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- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
evidence to support our side and argue against the other.) Taking a position and conveying a persuasive argument is a very important skill, but once we flesh out both sides of the arguments, I wonder if we could spend more time thinking... View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming to HBS after Military Service
didn’t fully appreciate how my military service had impacted nearly every aspect of my life. The way in which I approach group projects, the point of view I argue in class, and the punctuality I demonstrate on a daily basis are in large... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
Sahlman discusses how Khan Academy, a global online education nonprofit, strives to balance founder Sal Khan’s (MBA 2003) vision with the need to focus and scale. Prediction: How AI Will Affect Business, Work, and Life Bill Kerr speaks with author Joshua Gans, who... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
experienced workers retire or move on? Leonard and coauthor Sylvia Sensiper examine such questions in a 1998 HBS working paper that was published as "The Role of Tacit Knowledge in Group Innovation" in the spring 1998 California Management Review. The authors View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
New Releases
Environmental Management, Associate Professor Forest Reinhardt argues that managers should treat environmental management as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than merely as an exercise in public relations. "Social... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
others in a positive way. Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature by Mark R. Tercek (MBA 1984) and Jonathan S. Adams (Basic Books) Nature Conservancy CEO Tercek and his coauthor argue that nature is a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
women in 21 countries found that women’s gains in economic power and social influence have come at a heavy price: women feeling stressed out, time-starved, and overburdened. This book argues that the growing market for products and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
article about Ted Levitt. I personally felt a special connection to him, perhaps as a result of our shared immigrant roots. We argued at length the concept that America was moving away from the melting-pot tradition he so much believed... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Get Ready for Saudi Oil Shock
supply could be made up in other parts of the world? I would argue very strongly that once Saudi Arabia’s oil goes into decline the world’s oil supply has very likely peaked. The reality is that in the last five years it’s been almost... View Details
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
advocates-including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-argue that traditional U.S. GAAP has too many disclosure and fair-value requirements that impose very high compliance costs on private companies. But there are influential players-including the Big Four auditors-who... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Summer Listening - HBS Podcasts to Take to the Beach
nature of work. Prediction: How AI will affect Business, Work, and LifeHow should we think about improvements in artificial intelligence? Bill speaks with Joshua Gans, co-author of "Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence," which View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
Rakuten.” “Students have strong reactions to this. On the one hand, some insist that this is a poison pill that must be swallowed—there’s no choice,” comments Neeley. “Others say, ‘This is impossible, the CEO is crazy. How can you do that?’ ” For her part, Neeley View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
the future. In Do Lunch or Be Lunch: The Power of Predictability in Creating Your Future, Stevenson (with Jeffrey L. Cruikshank) argues that predictability in the business organization - created by practices such as establishing precise... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Shanghai and Dartmouth's Tuck School, argue that Chinese enterprises are characterized by a unique organizational culture and climate. The authors classified corporate culture according to four types: entrepreneurial, bureaucratic,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
Jay Lorsch and the Boston Consulting Group’s Colin Carter (MBA ’71) argue that corporate boards have made progress in the last decade, but are being pressed to perform unrealistic duties, given their structure, processes, and membership.... View Details
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
Lalocracio In thinking about the current contested state of global capitalism, and what to do about it, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Seeking the Unconventional in Forging Histories of Capitalism, which... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
eligible electorate. To win the general, assuming a 60 percent voter turnout, he'll need around five times as many customers to close the deal. Conventional political wisdom argues that Trump has to soften his tone, drop the ad hominem... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
can access contents on an alleged terrorist’s iPhone has generated a vigorous debate with daily developments. As they say, this is a big deal. It raises critical questions. Apple argues that doing what the FBI demands would potentially... View Details
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
information and social networking sector. Several respondents to this month's column argued that we are. As Kamal Gupta put it, "Facebook's valuation was explained to me by people I consider smarter than me as valuation of its... View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
feeling that way, however, when most of what we see government doing is slinging potshots on the news, says Norton. "The American people think government does nothing because most of what they see is politicians talking," he says. "There is a very... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding