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- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment
As chair of the investment committee for a college, Sam Hayes was faced with a challenging dilemma: Should the committee invest only in socially responsible funds even though the outcome might mean fewer scholarships and teaching...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
2023, Google and Bing both launched their own versions of a chatbot for search. The AI boom was underway—and so was the AI research boom. Many predict that GenAI will change the face of business as...
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April White
- October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market
By: Mukti Khaire
The Paddle8 case is a short case that presents the idea for a new business in the global art market and asks students to evaluate whether it will work, given the structure and unique workings of the art market. Paddle8 is a New York-based startup that partners with...
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Arts;
Business Plan;
Business Startups;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Internet and the Web;
Trade;
Fine Arts Industry;
New York (city, NY)
Khaire, Mukti. "Paddle8: Painting a New Picture of the Art Market." Harvard Business School Case 812-047, October 2011. (Revised September 2014.)
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
announcing the change, MBA Program Chair and Senior Associate Dean W. Carl Kester emphasized the need to address new management challenges, such as increased competition from abroad and from companies that are taking advantage of...
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Health App Policy: International Comparison of Nine Countries' Approaches
By: Anna Essén, Ariel Dora Stern, Christoffer Bjerre Haase, Josip Car, Felix Greaves, Dragana Paparova, Steven Vandeput, Rik Wehrens and David W. Bates
An abundant and growing supply of digital health applications (apps) exists in the commercial tech-sector, which can be bewildering for clinicians, patients, and payers. A growing challenge for the health care system is therefore to facilitate the identification of...
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Digital Health;
Apps;
Health Care and Treatment;
Internet and the Web;
Policy;
Global Range;
Applications and Software
Essén, Anna, Ariel Dora Stern, Christoffer Bjerre Haase, Josip Car, Felix Greaves, Dragana Paparova, Steven Vandeput, Rik Wehrens, and David W. Bates. "Health App Policy: International Comparison of Nine Countries' Approaches." npj Digital Medicine 5, no. 31 (2022).
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
Moss: One of the things that a historical perspective helps make clear is that risk management has always been an essential function of government. From the very earliest days...
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by Laura Linard
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Sorry, We’re All Out of Chilean Sea Bass
Bruce Knecht (MBA ’86) reveals in his new book, Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish (Rodale, 2006). The author, a writer for the Wall Street Journal, details an Australian patrol boat’s 4,000-mile chase of an illegal fishing...
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- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
Climate Rising episode. Newsletters: Strictly VC, ClimateTech.VC Publications: Climate Change @ The Economist, IPCC Reports, UN State of the Climate Reports, UN COP 27 Summary, Climate Change @ World Economic Forum Books: The Lean...
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- 21 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Best Little Secret of the Harvard MBA
become an expert in hiring others who know a discipline and in learning how to assimilate information they share with you so that you, in turn, can share it with others in a compelling way. That is the secret to leveraging a team. And it’s one View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
contract.” Of course this leads to the question of whether or not this sort of thing can be contracted. Should boards specify limits on CEO...
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by James Heskett
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
to the Ten Commandments, the vast majority (eight) of which dictate what thou shalt not do. Meanwhile, in virtually every other aspect of business there is a focus on what to do. Do meet sales projections....
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by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
for people who are innately curious and like to find solutions to problems that are hard to solve,” she said. “We want people who are creative, collaborative, honest, transparent, and like to do things for the first time. A lot View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
air speed and drag, and the plane will fly no problem. But the bad thing that happened is that as this fan blade detached, it hit another fan blade. And as it hit that second fan blade, it hit it at exactly the wrong angle View Details
- October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Music and the (Real) World: Thirty Years of MTV
By: Mukti Khaire and Eleanor Kenyon
The case is useful for teaching students the structure of creative industries - especially fashion - and the issues to consider when attempting disruptive innovation and entrepreneurship in these industries.
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Industry Structures;
Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Networks
Khaire, Mukti, and Eleanor Kenyon. "Music and the (Real) World: Thirty Years of MTV." Harvard Business School Case 812-041, October 2011. (Revised September 2014.)
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Digitalization: The Key to the Future of HBS
design-thinking workshops that the task force completed over the course of five months earlier this year. "We've built amazing infrastructure on our in-person campus. Now we need to do the same thing for our...
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April White
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
graph theorists had to say about the impact of network design on transportation and inventory location at least 60 years ago. It was my meal ticket to a position on the Harvard Business School faculty. What has changed, View Details
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by James Heskett
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
"Plane Smart." It seems that Stevens Aviation had already been using "Just Plane Smart" as their slogan for the past couple of years. But instead of calling on his lawyers to get View Details
- 19 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission
development? A: There are over 3 billion Internet users today (up from 300 million just 15 years ago). Less than ten percent of them are from the United States. That is to say yes, internationalization is...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The start of a new century is certainly a momentous time. When I think about the last century and what it has meant to HBS, I am struck by how much the School has grown in stature and scale. Our alumni play a pivotal role in reinforcing...
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Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
says. "He was weighing two things and letting them play out." Companies often make the mistake of compromising too early or letting one or two groups dominate. "He allowed both ideas to be developed and...
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by Kim Girard