Tragedy Of The Commons - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jul 2023
Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details

Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

The i-lab is a great workspace open to all registered students in any Harvard school, including undergraduates, who are working on a startup. It has been described as a place of “structured spontaneity”... View Details

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

make sure that everyone plays by the same standards." In commenting on "playing fields" from the viewpoint of developing economies, Ashutosh Tiwari suggests that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Sep 2015
Blog Post

4 Tips for MBA Students with Families

It is an amazing club that brings families together because of their natural thing in common (kids). This club provides a way for partners and their children to interact, provide support, and learn... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

expertise, and then gathering them in the quest for a common goal—the way Torsten Thiele, a European banker, helped get insurance companies together with NGOs to look at projects to improve View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

isolate the issue of race, half the fake profiles were given names that, according to birth records, are common among whites, while half had... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

danger of failing before, now your anxiety has made failure a foregone conclusion. We've all experienced the crippling effects of job performance anxiety. But far from being... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

that we don't allow our decisions to get sidetracked (or sidetrack them ourselves). In their book Decisive, the Heath brothers cite four major reasons—all linked to common human traits—why we make poor... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Academics - Health Care

Investing in Life Sciences This course will shed light on the process of investing in life sciences, more broadly: the valuation of early and... View Details

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

in such a big class?” Well, Neil Wusu (MBA 2015) and Philipp Schalli (MBA 2015) are here today to answer some of those common questions, tell you about section life, and the... View Details

Teaching

Overview

Laura taught undergraduate Military Leadership and Intro to Sociology for 6 and 4 semesters, respectively, at the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 2013-2016 (see course descriptions and links below). She was promoted from instructor to Assistant... View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

motivated, to find meaning at work during this crisis. Research by Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria and colleagues suggests that people are guided by four basic emotional needs, or drives, that are the product View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

26 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

listen empathetically, welcome input, and rally the workforce around a common goal, according to a recent study by a team of researchers including Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Case Services - Faculty & Research

the staff on a more personal basis. Working at the Case Services Center The Case Services staff is comprised of individuals experienced in... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

these frameworks shares that makes them inadequate in explaining the problem? A: The first three frames are rooted in the common tendency to... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

26 Sep 2024
HBS Seminar

Garrett Van Ryzin, Columbia & Amazon

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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

elements of IT Systems Description 1. Centered on patients Follows patients over the full cycle of care, including multi-site inpatient care, outpatient care and over all... View Details

Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

WHY DID YOU START RESEARCHING BLACK EXECUTIVES? I am not an expert in diversity and inclusion, but I had thought about marginalization, both as a child growing up in India, where I saw the marginalization of... View Details

11 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30 years View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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