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- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
an electric utility was actually looking forward to deregulation as a means of unfreezing a tradition-bound monopoly that was not adequately preparing for a more competitive future. But deregulation came slower than he anticipated and... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
- 13 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). If you take a look at our new website you’ll be able to dig into all the details about this exciting new offering, but here are a few key facts to get you started. 1. The program’s first class will matriculate... View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style
different resources to accomplish something productive,” says Khanna. “That means you are motivating people to do things, and the only way to motivate people is to communicate with them.” As crucial as communication is to running an... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
inevitable complications Though founders typically allow more time—and often buffer generous time-to-market estimates—they seem blind to the myriad interconnections and changes that subsequent products will require, the study found. That can View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online
complete this required field. Email must be formatted correctly. Please complete all required fields. RSS feed 14 Nov 2024 Understanding Global Branding: What It Means for Your Business Lindsey Neugut Author Contributors tag Creating... View Details
- 27 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Patent Wars on Firm Strategy: Evidence from the Global Smartphone Market
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
my experience as well. Price-testing via A/B tests, different online and offline proposals, and other means is more easily done, but many firms remain unnecessarily passive in this area. Senz: Why is sales hiring so difficult and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
is to prepare the teams to raise a successful seed round, and that means addressing many of the topics they know they don’t know, but also making them aware of the “unknown unknowns” that come with first-time entrepreneurship. The first... View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
features another common sales incentive--a "president's club" membership for those employees who sell more software than 90 percent of their peers in a given year. The software firm uses a "commission accelerator" program over the course of each financial quarter,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
keep the team progressing toward their goal, but to properly address all concerns raised along the way. Use the “clean sheet of paper” exercise to think creatively about company processes Another best practice is to perform the clean sheet of paper exercise with your... View Details
- 08 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Long Distance Relationships: What if my partner can’t join me at HBS?
that special moment of bonding with your partner can mean so much to your relationship, and that is something you really don’t want to miss out on. HBS presents you with a multitude of choices, but in the end, your calendar is yours to... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
such as cutting access to the Internet, companies should enact policies that minimize the distraction on employees. "There are many companies that are prohibiting the private Internet use during official hours," says Piovesan. "It View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This means completing each course module and fully answering questions posed therein by the required deadline. This course also features... View Details
- 25 Mar 2015
- HBS Case
Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum
the virtual realm to court new audiences, even if it means changing the idea of what a "museum" is in the process? Tate personifies the latter strategy, conceiving of its online presence as a "fifth gallery" equal in... View Details
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Managing Processes
David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student
position, which can be either “above the line” or “below the line.” To be above the line means that you are open and excited about the topic at hand; to be below the line is to be apprehensive or to interpret a situation as having control... View Details
- 13 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01
Australia. The beauty of peridotite is that it has a very high olivine content, which means it can soak up more carbon than any comparable rock. That’s the theory, but we need to confirm how it works in practice. We're currently at pilot... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
educators, teachers, and role models. They see themselves as administrators and their identity is not based on teaching. All I am inviting them to do is to reflect and ask themselves how their day would unfold differently if they saw themselves as teachers. It View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
more optimistic than in prior years about the future of human space exploration via non-government firms. Mission Statement: VIRGIN GALACTIC “Our mission, to be the Spaceline for Earth, means we focus on using space for good while... View Details