Filter Results:
(2,001)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,001)
- People (10)
- News (651)
- Research (1,082)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (144)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,001)
- People (10)
- News (651)
- Research (1,082)
- Events (8)
- Multimedia (3)
- Faculty Publications (144)
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
social exchange that resembles the innovation process. Our research suggests that, under particular conditions, novel ideas can be generated and ambiguous contexts navigated without great foresight. Instead,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
the checks are more reflective of the population, the people receiving the checks will become more representative of the population.”—Hayley Barna (MBA 2010), general partner, First Round Capital Today Barna sits on the other side of the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
she befriended the descendants of coffee entrepreneurs, interviewed local historians, and pored over old documents in the backrooms of rural municipal buildings. Click on image to view slideshowProduction Zones and Collection Points for Coffee in Chiapas" by Karl... View Details
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
book is obsolete in an era where the greatest value a partner provides is in the ideas they possess and not the wage rate they pay. Partners must be encouraged to share ideas, which can only be accomplished if they share in the spoils... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
company Fawry's IPO was oversubscribed by 30 times, generating $100 million. Significantly, a cultural shift occurred after the 2011 revolution when, suddenly, anything seemed possible. [music] Amal Enan (MBA 2014) witnessed these... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
weighting of nonfinancial metrics in compensation contracts as a mechanism for generating improvements in nonfinancial dimensions of performance. I Read Playboy for the Articles: Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
government should tilt its issuance more towards short maturities. The idea is that the government may have a comparative advantage relative to the private sector in bearing refinancing risk and hence should aim to partially crowd out the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
Citizen Year — SEF 2009 honoree Global Citizen Year is disrupting the traditional path to college and creating a new generation of global leaders through a "bridge" year of service learning and leadership training in Africa, Latin... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
am I here?' Coupled with this, you have many people looking for a renewed sense of community. They're searching for a sense of belonging." The "S" Word For many people, work and spirituality call for such different -and sometimes contradictory-mindsets that the View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
obtain a master's degree from the Michigan Technological University. Thirty-two years later, a young Indian in Bangalore, Saumil Majmudar, started a small company. Those two events are connected by a trail of knowledge accumulation and hand-offs, of experience hard-won... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
conversations in class where someone says, 'I've got something sort of like this but I approach it differently,' and those are the inspiration for new cases. Those conversations inform the way we approach the discussion and the examples we use." It also gives the... View Details
- 02 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories
to convince consumers to buy luxury goods." The Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe promotes the idea that its products can be handed down from one generation to the next, for example. With such a limitless... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
Economy”. The virtual symposium attracted over 500 professionals across academia and industry, from investors to policy makers, to engage in discussion, debate, and share ideas about the future of energy in a new economy shaped by COVID,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
“combined leadership explained a remarkably high proportion of the success or failure of each team.” Just four leadership variables–quarterback, coach, general manager, and owner–explained 68.2 percent of variance in team performance... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
flash sales industry was created using this idea as a cornerstone of its business strategy. In this paper, we identify and investigate a new reason why frequent assortment rotations can be valuable to a retailer, particularly for products... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
in goods, services, investments, and ideas led by multinational firms. Extensive research has sought to understand the geographic patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI). This chapter reviews existing theories and evidence... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Gronin, et al. Abstract—Having international social ties carries many potential advantages, including access to novel ideas and greater commercial opportunities. Yet little is known about who forms more international friendships. Here, we... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
We have written about how top NFL coaches try to stay relevant over time. Our empirical evidence supports the idea that most organizational leaders see a decline in performance as they get more tenured, but some are immune to this... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch
stakes for advertisers are huge. Americans were exposed to over 5.3 billion online video ads in July 2011 alone, with Hulu generating the highest number of video ad impressions at more than 963 million, according to data from comScore. So... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
IT Links for Boundaryless Companies
And Functional Hubs The two general types of B2B hubs, said Upton, are vertical hubs, focused on a single industry segment, and functional hubs, focused on a common process or requirement, such as maintenance or human resources, across... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss