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- 11 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 11, 2006
sharper national identities. The interwar disintegration of the international economy also led to the national subsidiaries of multinationals taking on strong local identities. Over the past two decades, as the pace of globalization... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
association. These [African] governments have so few resources. If you wait for the government to do it and advocate that the government does it, it's going to take a long time. The private sector can step in and fill some of these gaps.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
also learned how difficult it was to get even great ideas off the laboratory bench and into the military 'marketplace.'" 28 Doriot sought out research taking place in universities such as the Harvard Fatigue Lab (housed on the HBS campus... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Rethinking the MBA
David Garvin and research associate Patrick Cullen. The title isn’t just a rhetorical flourish. Deans and executives alike take issue with what and how students are taught, revealing a number of shortcomings that the authors argue point... View Details
- Web
Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
Risk Show Hide Details Concepts Business Transformation Through Divestiture Transformation’s Impact on Market Perception What’s in the Price? Featured Exercises Conduct a sum-of-the-parts analysis to understand a business spinoff’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Life Lessons
graduating from Harvard College in 1988, Audrey Choi went to West Germany on a Fulbright scholarship to study literature. But with the Soviet empire tottering, she found herself drawn to the sea changes taking place around her and the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
Maybe like our children's children's children need to worry about this, but like, it's probably not a problem for the next millennium. Dubinsky: It depends what you're worried about. If you're worried about us creating robots that do everything you and I do and that... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
please, stand up and turn around. Take a moment now to show everyone gathered here today how much their love mattered to you, and how much they mean to you. Please join me in a heartfelt round of applause. I’ve had the privilege of... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
pursue her passion in technology and risk not seeing her family for a long time; or visit her family in Canada or the U.K., and risk losing her livelihood. The question she posed: Would I be willing to sign... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
entails the risk of becoming dependent on outside owners of IP. To address this tension we propose the concept of "IP modularity." We argue that, by managing a system's modular structure in conjunction with its IP, firms can... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
products, and even day–to–day operations. Just when you think you understand the technology landscape, you see a major disruption.” For business leaders who are willing to take an imaginative leap of their own, Artful Making provides a... View Details
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
majority of votes cast to be elected; mandates the creation of a board risk committee; and forces companies to split the CEO and board chairman positions. "The leadership at some of the nation's most renowned companies took too many... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 01 Aug 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’
take their organizations beyond that point in terms of size? Phil Clark posed the question, "Is there a 'right size' for a company?" If so, how do we know? How many companies that you can think of are right-sized? What do you... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni and their spouses who are moving into a new career phase). This committee is looking at possible additions to these programs and how best to manage them given existing faculty and space resources. It is particularly interested in developing programs that... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
associated moral hazard often goes unnoticed. Such a risk can prove even greater when the various elements of the "delegation chain" obey different standards. What does this have to do with the ongoing Rupert Murdoch case?... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
organization. Having only worked as an investor professionally, I used to think about a given business simply through that investor lens, but spending time with classmates at HBS who came from all different backgrounds really helped give me a broader perspective on all... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
trading volume, and more dispersion in analyst forecasts following the calls. Further, the capital market's response to linguistic complexity is limited to firms for which there is greater demand for English-language conference calls. Our results highlight that when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales | Working Knowledge
cohesion among remote operations. Work-based social media risks drowning employees in birthday wishes and pet photos, much like personal Facebook accounts can overwhelm users with ads, groups, and other clutter. But a new analysis of a... View Details
- 07 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 7, 2015
adhering to five design principles. The success of several new products illustrates how. One is the Leveraged Freedom Chair, a low-cost wheelchair that can navigate rugged terrain in places with poor infrastructure; a modified version is View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne