Second Great Divergence - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

Being proactive about how you handle data and run your models to protect privacy isn't just smart—it's essential. It’s really the best way to go about it. “There's a growing awareness among customers and users about how their data is used, and people definitely have... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

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Events - Business History

Harvard Business School). Nov 14 14 Nov 2022 Business History Seminar Kendra Boyd (Rutgers), “The Great Depression, Black Nationalist Organizing, and Radical Economics in Detroit” Nov 7 07 Nov 2022 Business History Seminar Diana Kim... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

he recalls. Digging further, McCarthy found that the corrosive effects of salt water on steel meant that salt-water immersion would satisfy the Army’s demilitarizing standard. Check. As to the second part, McCarthy says he enlisted the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

Gibson. To help us, we brought on stage a group of performers from Second City, the Chicago-based company that established the first ongoing improvisational theater troupe. Second City is the place where... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Gona: Great Farm Key concepts: Agricultural Development, Strategy, Nigeria Iberdrola: Leading the Energy Revolution Tesla in 2024: Holding on to the EV Lead? What IKEA Do We Want? Key concepts: Business models, Customer relationship... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?

about the impact of microfinance.” Bulletin: One of the great surprises of microfinance has been the astonishingly high rates of loan repayment, at around 96 or 98 percent. How do you interpret that? Ben Roth: One metric of success is... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

find evidence of lessened gender penalties for female-led ventures that are presented using a social impact frame. In a second study, we experimentally validate this effect and show that it is mediated by the effect of social impact... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

choose to spend your first year at either HBS or HLS and your second year of the program will be at the partner school. Since I chose to start at HBS, I spent time with my HBS section for the entire first year, and in the View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

concert. To some extent this is because of the balance required between two pairs of drives. The drives to acquire and to bond are in tension with each other because the first is competitive and the second cooperative. A major part of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

24 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

both costs and benefits are combined. In our first laboratory study, we confirm across a set of four legislative domains that this bundling technique increases support for bills that have both costs and benefits. We also show in a second... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Our Values | About

that hold all of us to a higher standard than simply protecting free speech. And, we must enable robust dialogue and the expression of divergent points of view. At a University whose motto is Veritas, we should strive to ensure that our... View Details

18 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

It's the rare child who follows a parent's order to do an unpleasant task the first time she's asked. Upon second request, she might listen, but again ignore the prod. It's often the third time, a more urgent "Brush your teeth,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

22 Sep 2023
News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

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Bobby Tuohy

surgeries. “When I submitted the necessary paperwork after the second surgery, the Navy told me I could never fly a fighter jet again.” Bobby’s dream had been grounded. “I had defined myself by my ambition,” Bobby says. While considering... View Details

02 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

$100 million to $300 million revenue stream within five years. This means that the market potential has to be at least $500 million—or more, eventually—and that the company needs to achieve at least a 25 percent market share. The second... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

As a young assistant professor at Harvard Business School in 1946, Christensen embarked upon the first of what he described as “the two great adventures of my career.” Along with several colleagues, he played a major role in developing... View Details

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

serial entrepreneur and leadership coach. Unleashed, their second book, reflects the married couple’s passion for sharing the knowledge and experience they have gained through years as “accelerators of action.” Kristen Senz: How did you... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

productive, even if the tool is a great tool,” Choudhury says. That’s not to say that companies need to necessarily hire computer scientists. It may be that with extensive training, employees without such backgrounds can learn to use... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

appetite for social media companies, LinkedIn is the lamp bearer among U.S. companies in that industry that are considering tapping into public markets. The case can serve to illustrate the challenges of valuing an early-stage high-growth company with a View Details