Meaning - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

their families, neighborhoods, or social clubs. “The same trend showing up in the workplace is worrisome because it means we have even fewer opportunities to interact across partisan lines,” she says. “It could accelerate the growing... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions posed therein. This helps ensure your cohort proceeds through the course at a similar pace and can take full advantage of social... View Details

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

meaning Special Experiment). 49 Land devoted massive efforts toward the secret project, which took place concurrently with other routine Polaroid manufacturing activities. Reams of daily research reports, diagrams, and test photographs in... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

this platform so that other papers can come in? Maybe that means bringing in local investors and building a cap pooled fund at the state level so we can make other acquisitions. Maybe that means... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

success"). The importance of choice varies from one culture to another, particularly between "individualist" (where it is more important) and "collectivist" societies. This means that no one approach to organizing... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

project," says Butler. "We may have experiences that draw us closer to the impermanence of life, challenging us to define what's really essential. The question is, how do we understand life in its fullest and what does that mean... View Details

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

experienced teams, and who are successful at selling AI not as a technology but rather as a means to the best solutions. Special thanks to Brian Ascher at Venrock for valuable contributions. Rocio Wu is a second-year MBA candidate at... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

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

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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online

complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean completing each course module and fully answering questions posed therein by the required deadline. This course also features recommended weekly deadlines to help... View Details

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

such solution: helping Black patients choose better-performing hospitals. “This is something we could change tomorrow,” says Chandra, the Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration. “Simply because the source of these disparities is structural, does... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

designed to facilitate effort while encouraging every employee to contribute. The effort of each employee and circle is tracked by means of proprietary software. The notion was introduced in March of last year, receiving a relatively cold... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

School Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean meeting each week’s course module deadlines and fully answering questions posed therein. This helps ensure your... View Details

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

their own individual philosophy of excellence. Frei and Schulman encouraged students to develop their own personal view of what it means to care, and what happens when they don't. One student put together a storyboard expressing her own... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

bankruptcy doesn’t necessarily mean the death of a company, and in fact, it can actually be the very thing that saves a business, assuming the courts can handle the flood that is likely coming. Dina Gerdeman: What impact do you expect... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

general management perspective. That means some breadth, where you have to understand the linkages across the business, but also some depth in order to understand what drives the business, what the core economics look like, and how... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

By 2050, nearly 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities, according to a 2018 UN report, up from 55 percent today. That means making room for and creating the infrastructure for another 2.5 billion people to live, work,... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

percent of market value. The payout rate for fiscal 2021 met that target at 5.2 percent, consistent with the prior year. The utilization of a payout formula means that the annual payout rate is generally lower following years of... View Details

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Providers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Employers Suppliers Policymakers Providers Providers Every health care provider has the opportunity to dramatically increase value for patients . This means better care for less cost. By focusing on value, providers can increase... View Details

03 Jul 2008
What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

without good followers. This question may be particularly significant in an age when followers find it easier to organize by means of the Internet at the same time that, in Kellerman's opinion, "cultural constraints against taking on... View Details