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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Flood Prevention Methods Reduce, Transfer, and Bear Show Hide Details Concepts Heat Water Scarcity Wildfires Storms and Floods Sea-Level Rise Changes in the Ocean Featured Exercises Consider how your firm assesses climate change’s... View Details
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
opportunities for both independence and active engagement of their most talented employees. Since many companies can get their hands on the same technology, the same markets, the same production methods and the same distribution channels... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
mobile money service, so it’s important for operators to reach out to regulators early to gather input. Lal found that a test-and-learn approach is best, with regulators establishing guidelines that allow mobile money operators to experiment with different service... View Details
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-102.pdf Cases & Course Materials (None this week.) Publications Managing Up Author: Linda A. Hill Publication: Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract Managing up is not... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
good business can be built around it?’ Kaelyn: The required curriculum gave me a broad groundwork that enabled me to ask the right questions during my internship. In particular, the case method enabled me to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
as dangerous as Power and others speculate. Based on two detailed case studies and 53 additional interviews with risk-management staff at five other major banks over 2001-2010, this paper shows that relentless risk measurement is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
ago. Or the first Newton, Tang, or Roomba. Everyone knows and understands a better mousetrap when they see one—no selling skills really required. But a 3-D printer? Why would I want that? How much does it cost to maintain? What’s wrong with my current View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
contribute to longer term complementary effects which work to overcome the losses from cannibalization. Our results are based on both interrupted time series analysis and a difference-in-differences analysis of six years of proprietary sales data and we use a novel zip... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
discussion under the case method helped me learn when to jump into a debate, and what kinds of evidence to use to be most effective in different situations—skills I draw on when advising the administrator on... View Details
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
dirty to clean technology. We then estimate the model using a combination of regression analysis on the relationship between R&D and patents, and simulated method of moments using microdata on employment, production, R&D, firm... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
Education For many investors, alpha—risk-adjusted returns above benchmarks—is akin to the Holy Grail, particularly challenging to achieve even with a sound strategy. The author reveals the principles and methods employed in her investment... View Details
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment
ignored." I'm not claiming local entrepreneurship is the only determinant of FDI, but it could be an important determinant that is often ignored.— Yasheng Huang Fdi And Asian Economies Huang has made the case that China's reliance on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Commencement 2017 Address | About
discount, or to fight back. In our classrooms, though, we teach that learning from feedback—including negative feedback—is an essential act of effective leadership. All of you experienced moments when classmates disagreed with your views; indeed, one of the many... View Details
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
was recently published in the working paper How User Innovations Become Commercial Products: A Theoretical Investigation and Case Study. The authors believe that their research "provides a first opportunity for both... View Details
- 20 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School
With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS professors recently gathered to review the current crisis. Is it a case of dé jà vu or an unprecedented, systemic... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
impressions; methods for optimizing communication productivity; how to build strong relationships at a distance; ways to win negotiations and solve conflicts from behind a screen, and more. With enlightening stories, interviews with top... View Details
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
hospitals. In the March 3, 2005, story Turf Wars in Coronary Revascularization, Pisano and Huckman looked at competing treatment methods for coronary artery disease and discovered a tough battleground brewing for a new technology called... View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
fundamentally understand the business. And that means a fundamental rethinking of how boards operate. This going back to the drawing board, Lorsch and Carter conclude, includes reviewing the roles boards serve, how the work is structured, the criteria for choosing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
of naïve idealism, one of naïve cynicism, and an emerging era of rugged idealism. We explain how the role of the corporate leader and society's perceptions of this role have changed and how leaders may now be able to create shared value for all stakeholders. View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
jacket—a simple design with white and yellow lettering over a black background—emerged from more than 60 entries in a design challenge Lakhani ran on the website TopCoder. We asked Lakhani to discuss the book and the concept of user innovation. Dina Gerdeman: The book... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman