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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
in China, for example— and take advantage of it being closer to the customer.” It’s part of Eckert’s larger vision for the factory of the future that not only has a proximity advantage, but also is much nimbler—no longer a string of... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
sciences co-working communities. The proximity of the three innovation labs together provides access to the resources, programming and community necessary to help startups succeed. “We believe innovation in the life sciences is critically... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
really having proximity to wealth, and not really being able to tap into the thinking of high-net-worth investors and how they live their lives and what their values are,” Ramirez shared. “Having that View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking
highlighted existing partnerships, and explored ways to foster innovation even before two-thirds of SEAS moves to its new campus adjacent to HBS and the Harvard Innovation Labs in 2020. More than 100 HBS and SEAS faculty, doctoral students, and staff attended the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on proximity (Muccio relocated to Wal-Mart’s turf in Arkansas) and growing trust (both sides eventually eliminated elaborate legal contracts in favor of Letters... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
The Benefits of Living in a Dorm at HBS
first time ever to HBS. Moving can be scary, and I hoped that living on campus would make it easier to make friends, adjust to Boston weather, and give me the flexibility I wanted. Socially, the proximity to classmates has helped me make... View Details
- Web
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
going on. In each class, we ask students to prepare by understanding what is happening and why. What are the proximate and root causes of why this company is facing the situations articulated in the case? What signals are appearing that... View Details
- Profile
Yazan Halwani
impact.” HBS became his top choice, in part because of its relative proximity to the New York art scene, but largely because of its “network of people for support, and to refine ideas,” and for the case method. “Case study provides a nice... View Details
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
volunteer reading tutors. The criteria for involvement are minimal, often hinging only on geographic proximity to a company site. The 600 school principals I surveyed said they are grateful for any help from the business sector. But what... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
encounter someone with a great deal of power, like Wal-Mart, who is also the ultimate non-negotiable partner?" The case details how P&G executive Tom Muccio pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
areas. Our results suggest that matching between scientists may be subject to considerable frictions-even among those in relatively close geographic proximity and in the same organizational system. At the same time, even a brief and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
proximity to the critical design and engineering aspects of his ambitions. But it’s the school’s general management focus that he believes will prove most useful. “As a general manager, you’re someone who is ‘t-shaped’: deep in one field,... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
subsidiaries are only observable at the four-digit level because the inputs they are supplying are so proximate to their parent firms' final good that they appear identical at the two-digit level. We call these View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
associate professor. In the following conversation with the Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin, Roche and Wu talk about the contest between physical proximity and virtual connection, and the increasing human tendency to isolate... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
Limits of Peer Effects on Startup Team Performance By: Hasan, Sharique, and Rembrand Koning Abstract— We conduct a field experiment at an entrepreneurship bootcamp to investigate whether interaction with proximate peers shapes a nascent... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
Proposed Buildings Along Western Avenue ETA Unknown After HBS parking transitions to below-grade, as many as three proposed Western Avenue building sites could offer space for activities that leverage the School’s new proximity to the... View Details
- Web
Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive - Course Catalog
In each class, we ask students to prepare by understanding what is happening and why. What are the proximate and root causes of why this company is facing the situations articulated in the case? What signals are appearing that suggest the... View Details
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
proximity to headquarters and corporate siblings are associated with superior performance trends following information disclosure. We also find that regional density moderates effect of establishment size on performance improvement. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
rather than a cause, of Infosys' decision to adopt world corporate governance standards. The proximate cause of the aspiration to good corporate governance at Infosys, in turn, is its need to attract talent with truly worldwide options,... View Details
- Web
THE VALUE OF THE PHYSICIAN SHADOW PROGRAM: Witnessing The Front Lines of Care Delivery - Blog: Health Supplement
Sutter Author Health Care Initiative Team tag Care Delivery Health Care at HBS The Physician Shadow Program, sponsored by the HBS Health Care Initiative (HCI), is a unique opportunity for students to witness a day in a doctor’s life first-hand. With the close View Details