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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

access pushes decisions down, as it allows for superior decentralized decision making without an undue cognitive burden on those lower in the hierarchy. Better communication pushes decisions up, as it allows employees to rely on those... View Details

03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

proposition. It aims to explore effective curricular and programmatic responses as opportunities for MBA programs to innovate. The paper also aims to call for collective action across the business school... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2024
Blog Post

It’s Time to Build: Why the MS/MBA Is Right for You!

great job of keeping the community cohesive by forming the Builders Club. This forum has unlocked the unique power of the MS/MBA community, as we’re now able to collectively learn and grow as we share founder best practices, career... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Alumni Conferences Held In May 2023, External Relations (ER) and the Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) hosted Accelerating Climate Solutions, a conference focused on the role of business in driving solutions to the climate challenge. This two-day conference was... View Details

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

long. Yet many managers are experiencing a trust deficit. What's up? Reasons for the trust deficit, in the view of respondents, included the following: (1) "(management) actions inconsistent with the mission and vision of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

exposures, since they fell below the Fed’s threshold for annual collection of Form FR Y-14A Capital Assessments and Stress Testing. At the moment, we also cannot track what fraction of SVB’s deposits was connected to the local venture... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

development of new products, but was also indispensable for the constant upgrading and renewal of brands. Unilever's main problem was the time it took to turn scientific knowledge into successful branded products. It entered the 1960s with an organization that was so... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

happening at big firms and small firms,” Cohen says. “It happens across industries. I can see it happening at the Gap and Pizza Hut, but we also see it happening at Facebook, JPMorgan, and health care firms.” Name games As part of the research, Cohen and his co-authors... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

polycrisis) are often addressed as technical, political and economic problems. It seems unlikely that we will avert disaster unless or until the world is swept by a massive cultural shift and a social movement that insists on urgent View Details

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

ability to collect and analyze more data more quickly, decision-making and problem-solving have become increasingly complex. Many people look to technology to solve modern problems, but the more technology advances, the more human... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

of behaviors collected at acquisition as well as future propensities to buy and to respond to marketing actions. Using probabilistic machine learning, we combine deep exponential families with the demand model, relating behaviors observed... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Generative AI - Alumni

am a Harvard Business School alum creating a resume. Please generate 10 versions of the following resume bullet indicated by the double quotes. Each bullet should be no longer than 2 lines. Each version should have a quantifiable measurement and should have a different... View Details

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HBR Classics - Alumni

thinking and practice. As an exclusive benefit for HBS alumni, 77 of these HBR Classics are now available for free downloading. Please browse the collection below; login is required. Just click on a title to read online or download the... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Again and Again

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Jason Holley Whenever he’s presenting to a large audience, Professor Michael Norton likes to pose this question to the crowd: After you get up in the morning, do you brush your teeth first and then shower, or vice versa?... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 16

describe in detail how emotions and actions evolved recursively as coworkers sought to relieve themselves of negative emotions prompted by the lingua franca mandate and inadvertently behaved in ways that triggered negative responses in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

improvements, and beautification. Since 2007, the DUMBO BID has done "small things that are collectively big" to improve the area and are in line with New York City's "plaNYC," a blueprint to become a "sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

face a decoupling risk that leads them to be more likely to enact substantive actions in situations where they are likely to be monitored. 2014 Working Paper The Role of the Corporation in Society: An Alternative View and Opportunities... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Affordable Care Act. The (A) case in this series discusses the legislative strategy in the House of Representatives, where three different committees each had jurisdiction over health care legislation. Blog Post Innovation in Health Care Education: A Call to View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

lines. By sharing insights and fostering connections, attendees left inspired and united in their shared commitment to transforming organizational practices and shaping a collective future for women’s leadership. Read more . Select... View Details

11 Apr 2024
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

and data transparency, companies can collaborate with their suppliers to come up with a collective strategy to mitigate the various facets of water risk. Water issues are felt at the watershed level. It is a View Details

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