Knowledge Use and Leverage - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 30, 2007

cognitive processes through which a problem is interpreted associatively in terms of something that has been experienced in the past. Despite recognition's centrality to strategic choice, we have limited knowledge of its nature View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2010
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First Look: December 21

lead to reduced economic productivity subsequent to exposure to temptation. Using a design inspired by the classic "Marshmallow Test," we report data from a field experiment in which children between the ages of 6 View Details

17 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 17, 2007

to platform leadership change that does not rely on Schumpeterian creative destruction: platform envelopment. By leveraging common components and shared user relationships, one platform provider can move... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

talking about enlisting product users, critics, and experts for a fresh view. He says the question for this tension is: “How do you best sequence the knowledge of others inside View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

starts with using yourself as an instrument to get things done. And because you're the instrument, you've got to know that instrument very well and View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 May 2022
HBS Case

College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need

example, data from 2015 show that just 16 percent of existing US production-worker supervisors had a college degree, but 67 percent of the job postings for the same position required degrees, shows research by HBS Professor Joseph B.... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Finance - Faculty & Research

mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of US government bond returns. 2014 Working Paper Financial Repression in the European Sovereign Debt Crisis By: Bo Becker... View Details

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

needed and then create a list of organizations and their directors. After that, you'll be ready to: Get the word out - inform your network of your interest in joining a board View Details

December 2007
Article

Private Power in Indonesia

By: Louis T. Wells

The Asian Currency Crisis led to the collapse of agreements Indonesia had negotiated for private electric power only a few years earlier. The ensuing struggle meant bad publicity and several hundred million dollars in costs for Indonesia. As Indonesia in 2007 was... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Government Legislation; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Indonesia

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04 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its ‘Behind the Table’ Challenges

Keywords: by James Sebenius

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How a Juicy Brand Came Back to Life

of eight), and hired basketball great Michael Jordan as a spokesperson. It used its leverage with supermarkets to win premium display space and... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton; Food & Beverage

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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Cold Calling Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement... View Details

28 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, examines an alternative route for American teenagers and companies alike: The apprenticeships popular in many European countries. Looking closely at a successful View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

more tech companies getting into this sector using AI/ML to extract ESG data as well as mandatory reporting requirements from Asian regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Japan. How do you plan on continuing to... View Details

10 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

and tax policy. A: You can think that people have only crude knowledge about the minimum wage and that they get it only from screaming people on TV and, to some extent, that's... View Details

Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing

24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

effective leader of innovation. The truth is, leading innovation takes a distinctive kind of leadership, one that unleashes and harnesses the "collective genius" of the people in the organization. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Ultimately, the Godcharles ruling enshrined the specialness of workingmen's labor contracts and rejected the use of equity principles to justify contract regulations, but the controversy also informed future... View Details

25 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

related to MBA Admissions, alumni engagement, career development, and more to advocate for and empower the Latino community on campus and beyond. In honor of Hispanic Heritage... View Details

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details