Stance deal coming up for renewal in October 2016, what kind of deal should Wade and Joseph-Metelus propose to Stance? And how would a newly structured partnership fit into Wade’s overall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
and remove them from power when situations change. Take seriously the statements made by unfiltered leaders before they take power. Choose unfiltered leaders who have been successful filtered leaders in other contexts. Shape the position to View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
of projects, to try things out, to see what works. Delivery of value is ongoing. The default in this model is action. The idea is you do custom assembly, but you put a premium on the ability of those things to fit together like Lego... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 04 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: JESSE LOU (MBA 2022) – WORKING TO CHANGE THE FOOD SYSTEM
important next step for us is finding strong product market fit – among all the different capabilities we can engineer within our microalgae, which ones are most important? And to whom is it important? If you’re reading this and have... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
conversations with people at the company. Not every cleantech startup I talked to had opportunities that were a good fit for an early-career MBA like me; some were too far from commercialization and too focused on solving technical... View Details
- Web
Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity
ensure these choices are facilitators for exchange vs mandates for assimilation? Culture fit “Just because you’re getting more people there doesn’t mean you’re actually dismantling the structures that are leading to these inequalities.”... View Details
- Web
Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
CFO, everyone wants you on their board,” she says with a laugh. “If you’re a mere mortal, you need to fit a pretty specific profile that a board needs. I have digital, but I also understand cybersecurity, finance, and inclusion,” making... View Details