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- July 2019
- Article
'Forward Flow': A New Measure to Quantify Free Thought and Predict Creativity
By: Kurt Gray, Stephen Anderson, Eric Evan Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael S. Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Yoed N. Kenett and Kevin Lewis
When the human mind is free to roam, its subjective experience is characterized by a continuously evolving stream of thought. Although there is a technique that captures people’s streams of free thought—free association—its utility for scientific research is undermined...
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Gray, Kurt, Stephen Anderson, Eric Evan Chen, John Michael Kelly, Michael S. Christian, John Patrick, Laura Huang, Yoed N. Kenett, and Kevin Lewis. "'Forward Flow': A New Measure to Quantify Free Thought and Predict Creativity." American Psychologist 74, no. 5 (July 2019): 539–554.
- June 2001 (Revised February 2005)
- Background Note
Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles
By: Richard L. Nolan
Traces the creative destruction of industrial age management principles and creative construction of new management principles more appropriate for the information age. Includes self-administered questionnaire to permit managers to assess the status of the...
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Keywords:
Transformation;
Disruptive Innovation;
Goals and Objectives;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Personal Development and Career;
System;
Information Technology
Nolan, Richard L. "Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles." Harvard Business School Background Note 301-153, June 2001. (Revised February 2005.)
- 2010
- Book
Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard Bullock
The best way to select emerging markets to exploit is to evaluate their size or growth potential, right? Not according to Krishna Palepu and Tarun Khanna. In 'Winning in Emerging Markets,' these leading scholars on the subject present a decidedly different framework...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Emerging Markets;
Organizations;
Opportunities;
Business Strategy
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Richard Bullock. Winning in Emerging Markets: A Road Map for Strategy and Execution. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- February 2010 (Revised March 2016)
- Background Note
Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Break-even Analysis
By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
Marketing managers are often called upon to make recommendations for or against programs that cost money to implement. Before expenditures are made, managers want to be sure that they will be getting a return on their investment. One way of assessing this is by...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Investment Return;
Spending;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Marketing Strategy;
Strategic Planning;
Mathematical Methods
Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Jill Avery. "Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Break-even Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 510-080, February 2010. (Revised March 2016.)
- June 1987 (Revised August 1988)
- Case
American Bank
By: Robert S. Kaplan
American Bank is developing a new system to compute product costs. The deregulated, more competitive environment for commercial banks has created both problems and opportunities for banking operations. In order to price existing products and assess the desirability of...
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Keywords:
System;
Consolidation;
Commercial Banking;
SWOT Analysis;
Fair Value Accounting;
Cost Management;
Price;
Banking Industry;
North and Central America;
United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "American Bank." Harvard Business School Case 187-194, June 1987. (Revised August 1988.)
- Web
Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online
through the Personal Values Questionnaire self-assessment Video upload: Deepen your understanding of how others experience you as a leader through recording yourself and learning from the peer assessment exercise 7-9 hrs Module 4 Your...
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online
Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Credential of Readiness from HBS Online. What you earn. Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Apply Now Key Concepts Analyze and interpret data to inform business decisions Implement analytical View Details
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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online
from population samples Implement regression analysis and other analytical techniques in Excel Who Will Benefit College Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering Graduate School Mid-Career Professionals Prepare for your next...
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- June 1998 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Nicole Tempest
Wells Fargo, the industry leader in electronic banking, has implemented a Balanced Scorecard in its online financial services group (OFS) to track and measure performance. The OFS group develops and supports services that allow existing and future banking customers to...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Strategy;
Performance Evaluation;
Finance;
Change;
Situation or Environment;
Measurement and Metrics;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Nicole Tempest. "Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-146, June 1998. (Revised August 2001.)
- Program
Developing Yourself as a Leader—Virtual
decisions, and who can grow with you over time Who Should Attend Emerging leaders who want to develop the tools and techniques to actively manage their leadership trajectory and grow their influence and impact across their organization...
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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
research, user experience, prototyping, and journey mapping Assess group dynamics and improve team performance through tools and processes designed to enhance collaboration and iteration in development Guide teams to draw from a wide...
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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online
entrepreneurship and innovation will teach you how to assess new business opportunities and use creativity to take your initial ideas and turn them into successful, groundbreaking business ventures. What You Earn Certificate of Completion...
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- October 2011 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
LinkedIn Corporation
By: Francois Brochet and James Weber
The case is set at the end of the first public trading day of LinkedIn, an online professional network company. It provides information on the company's business model, financial statements, competitive landscape, and IPO terms, to help the reader critically assess the...
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Keywords:
Initial Public Offering;
Growth and Development;
Earnings Management;
Risk Management;
Valuation;
SWOT Analysis;
Emerging Markets;
Business Model;
Information Technology;
Competitive Strategy;
Web Services Industry
Brochet, Francois, and James Weber. "LinkedIn Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 112-006, October 2011. (Revised January 2012.)
- Research Summary
Health-care Applications
Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
Transitioning to a New Role Featured Exercises Learning Path Tool assessment Time allocation exercise 6-8 hrs Module 2 Leader as Beacon: Understanding the Context and Setting Direction Develop a direction for your division, unit, or...
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Curriculum - MBA
School Recognizing that data-driven insights are critical for modern business decision making, this course equips managers to effectively lead analytics-powered organizations. Topics covered include: An understanding of foundational data science concepts and View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
School. Disruptive Strategy helps students become fluent in disruption theory and gain confidence in articulating complex viewpoints, apply strategic frameworks to assess new opportunities and potential threats, and acquire View Details
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
improvements 5-6 hrs Module 3 Energizing Employees to Execute Strategy Apply techniques to spur high performance and creativity among employees and create core values that inspire and guide employees through difficult decisions....
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- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This case examines his efforts to turn Sesame Workshop around. It notes Sesame's storied history and the underlying financial troubles that Dunn...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'
study, Troncoso and Luo looked at six months of data collected by Freelancer.com in 2018. It covers more than 160,000 freelancers, over 2 million applications, and 63,014 completed jobs. They found that freelancers with certain attributes were more likely to land the...
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by Scott Van Voorhis