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- 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Edmondson, and Michael A. West Abstract— Many teams face the problem of process loss, or suboptimal functioning, with sometimes serious consequences, such as medical errors. Team reflexivity—a deliberate process of discussing team goals,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
and Goldman Sachs emerged relatively unscathed, its public image took a large blow as people questioned the inner workings of the bank. To address the situation, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein called for the creation of the Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
tasks like perfecting their technology, learning how to manufacture it, and financing the needed investments in research, development, and marketing through a combination of product sales and venture funding. And so emerged several... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
reacting to similar challenges. As trendy financial dot-coms with huge technology and advertising budgets emerge offering everyone an equal—and inexpensive—chance to trade stock, apply for a loan, buy insurance, or pay a bill, traditional... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
industry is reacting to similar challenges. As trendy financial dot-coms with huge technology and advertising budgets emerge offering everyone an equal - and inexpensive - chance to trade stock, apply for a loan, buy insurance, or pay a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
win their tenth World Series,” wrote Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “They emerged from a disconsolate 83-win season, a 12–17 September, and a near-calamitous final two weeks to outdo the 85-win Minnesota Twins for translating... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships By: Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract—Partnerships that foster the translation of scientific advances emerging from academic research organizations into commercialized products at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
2003. He is now active mentoring young entrepreneurs, investing in companies, and painting. The interview is part of the Creating Emerging Markets series sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, in which business leaders in... View Details
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue—typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)—made a move that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
should your employees be to helping each other? Are they sharing responsibility for your company's success? (7) What strategic uncertainties keep you awake at night? How are you riveting everyone's attention on those uncertainties? These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
contrast the strengths and weaknesses of "open-ended questions" (e.g., World Management Survey) with "closed questions" (e.g., Management and Organizational Practices Surveys). For this type of data, open-ended questions give higher quality View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
surgery or other medical care. Finally, prepare long-term rehabilitation. Those three tasks must be accomplished in order. As for the $700 billion proposal described as a bailout by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, it is deliberately... View Details
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
The alleged benefits of flattening flow primarily from pushing decisions downward to enhance customer and market responsiveness and to improve accountability and morale. Has flattening delivered on its promise to push decisions downward?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14
the Sea and the U.N. Conference on the Environment and Development, also known as the Earth Summit. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=14-049.pdf The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
institute to develop emerging leaders in the eastern Mediterranean region. Describes his biography and values, the models he established for excellent financial performance and corporate social and environmental View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
Padraic Kelly became the firm's new managing director (MD). One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size, wherein it was constrained by a structure of having each of the firm's founding... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
some of the most important ideas to emerge in a collaborative process are unrelated to any stated goal; that creativity requires an inherently iterative structure (trying and trying again); that “wrong” choices are necessary to make real... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
York, New York Amid the complexity and risk in today's world, most people can find reasons for not taking action. A leader welcomes the hard work of simplifying complexity, creating a path to action, and having the courage to execute. Those who View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
The Ingredients for Success
Idea Village, an anchor organization for the emerging entrepreneurial movement in New Orleans, Markowitz (MBA 2003) struggled to find a decent job there. With an HBS degree and a background in corporate finance, she seemed overqualified... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
activity. Today China has again emerged as a great power. Beijing is once more the capital of a multi-ethnic empire that dominates East Asia. Foreign students flock to China to live, study, and work. New infrastructure of airports,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel