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- 05 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Business and the Global Poor
life, just that the pecking order from the poor person's perspective is likely to be different. The shift we see is in a new understanding about who the customer is. That's why we think that more companies should be looking to leverage... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
to do in the past. Consumers need to think beyond just the monthly cost of their premiums and consider the trade-offs involved in their decisions, especially the risks and constraints of high deductibles and narrow network plans. From... View Details
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Field Course: Field X - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Field Course: Field X Course Number 6333 Senior Lecturer Randolph Cohen Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits Weekly, 2 hour sessions Project Enrollment: Limited to 80 students Fall 2021 video link Educational Objectives The course is View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
clients, and the implications for IDEO designers' everyday experience of work. As new types of client work have shifted away from the more classic design projects, there may be accompanying shifts in designers' engagement and motivation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
others,” Nwuneli said, according to a report in Nigeria’sThe Nation. A native Nigerian who lives in Lagos, Nwuneli noted the importance of “reimagining how our market is structured to allow social distancing, [and] thinking through our... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
women. Baker Library exhibit on Women, Enterprise & Society Catalyzing: Visit Ilene Lang’s blog A New Path: This weeklong leadership development course is designed for women with significant professional experience who are seeking to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
being brought on by the board at Liz Claiborne as vice chairman and COO in 1994. Founded in 1976 by fashion designer Liz Claiborne, her husband, Arthur Ortenberg, and two other partners, the tiny shop had rocketed to success in its first... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
Healthcare, and Leadership. "The Initiative designation is meant to acknowledge a new phase of activity: one that we hope will engage the faculty, students, staff, and alumni in enhancing and extending both knowledge creation and... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Fukushima’s nuclear reactors, which were designed by GE. But Immelt’s biggest challenge was inherited: Welch had handed over a company that had great people, but was short on innovation. Immelt set out to change GE’s focus by making it... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
on riskier projects and strategies. But risk management must overcome severe individual and organizational biases that prevent managers and employees from thinking deeply and analytically about their risk exposure. In this paper, we draw... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
officials. They can help decision makers in tax administrations, public procurement offices, and other public agencies design programs informed by well-founded evidence. This paper provides an introductory overview of the most frequently... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
information about how to switch to export crops, makes in-kind loans for the purchase of the agricultural inputs, and provides marketing services by facilitating the transaction with exporters. The experimental evaluation design randomly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
Shadow of a Giant (A) Harvard Business School Case 609-002 As the only significant competitor to Intel Corporation in PC microprocessors, Advanced Micro Devices faced daunting investment choices. Not only did it have to fund microprocessor View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
Beiersdorf, to its Nivea line, following the events of the A case, and how the commercial success of the product informed thinking by leaders in R&D for the future. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
inspired-makes all the more impressive what the design firm IDEO has already achieved. Its help-seeking and help-giving culture is behind the firm's success. But how has IDEO managed to make helping the norm? To answer this question, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
competitive battleground. How to Think Like an Entrepreneur by Philip Delves Broughton (MBA 2006) (Macmillan) Having the drive, ambition, and inspiration to start a new business takes a particular mindset: the ability to disrupt the... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
arena.” Related Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-Ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters In the process of teaming up with fellow students to write business plans, working with their faculty advisors (and getting academic credit for their efforts),... View Details
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
We sometimes also had costumes. Various section men would don a head-to-toe skintight yellow suit. Think super hero with no powers and no cape. And very unforgiving. One sectionmate, originally from Africa but many years removed by the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
average time required to collect water from 44 minutes to 32 minutes. Electrification of rural areas and the computerization of rural banks improved the flow of goods and services and decreased check-clearing times at banks. A government-training program View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds the brief interactions described in the helping literature. Such deep help consisted of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne