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01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

the NBA to really differentiate itself, especially by leveraging the tool of the Basketball Africa League as a franchise, is actually quite strong.” “Ultimately, if we think about all the things we’re trying to do, inspiration is really... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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U.S. Steel | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Depression to the war years to the post-war boom, photography served as a persuasive tool in PR campaigns focused on promoting goodwill and a favorable attitude about policies concerning the corporation’s size, labor practices, and profit... View Details

25 Aug 2014
News

Jonathan M. Nelson, MBA 1983

the time, Deng Xiaoping was beginning to modernize the Chinese economy. “I was there about 30 years too early,” says Nelson, who left in 1980 to move to Sweden, where he married his girlfriend. Nelson came to HBS to gain the tools to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

16 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

writer based in the Boston area. [Image: CasarsaGuru] Related Reading: Related Reading Black Business Leaders Series: Franklin Leonard, 'Black List' Mastermind Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products? Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

have skills to cope. And it’s when workplaces need to make sure employees are getting the help they need.” Stressed-out workers seek online tools Whillans decided to explore whether an internet-based platform called Happify, which coaches... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

all we’re told is ‘that’s not good enough’ then we’re going to give up.” Bazerman’s book closes that gap by drawing lessons from philosophy, yes, but also from behavioral economics, psychology, and negotiation theory to show how we can do more good for the world and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset

Arthur Segel: Historically, perhaps more great fortunes have been made and lost in this asset class than any other. At Harvard Business School the real estate course is a synthesis of all the analytic, management, and leadership tools... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Construction; Real Estate

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Rclone - Research Computing Services

Software Tools Rclone 2ms About rclone Many people use a web browser to transfer files between local and cloud storage. In comparison, Rclone is a robust command-line utility for synchronizing and transferring files to and from cloud... View Details

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

go well beyond the boundaries of their own groups. That’s why an event like BlackTech Week, which draws people from a variety of communities, is a powerful tool for change, she says. New pathways: How to spur systemic change Significant... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

of price differentials. But the world is not so homogeneous as to have removed arbitrage from a company's strategic tool kit. In fact, many forms of arbitrage offer relatively sustainable sources of competitive advantage, and as some... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

TeachingInterests

Decision Making Under Uncertainty

By: David E. Bell

Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details

Research Summary

Social Innovation

My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

the list, he points out fervently. Beyond that, the top executive's tool kit includes motivational skills that can inspire employees at all levels of an organization, the ability to communicate and cooperate with others, and a talent for... View Details

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

with a focus on gender. A few years ago, the two of them decided to team up on a laboratory study on the value of sponsorship. “We took her applied interest—how companies are actually using sponsorship programs to address [the gender gap]—and tried to bring to bear... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The Little Understood Problem Confronting Diverse Workplaces

this way, tutors managed to walk the line—performing their role as an authority figure while accounting for their sense of self as well as that of their students. Reid says tutors engaged in this activity largely without tools or guidance... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

philanthropy. Conducting Business Experimentation Professor Benjamin Roth + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides This interactive lecture will introduce the tools of randomized experimentation (A/B tests, RCTs, etc.) for both measuring... View Details

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

A comprehensive approach can help reinforce the impartiality of feedback and the resulting action. As a starting point in developing effective tools and systems, we recommend that leaders ask themselves: What kind of employees work in my... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

Research Summary

Informing Brand Marketing Practice

Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details

Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

of support at the company to advance. We need to do better. If I am a Black executive, how will I get practical tools and opportunities? For some it was seeking help with basic things like—How do I reply to an email from my boss? How do I... View Details

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

policy to work on a side interest, a machine learning tool to help small businesses identify promising business opportunities. “Google has useful information on foot-traffic patterns, plus satellite imagery and other data that can help... View Details

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