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  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

and Engineering (CSE).  I deferred my EC year to attend the program at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). The summer before my CSE master’s program started, I participated in the... View Details
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'Matter Battles': Cognitive Representations, Boundary Objects, and the Failure of Collaboration in Two Smart Cities

By: Tiona Zuzul
In this paper, I present a longitudinal study of two smart city projects that brought together experts from diverse knowledge domains. Both projects structured collaboration around the development of boundary objects that could integrate actors’ expertise. In both... View Details
Keywords: Smart Cities; Interpersonal Conflict; Boundary Objects; Cooperation; Failure
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  • 18 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

of time. That, I think, escaped the regulatory net.” Imagine a checking account with $400. A bunch of debits post, and the bank first puts through the largest, a $500 rent check. That triggers a $35 overdraft fee. Two checks for $50,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
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Neither a Bazaar nor a Cathedral: The Interplay between Structure and Agency in Wikipedia's Role System.

By: Ofer Arazy, Hila Lifshitz - Assaf and Adam Balila
Roles provide a key coordination mechanism in peer-production. Whereas one stream in the literature has focused on the structural responsibilities associated with roles, the another has stressed the emergent nature of work. To date, these streams have proceeded largely... View Details
Keywords: Wikipedia; Knowledge Work; Organizational Structure; Knowledge; Information Publishing
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  • 20 May 2020
  • Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

leave the firm in 2014. “I left without a job prepared to engage in a period of exploration and a long term job search. I knew I wanted to do something small, entrepreneurial, mission driven, View Details
  • 23 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

2018 Protean Power: Exploring the Uncertain and Unexpected in World Politics Firms in Firmament: Hydrocarbons and the Circulation of Power By: Abdelal, Rawi Abstract—No... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1998 (Revised May 1999)
  • Exercise

Negotiating Peace Accords in Bellicoso for the Leader of the Student Revolutionary Front (SRF): General Instructions and Confidential Information

Bellicoso is a multi-party conflict resolution simulation based loosely on the bitter civil war in El Salvador. It is designed to explore issues in: 1) the management of interactions between external negotiations between sides and internal negotiations within them, 2)... View Details
Keywords: War; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Conflict and Resolution; El Salvador
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You Can't Always Get What You Want: The Real Exchange Rate and Manufacturing Performance in a World of Global Value Chains

By: Laura Alfaro, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger and Yanping Liu
Real exchange rate devaluations are typically seen as a viable development strategy, but the effectiveness of the approach may vary over time and across countries. This column explores this issue by focusing on the microeconomics of firm-level responses to exchange... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing Performance; Real Exchange Rate; Global Value Chains; Economics; Production; Performance
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  • 18 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018

Evolution and Resilience Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence By: Jones, G. Abstract—This chapter explores the British experience in a volume which examines the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog

on the paper; teams of three are okay but will have higher expectations vis-a-vis grading. Students are permitted to use ChatGPT or other Generative AI tools but will be asked to declare any such usage. For class discussions, we encourage inquiry View Details
  • 15 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

Jones Abstract—This working paper suggests that the business history of emerging markets should be seen as an alternative business history rather than merely adding new settings to explore established core debates. The discipline of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Hank Willis Thomas Ernest and Ruth 2015 | About

both a sculpture and a bench. Like much of Thomas’s work, Ernest and Ruth explores the theme of shifting perspectives and invites audience... View Details
  • 02 Dec 2019
  • News

Supporting the School as a Student and Young Alumna

chosen as the 2018 Class Day speaker. “At HBS, I dove right in and wanted to explore if there was a place for me in this industry,” Iyer says. She tapped into the HBS alumni network, emailing graduates who... View Details
  • 15 Jul 2014
  • Blog Post

Discovering a new organization and state as an intern

last 5 years in Boston taking road trips all over New England, so I am excited to explore a new area and enjoy the lakes and mountains in the region. Maybe I’ll even drive the... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

October 2017 Management Science The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of Anti-Gay Sentiment Are Substantially Underestimated By: Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, Lucas C. Coffman, and Keith M.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

essay briefly reconstructs the interwar institutionalist movement, exploring the continuities among heterodox thinkers and the implications for public and private institution... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line

Jackson, Sr.; John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing; Robert Johnson, CEO of Black Entertainment Television; and Stuart Alden Taylor (MBA '87), senior managing director at Bear Stearns. Interactive sessions View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
  • Web

Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

. Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key Concepts Adopt an innovative mindset with a broad understanding of digital transformation and how to develop and execute a future-ready business... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

leave the firm in 2014. “I left without a job prepared to engage in a period of exploration and a long term job search. I knew I wanted to do something small, entrepreneurial, mission driven, View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • Web

Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

Exercises Analyze your biases and reflect on past decisions to help identify problem areas Consider how employee rights factor into firing decisions Identify three types of fairness in employee-employer relationships 7-9 hrs Module 3 - 1... View Details