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- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
School of Business to lay out best practices as well as challenges. They also highlight three domains already using probability forecasts successfully: meteorology, economics, and political science.... View Details
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Mireya Iglesias Ayala
with Mexico or OXXO. I had a lot of fun sharing my perspective! What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I brought with me a metaphorical "compass"—an innate... View Details
- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
mechanism works something along the following lines: if you look at one pair of shoes, it's hard to evaluate the quality of those shoes," Bohnet explains. "You will be much more likely to go with... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
by too much stuff acquired. She is increasingly skeptical in the face of a financial meltdown that it was all worth the effort. Out will go luxury purchases, conspicuous consumption, and a trophy culture. Tomorrow's consumer will buy more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Action Plan: To the Letter
anywhere, forever. But the business model is changing. Chacko likens it to the evolution of music sales, from analog purchases to digital purchases, to digital streaming platforms, in which you pay for... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
lower total cost. Further, cannabis businesses pay a much higher share of net income as taxes, compared to other businesses of similar scale. That’s because, according to the Internal Revenue Code,... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
a longstanding policy; the reality was, if you had a boss who was homophobic or uncomfortable, it didn’t matter. One of my goals in going to business school was to start my own business, so that my sexuality... View Details
- 06 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Manage Customer Churn for Maximum Profit
unhappy with customer service, or your prices went up, or a competitor offered a better deal. But if a company lets too many customers show themselves the door, then they’ll waste too much of their time recruiting new customers. “If 30 percent of your customers leave... View Details
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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online
Pay by August 7 $1,850 Certificate Complete any three courses within this subject area to earn a Certificate of Specialization in business in society RECOMMENDED LEARNING PATHWAYS Do you want to dive deeper... View Details
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
seem to want. For example, Kodak first began to sense that digital imaging might pose a threat to its core business in the mid-1990s. It invested more than $2 billion in research and development. However, it framed the challenge as, "How do we make digital imaging... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
a recent BusinessWeek cover story tracked the impact that Indian managers have had on American management. Q: You have said there is no such thing as a universal global manager. Rather, View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Keeping Education in Check
York Times, in its 2001 story on successes among hedge fund managers who play chess, “They do well when things are going well.” But chess, the article states, can make good investors great by teaching them how to anticipate and handle... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 22 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Case Protagonists at HBS
seatmate’s successes or professor’s knowledge. I dare you to try to go a full 80 minutes without laughing or applauding. I bet you can’t. What is a case protagonist? HBS cases... View Details
- 20 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible
you just don’t have the same chance. In thinking about what we could do during our time at HBS to help level the playing field, we came up with these concepts as an independent project. We recognize that we... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
behavioral economics research. Our hope is that it encourages people to go back to TMS and read it for themselves—it's a truly wonderful book. Q: What do you think Adam Smith's impression would be of the... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 20 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster
company and you're investing in more advanced equipment, that's going to push your local suppliers into having to innovate," Pisano says. "If you want to work with us as a... View Details
- 11 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities
when the CEO sends out a companywide email, are you supposed to reply? That’s where the soft skills training comes in. After landing a job, Autism at Work participants are given mentors and team buddies—existing SAP employees who... View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
favorite customer research call began with a pointed, "Aren't you guys killing my business? Why should I even be taking this call right now?" He's now on our advisory board. Going through the HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Turkish Delight
“There are clear benefits to having what you might call a conventional career — for example, if I had stayed at Bain,” Byford adds. “You know your place in the world. It’s a very insecure thing to suddenly show up in Turkey and say, ‘I’m... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
entrepreneurial opportunities for students. Tell me about your background. What were you doing before joining the BEI team? For the last 3 years I worked for the Harvard University Office for Sustainability View Details