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- April 2025
- Article
Skill Dependencies Uncover Nested Human Capital
By: Moh Hosseinioun, Frank Neffke, Letian Zhang and Hyejin Youn
Modern economies require increasingly diverse and specialized skills, many
of which depend on the acquisition of other skills first. Here we analyse
US survey data to reveal a nested structure within skill portfolios, where
the direction of dependency is inferred... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Human Capital; Personal Development and Career; Equality and Inequality; Analytics and Data Science
Hosseinioun, Moh, Frank Neffke, Letian Zhang, and Hyejin Youn. "Skill Dependencies Uncover Nested Human Capital." Nature Human Behaviour 9, no. 4 (April 2025): 673–687.
- May 2024
- Case
LinkedIn Corporation, 2024
By: David B. Yoffie, George Gonzalez and Emily Grandjean
By 2024, the LinkedIn profile was well established as the professional identity of record on the Internet. Following a multi-year effort to expand the platform’s user base, as well as a period of rapid growth during the COVID-19 pandemic, LinkedIn’s membership had... View Details
Keywords: Platform; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Social Media; Network Effects; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Sunnyvale
Yoffie, David B., George Gonzalez, and Emily Grandjean. "LinkedIn Corporation, 2024." Harvard Business School Case 724-484, May 2024.
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
Technology & Operations Management Program Requirements Below please find the program requirements for students in Technology & Operations Management (TOM). Doctoral students in TOM generally complete the... View Details
- 05 May 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Firms and the Economics of Skilled Immigration
- Web
Curriculum - Case Method Project
describes how elections worked in the late 19th century, when “political machines” wielded enormous influence over voting at the local level and when casting a vote on election day was a very public affair. It addresses the many efforts of View Details
- May 2025
- Background Note
Social Enterprise in Latin America
By: Brian L. Trelstad and Karina Souza
This research note provides an overview of the social enterprise ecosystem in Latin America, exploring current dynamics across key markets, including country-specific insights on Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Central America. In a region characterized... View Details
Keywords: Latin America; Brazil; Mexico; Argentina; Colombia; Chile; Impact Investing; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Ownership; Social Enterprise; Business Strategy; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Latin America; Brazil; Mexico; Argentina; Colombia; Chile; Guatemala; Central America
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
time has come to produce a wide-ranging book about current research on digital strategy. Simultaneously, the inception of the digital age, with all its multiple remarkable fallouts, contributes to making the received body of strategy theories and tools (Andrews, 1971;... View Details
- September 2000
- Case
Jardines: Tapping the Asian E-Commerce Market
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Melissa Dailey and Fred Young
"We have made significant progress in reshaping the group in the current cycle of change," announced the homepage of Jardine Matheson & Co.'s web site. Percy Weatherall, newly appointed managing director of the company, knew all too well about change. In his previous... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Decisions; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption
McFarlan, F. Warren, Melissa Dailey, and Fred Young. "Jardines: Tapping the Asian E-Commerce Market." Harvard Business School Case 301-045, September 2000.
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership
1912–1967 Amos L. Beaty Texaco, 1920–1926 Howard O. Beaver, Jr. Carpenter Technology Corporation, 1971–1983 Hans W. Becherer Deere & Company, 1989–2000 Stephen D. Bechtel Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960 Garner A. Beckett American Cement... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018
much more limited application. Early diffusion was accordingly rapid in these narrower applications but limited in scope until tractor technology generalized. The sequence of diffusion is consistent with a model of research and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
reported that digital transformation takes significant financial investment and time. Of those who reported making significant progress on their journey, 60 percent had been at it for at least five years. In calculating the resources,... View Details
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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research
significantly more banks establishing a dedicated risk committee and identifying the committee responsible for reputation management. We also find progress in "input control” related to domain knowledge with an increase of 16% in new bank... View Details
- 2013
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Juliane Calingo Schwetz and Patricia Bissett Higgins
After a successful career as Chairman and CEO of Paris-based luxury food company, Fauchon, Laurent Adamowicz, sought to reduce obesity and improve health outcomes. Adamowicz created a mobile application to provide consumers with more accessible and interpretable... View Details
Keywords: Nutritional Information; Obesity; Weight Loss; App Development; Business Startups; Nutrition; Health; Information; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Juliane Calingo Schwetz, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Laurent Adamowicz and Bon'App." Harvard Business Publishing Case 314-028, 2013.
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Highway: Technology and Mobility Trends and Opportunities Technological innovation is considered a competitive strength for America, but the nation does not score as high in deploying its technology. U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?
technology entrepreneurs and the strategies they use to gain a competitive edge. Wu spoke to the Harvard Gazette about his take on Musk’s recent moves. Interview has been edited for clarity and length. Harvard Gazette: Many of Elon Musk’s... View Details
- January 2014
- Case
The Weather Company
New CEO David Kenny transformed The Weather Company in less than two years from a primary identity as a cable television channel to a multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Strategy; Strategic Change; Change Management; Expansion; Weather; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Technology Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Weather Company." Harvard Business School Case 314-083, January 2014.
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Program Requirements - Doctoral
Health Policy (Management) Program Requirements Students in the Health Policy (Management) program will learn how theories and concepts from fields such as technology and operations management, organizational behavior, organizational... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
private equity, venture capital, and catalytic credit strategies are helping scale recycling, reuse, and circular supply chains.Lauren also explores the critical role of policy—especially extended producer responsibility(EPR) laws—in driving investment and highlights... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and perceptions that is critical to performance) than making progress in meaningful work. If a person is motivated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne