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Business History - Faculty & Research
interdisciplinary and global approach to understanding business history. Today business historians at the School investigate a broad range of themes, including entrepreneurship, innovation, globalization,...
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- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
business, and how the growing ahistorical nature of much management and economics literature has seriously compromised its legitimacy. In a well-documented process, the spread of quantitative and standardized social science methodologies...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
New Year's Eve 1999 gave revelers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for celebration - the exhilarating thrill of ringing in a year that's always had an aura of science fiction mystery. When the champagne corks popped at midnight, however,...
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Julia Hanna
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Will business fill the Paris void?
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
generally refers to spiritual dryness, or profound loneliness and doubt. The best social science indicates that across the globe, our communities are becoming lonelier and less fulfilled. John of the Cross teaches how to find deep meaning...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- Winter 2017
- Article
Why Big Data Isn't Enough
By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih
There is a growing belief that sophisticated algorithms can explore huge databases and find relationships independent of any preconceived hypotheses. But in businesses that involve scientific research and technological innovation, this approach is misguided and...
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Big Data;
Science-based;
Science;
Scientific Research;
Data Analytics;
Data Science;
Data-driven Management;
Data Scientists;
Technological Innovation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Mathematical Methods;
Theory
Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih. "Why Big Data Isn't Enough." Art. 58227. MIT Sloan Management Review 58, no. 2 (Winter 2017): 57–61.
- 08 Aug 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Entrepreneurship and Business History: Renewing the Research Agenda
- June 1993
- Case
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A) and (B) (Abridged)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine N. Seger
Describes the largest information systems outsourcing agreement in the industry from the perspectives of both companies involved in the deal.
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Restructuring;
Transition;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Contracts;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Business Strategy;
Information Technology
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine N. Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (A) and (B) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 193-178, June 1993.
- 17 Apr 2018
- News
Reimagining Capitalism: Business and the Big Problems
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New Program for Science-Based Businesses
scientific discoveries from the lab to the market. The program is designed for executives with strong science backgrounds as well as nontechnical managers with key business responsibilities. HBS faculty will...
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- October 2016
- Article
Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science
By: Kevin J. Boudreau, Eva Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani and Christoph Riedl
Selecting among alternative innovative projects is a core management task in all innovating organizations. In this paper, we focus on the evaluation of frontier scientific research projects. We argue that the "intellectual distance" between the knowledge embodied in...
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Knowledge;
Innovation;
Novelty;
Evaluation;
Resource Allocation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Innovation and Management;
Science-Based Business;
Experience and Expertise
Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim R. Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl. "Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science." Management Science 62, no. 10 (October 2016).
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
section; some of it is in the Arts section and the weekly Science section. Business stories appear in all parts of the paper even when they are not labeled as such, including the Technology, Dining, and Real...
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- 21 Jun 2017
- Book
Meet the Oddball Entrepreneurs Who Invented Green Businesses
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Gore All Business at HBS
students during a talk titled “A Change in Business Climate” presented in Burden Auditorium in December. Gore explained that the population explosion, coupled with the revolutions in science and technology,...
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- 07 Oct 2014
- News
Business School Professor Argues for 'Decarbonized' Economy
- February 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Background Note
Note on Valuing Private Businesses
By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs
This case provides a brief overview of valuation for owners of closely held companies. The focus is on a comparable transactions approach, although rules of thumb and discounted cash flow are mentioned. Earnings multiples and their drivers are discussed. It uses...
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Earnings Management;
Finance;
Cash Flow;
Analytics and Data Science;
Private Ownership;
Valuation
Crane, Dwight B., and Indra Reinbergs. "Note on Valuing Private Businesses." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-060, February 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
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Career Support - Business & Environment
commercial property owners to reduce the carbon footprint of their buildings. After studying economics and environmental science at Dartmouth, Giulia Siccardo (MBA 2016) came to HBS to expand her skills with the goal of helping companies...
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Policy - Business & Environment
Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry in particular, seeing...
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- 04 Jul 2005
- What Do You Think?
How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?
whether business schools in general have lost their relevance by following "the scientific model" of graduate schools of arts and science as opposed to "the professional model" of medical...
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by James Heskett
- 19 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2023, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some...
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