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- 01 Sep 2016
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Case Study: Alumni Advice for a Health Care Startup
has also begun helping employers meet their workers’ complex care issues by offering an upgrade from existing solutions such as elder care services or employee assistance programs (EAP), the latter of which essentially provide access to a...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
once sold holdings in their retirement accounts to lend me money to keep the doors open. All seven hundred employees at the meeting rose to give my parents a standing ovation.
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- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
technology or software people are trained in. People won't flinch to make sure that their employees have the right tools and technology. Language is no different. Q: How are talent evaluation methods driven...
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- 01 May 2013
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Joella Lykouretzos, MBA 2001
employees and currently manages approximately $2 billion in funds. “The most rewarding part has been building a team and watching it thrive,” says Joella Lykouretzos, who guided the firm as director of investor relations and chief...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Flight Path
watched his first drone race in 2015 behind a Home Depot on Long Island, the underground phenomenon had been going on for at least a few years, driven by message boards, social media, and enthusiastic amateurs. “It wasn’t sophisticated,...
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Julia Hanna
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
What managers must take away from this book is that the jobs in their organization will only be fulfilling to their employees if they provide opportunities to reasonably satisfy all four drives. Jobs must be designed so that people can...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
and team learning, in organizational behavior, and technology and innovation to offer insights for research on new product development teams. Building on prior work, we summarize the organizational benefits of NPD teams, and identify five...
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Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
invest in data collection and storage capabilities as well as data analysis people,” says Teodorescu. “Detecting which customers or employees are about to jump ship, how to maximize effectiveness for every dollar of advertising spent, and...
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- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
Working PapersThe Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate Author:Gary P. Pisano An abstract in unavailable at this time. Download the paper:...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Apr 2014
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Tackling the data dilemma
firm with innovative products, services, and solutions to help companies transition to the new style of IT. Since joining HP in 2011, Whitman has championed initiatives that help customers navigate the new realities of 21st-century...
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- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
those posing questions about how we should think about "just enough." Bill Thompson put in words what a number of the respondents seemed to assume when he said, "I believe that the current, quasi-obscene disparities [in income] between top management and...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
Illustrations by Andrea Manzati Prescription: Free the Data! On a bright September morning, on the expansive lawn outside the Watertown, Massachusetts, headquarters of the e-health firm athenahealth, city and state officials, company executives, and hundreds of View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
Photo Courtesy The Timken Company Product innovation and customer service initiatives have also been key to development of The Timken Company, a 104-year-old bearing and steel maker based in Canton, Ohio, with 28,000 View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Becoming the Next Real Estate Mogul
firm that provides capital advisory services to mid-sized, privately-held companies. Constantini cited his development of a company, Boston Financial, as one of his most rewarding projects. "I was able to do some creative, innovative...
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- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
retrenchment; think growth. Key concepts include: Companies that survive the financial crisis by identifying and exploiting innovation will serve as economic growth engines in the future—and will be the industry leaders of tomorrow. This...
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by Staff
- 01 Jun 2012
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Inspiration Is Not Enough
approved.” Like Hefner, other innovators in Harris’s pantheon never get dulled by the details. Southwest Airlines cofounder Herb Kelleher was known to personally load baggage to improve employee morale. Walt...
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- 17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17
valuations in first financing rounds. Further econometric tests suggest that, as predicted by the theory, this effect is driven by unobservable heterogeneity, and it is more pronounced in teams that make quick decisions about founder...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. What’s to Be Done about...
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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets
a bureaucratic gridlock. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Sir Fazle Hasan AbedFounder of BRAC, explains how he was approached by politicians in Bangladesh asking him to influence the votes of employees and how he refused to do so. Questions for...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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What’s the Big Idea?
Issue Focus: Ideas & Impact Illustration by Timothy Cook An Intellectual Capital: Some Influential HBS Ideas, at a Glance Pleasure in Progress Teresa Amabile It sounds so obvious: Employees who make meaningful progress in their work enjoy...
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