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- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
“Sometimes when things go wrong, an organization needs to look at whether the problems are self-inflicted. The way things are handled in some organizations, the way decisions are made, and the way people communicate are often at the root of the real problem,” he says.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
beginning of the book is this idea that more new information has been created since 2010 than in all of previous human history, which is staggering to think about. And you write that even though we’re awash in all of this information,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
led you to write the book? Noel Maurer: The idea of the book grew out of two conundrums. First, why wasn't Panama richer in 1999, after [nearly] 100 years of the Panama Canal? After all, the United States and Panama were joined at the hip... View Details
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Approach problems using structured methods of gathering observations, breaking cognitive fixedness, and generating creative ideas for solutions Apply creative solutions and... View Details
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Impact Stories - Impact Stories
Impact Stories Impact Stories Play The Economics of Science: Turning Ideas into Applications Professor Kyle Myers Play Implementing Innovation: How to Overcome Adoption Challenges Professor Rebecca Karp 08 Jul 2025 Recruiting Make Work... View Details
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
you're not going to make any progress. Be sure about what's the problem you're trying to solve, because the biggest flaw that a corporate explorer or entrepreneur makes is that they are too obsessed with their own idea rather than about... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 08 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate
like-minded people to spend less time commuting to and from work and more time discussing innovative new ideas with one another. Plus, she notes, other studies have shown that remote work can actually increase productivity, employee... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- Web
HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni
finance panel, this interactive discussion will aim to shed light on gaps in the capital stack that already—or will soon—slow or obstruct progress on climate solutions. Together we will crowdsource ideas to understand themes, articulate... View Details
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Public Education Leadership Project
build management and leadership skills, and acquire new ability to achieve long-term excellence across all schools in your district. You will return to your district with new ideas and strategies that you can implement successfully. Read... View Details
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
Network Platforms Population Interference in Panel Experiments Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Professional Networks in China and America Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 26 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress
Mortality and Health Costs in the United States, written with Stanford business professors Jeffrey Pfeffer and Stefanos A. Zenios. Goh specializes in developing complex mathematical models that can aid decision making, especially in the presence of uncertainty.... View Details
- 03 Jun 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Inducement Prizes and Innovation
- 17 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions
Keywords: by Alvin E. Roth
- October 2023
- Teaching Note
Metaverse Wars
By: Andy Wu and Matt Higgins
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-431. Metaverse Wars recaps the development of the metaverse concept and the attendant hype, bringing the narrative up to the summer of 2023 when Meta’s big pivot looked more like a costly misstep than a stroke of strategic genius. In... View Details
- March 2012
- Article
Fixing What's Wrong with U. S. Politics
By: David A. Moss
In America today there's a growing sense that the political system is broken and that its ineffectiveness is a major threat to U.S. competitiveness. Why do so many think the political system is not working? Research shows that in Congress, Republicans and Democrats are... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; System; Conflict Management; Performance Productivity; Policy; Public Administration Industry; United States
Moss, David A. "Fixing What's Wrong with U. S. Politics." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- 05 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 5, 2016
markets, they have great untapped potential to become change-makers in climate change. This paper expands on our idea of the "Climate Custodians" first presented in the MIT Sloan Management Review within the governance context of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
Strategy Sales Success and Willingness to Pay Asking How Near-Customers Featured Exercises Identify ways to increase and decrease willingness to sell (WTS) to create a dual advantage Explore the idea of value drivers 5 hrs Module 2 Adding... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
to appeal to them." Consumers criticized PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi for suggesting that Doritos might develop lady-friendly chips that are “low crunch” because women “don’t like to crunch too loudly in public”—an idea that never came to... View Details