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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
that our most important asset is our brain, which makes it easy to take for granted the people, platforms, processes, products, and politics that create the context for our great performance. Only when we move do we realize the importance... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
contexts you face. Negotiation offers a groundbreaking new way of thinking about the importance of the unique context of any negotiation—and when and how it should influence how you negotiate. At the same... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
think that may be where he picked up the cornet and began to get some early training and maybe participate in some jam sessions out after hours. So he becomes Kid Bolden. He's clearly a very creative guy and you have to now understand the View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
more effectively design and measure complex projects and organizations. Sean Silverthorne: What drew you to the NASA/JPL Mars program as potential case material? Alan MacCormack: First, it was an ideal context in which to explore one of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
context of resource stress: there is already not enough clean water, clean air, healthy food, or available land and there is already too much traffic and not enough space to put the garbage. The first phenomenon—urbanization—only makes... View Details
- 07 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are Creative People More Dishonest?
behavior. It's a sobering thought in a corporate culture that champions out-of-the-box thinking. "In any organization, especially in contexts that are global and very competitive, there is so much focus on trying to be innovative and... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
come to recognize that we need more than that, including here in the United States." Ramanna adds that "people do want corporations to create and enrich human life in many broad ways. So far we only hold them accountable in the View Details
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
postadoption behavior varies depending on customer acquisition method and dynamic states. At the total usage level, in one context (an annotation and note-taking service), customers who heard about the service through search and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 3, 2015
job test scores or grant managers discretion in making hiring decisions. We implement our test in the context of the introduction of a valuable job test across 15 firms employing low-skill service sector workers. Our results suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
continue executing the School's mission successfully: "We have been committed for more than seventy years," he said, "to a model of education in which we bring the world into the classroom - we immerse our students in the context of... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 06 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy
Historically, though, such research has neglected to consider how firms are affected by major local events, whether they be planned (the Super Bowl or FIFA World Cup, for instance) or unplanned (an earthquake or hurricane). Marquis and Tilcsik set out to address that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
behaviors they produce) that they need, typically because they haven't fully determined the desired mission and values that provide the context in which hiring for attitude can take place. These are all possible explanations for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Relationships are Building Biotech
context in which to study the missing link. Product development cycles are long, usually between seven and ten years. Millions of dollars are spent before a product ever gets to market. Uncertainty about the viability of a company's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark
- 12 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program
forced to scale back their plans or exit markets entirely. Because of a combination of cultural context and a lack of robust systems to ascertain the trustworthiness of unknown market participants, building and maintaining strong... View Details
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
cognitive problem. The PCs simply did not make sense to DEC, given their customer context and their cost structure/business model. “Disruptive Tech 101” When Clay Christensen speaks of disruptive and sustaining technologies, he uses the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
study of brand relationships outside of traditional areas by applying new theoretical frameworks and considering new contexts (online digital spaces, consumer collectives, global brands, luxury brands, and branding in terrorist... View Details
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
decision, albeit an extreme one. The context for that incident between the two countries went back years and involved at least one previous shutdown over unpaid Ukrainian bills, as well as disputed pipeline fees, unsigned contracts, bad... View Details
- 18 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Building the Future: An HBS Alumna’s Journey in Sustainable Infrastructure Investment
taught for the first time in my Business, Government and International Economy (BGIE) class. My ability to provide historical context underlying some of the political challenges allowed my class to gain a better understanding of the case.... View Details
- 03 Nov 2015
- Blog Post
Siblings at HBS: Katie and Tyler Harris
different? In many ways, our similarities and differences depend on the topic or context – sometimes we’re eerily similar and other times polar opposites. One of our biggest differences will become readily apparent as fall approaches.... View Details