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01 Dec 2020
News

Quantum Leap

Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

16 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Finding my Passion in the Startup Space

postings, your best bet is to visit the companies, talk to the team, understand their pain points, and propose how you can help, based on the experiences you bring. Meanwhile, it’s a two-way interview so you need to assess in parallel if... View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing By: Battilana, Julie Abstract— While in recent decades the social and business sectors have evolved... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

manufactured, or improve the way doctors perform surgery. HBS Takes Root in Silicon Valley While the Il Fornaio staff serve up French toast and fresh fruit, the patrons volley the big ideas that have turned Silicon Valley into a global... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American business education over the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

almost every facet of business," stated HBS professor Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., in a 1991 article. "You can't really understand some of them unless you understand the marketing issues, financial issues, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

eight experts and practitioners, all with ties to HBS, to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change in the context of an increasingly global world that has seen the complexity of corporations increase to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2000
News

Books

proposes a mindset that will help executives to expand and grow their businesses in the new international economy and describes strategies that come to terms with the realities of globalization and technological change. Mills, the Alfred... View Details

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

questions for which the correct answer will be within their confidence interval, they tend to make fairly accurate global estimates (Gigerenzer, Hoffrage, and Kleinbolting 1991). Kahneman and Lovallo (1993) explain this inconsistency by... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

his insights to set the stage. Senior Lecturer Clayton S. Rose, who for 20 years worked at JP Morgan & Company and headed global investment banking and global equity there, discussed the implications of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

globally so as to develop new insights that can guide the decision-making of organizations and leaders facing digital transformation. For BiGS, that will include additional cohorts of BiGS Fellows—leading scholars who deepen our faculty’s... View Details

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

hospitals and research centers to understand how colocation impacts the likelihood of scientific collaboration. We introduce exogenous colocation and face-to-face interactions for a random subset of biomedical researchers responding to an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 12

Harmonization Author:Karthik Ramanna Abstract The globalization of accounting standards as seen through the proliferation of IFRS worldwide is one of the most important developments in corporate governance over the last decade. I offer an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

Thanks to technology and instant global communication, it has never been easier for companies to seek solutions to problems or find new ideas from sources outside their own corporate walls. But the art of managing these external... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007

banks understand the tradeoffs that the public is willing to accept in terms of unemployment for inflation, at least in terms of keeping the average level of one particular emotion (contentment) constant. An alternative use of these data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2007
News

The Wise Men

International Economy (BGIE) and teaching other courses centered on business-government relations and comparative ideology. He is currently working to start an antipoverty alliance of multinationals, governments, and NGOs that is the subject of his latest book, A... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

operating AI-powered organizations. 4 weeks 5-7 hours per week 4 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts View Details

22 Sep 2017
News

The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

PBS Hour dug deep into the scene's underworld and found that all roads lead to the Mutiny, this glitzy hotel in Coconut Grove that was a hub for celebrities and the epicenter of a global drug trade. Farzad spoke with the Bulletin's... View Details

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Educating Leaders - Georges F. Doriot:Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

"over 20% in Germany and at good wages." Peter Sebregondi said that "the German government, companies and unions TOGETHER have defended the German Industrial Commons" in response to pressure from globalization and EU... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

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