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- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
eminent hospitals, and for decades has been a leader in pioneering cardiac care. Explores the methods, processes, and personnel that the hospital has cultivated over the years in order to develop its track record of excellence. In light...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
began to wonder how I wanted to spend my life after college and if the service might be the right path. I wanted responsibility, adventure, excitement, and to have some purpose greater than just myself. It was these feelings, layered on top of the legacy of service...
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- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
Forest L. Reinhardt, and Vishal Vasishth Publication:Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract To shed light on individuals' willingness to pay for "green" goods (i.e., goods that are supposed to have...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
music director just a week before the flooding began, had led the orchestra only a handful of times as a guest conductor. Now, at 38, he was tasked with rebuilding an orchestra with no home or foreseeable income. When the orchestra took...
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- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
occurrence of organizational errors. Further, in the light of a recurring critique of prior error-related organizational studies as being narrowly context-bound and therefore of limited interest to organizational researchers in general,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
gaining ground in banking. In light of the recent financial crisis, several commentators concluded that the continuing expansion of risk measurement is dysfunctional (Power, 2009; Taleb, 2007). This paper asks whether the expansion of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
but so helpful is about rediscovery. This is research led by Ting Zhang, who is an assistant professor here. Humans like to do this thing where we put stuff in a time capsule and bury it, then dig it up again later, which is a strange...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
human potential. It has made the US an economic powerhouse. It has played a major role in capital being allocated to the most productive uses. Free enterprise has led to the creation of a staggering number of jobs that support families...
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
of success is that a manager may not realize the need to constantly adapt strategy—the old adage “when you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail” may apply. The careers of several long-time successful NFL coaches help shed light on...
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- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
sensitive to the solicited person’s gender, with women responding more than men. These results shed light on the factors that drive employees’ engagement in organizational tasks, beyond regular duties, and provide insights on how to...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
compulsory invention secrecy was effective at keeping affected technology out of the public domain, but it appears to have reduced and delayed follow-on invention, reduced entry into patenting, and restricted commercialization. The results shed View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
When you think about which countries have produced the greatest management innovations, the United States and Japan are likely to top your list. But it was Germany in the late 1800s and early 1900s that was a cauldron of innovative and entrepreneurial spirit admired by...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
Oishi in 2000. “She had ideas to change the system, and her thinking was different,” he recalls. Oishi led Nomaguchi and two other doctors in brainstorming a picture of the ideal medical practice, one that incorporated the best of what...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
concept in cybersecurity—the venue is just different. “Chief information security officers used to meet once a week for a beer and say, ‘Hey, are you seeing this?’ ” says Anne Bonaparte (MBA 1988), CEO of cybersecurity firm BrightPoint who has previously View Details
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
consistent and emotional brand worldwide. With its primary core customer currently the “serious” runner, and its innovation strategy geared towards high-end performance, pursuing these objectives in light of the fiercely competitive...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Surprisingly, greater code complexity in a submission increases both the odds of generating a top performing entry and its community value. We discuss the implications of these findings in light of the literature on private-collective...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
thrive in the coming decades, the debate must not end there. A growing number of international business leaders agree. In 1990, nearly fifty heads of major corporations (including several HBS alumni), led by Swiss industrialist Stephan...
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- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
back even further, to his elementary school days, when he bought packages of light bulbs in bulk and sold them door-to-door in his neighborhood at slightly below retail prices. "I think I always wanted to have control over my future. We...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
that summer internship?Fuller: So how is it that that led you to develop the micro internship model that Parker Dewey is known for?Moss: Well, one of the things I realized—and actually a college student described it perfectly—was that the...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
teach the Socratic method at Harvard Business School. So, you know, we have to engage the students in thought in real time. It is the classic reverse classroom in our classes. You prepare to go to class, which is where you’re going to learn. And there are moments where...
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