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01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave

contain the seeds of their own moral destruction, just as business threatens itself by pillaging the environment. And while MacDonald indulged in sexism, he always portrayed his heroines with deep regard and respect. Photograph courtesy University of Florida, MacDonald... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Feb 2002
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It's academic. (Not!)

broadened to include management dynamics in entrepreneurial and venture capital firms. Despite attention from the media, relatively little hard information exists on these companies; Wasserman is using data collected from two hundred... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Mar 2018
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What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

party applications/advertisers and users” assigned the task of making sure third party companies are following company guidelines on privacy. Jim suggested, “Total transparency, including what was collected and what was sold FOR EACH... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

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Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

Leading Change in Organizations and Society Prepare for change-leadership roles, understanding the sources of power leaders can draw from in launching and sustaining a movement for change, the limits of individual influence, and the importance of building View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

considered essential? How could employees’ safety be guaranteed? And, most recently, how can businesses preserve financial viability in the face of rapidly declining demand for products and services? The experiences we collected show... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

06 Aug 2012
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Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

Corporations, Wells collects case studies from companies that have learned this lesson—some of them the hard way—and explains how all companies can strategize more intelligently. Michael Blanding: Why did you decide to write a book about... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 May 2020
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Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

that have other so-called executory contracts like supply agreements and collective bargaining agreements which receive similar favorable treatment under the Bankruptcy Code; and those that have deeper business problems that might benefit... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

whether it is in prize-linked or collectible savings. On the sociological end, our research with U.S. savings bonds has been eye-opening. It reveals an old-fashioned impulse lives on: to save on behalf of others. Savings bonds help... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

improving the security and viability of open source." Organizations and individuals interested in partnering with the Census II effort can sign-up here. Given how quickly the digital world progresses, the project will evolve and continue to View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

among your customers as you could ever hope to generate within your own boundaries. Accept the reality that they collectively know more than you do about whatever it is your company makes, that technology has almost completely... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

2023
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Association Between Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance

By: Alexander O. Everhart, Soumya Sen, Ariel D. Stern, Yi Zhu and Pinar Karaca-Mandic

Importance: Most regulated medical devices enter the U.S. market via the 510(k) regulatory submission pathway, wherein manufacturers demonstrate that applicant devices are “substantially equivalent” to 1 or more “predicate” devices (legally marketed medical devices... View Details

Keywords: Recalls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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Competing on a Common Platform

Why have over 100 firms joined the Eclipse Foundation to collectively produce an open source platform and tools for software application development? What are they trying to accomplish? This research analyzes IBMs divestment of the Eclipse Java Integrated Development... View Details

30 Jun 2021
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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

With the demise of Circuit City in 2009 one would have reckoned that Best Buy's best days were ahead. Instead, Best Buy is working fiercely to reinvent itself: its comparable store sales have barely kept up with inflation since 2008, and space devoted to its vast View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

20 Feb 2017
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Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

their limited leisure time, Keinan believes. “We are so obsessed with productivity and efficiency, we tend to keep ourselves busy even when we are on vacation, We make bucket lists and collect experiences, even when we are supposed to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Helping and harnessing business to address society’s greatest challenges. | Institute for Business in Global Society

and long-term objectives Learn More about our Mission & Objectives Related Initiatives & Projects Business & Environment Initiative This initiative brings together more than 40 affiliated faculty members who collectively represent the... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

next step in the independent bookstore renaissance may be a form of collective bargaining with publishers, suggests BookHampton’s Brody, but for now, many independent booksellers are grateful for the continued existence of Barnes & Noble,... View Details

Keywords: April White

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

initial interviews, however, we kept hearing the same concern: "Thank goodness you folks are doing this. All of us collectively need to take a hard look at the state of business education." Srikant Datar: With that prompting, we expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

result: The government collected an additional $1.59 million in fees within a three-month period. The median self-reported sales amount was $445 higher for those vendors signing at the top of the form. But research doesn’t have to be... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

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