Prizes - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

therefore focus their research worldwide, not just on the BRICs. “Often the main prize today is the emerging middle class, which aspires to consume world class products at lower price points." -Krishna G. Palepu "We have been studying... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

Management By: Rigby, Darrell K., Jeff Sutherland, and Hirotaka Takeuchi Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51051 January 2016 Journal of Brand Management The Corporate Brand Identity and Reputation... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Social Media" at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium. Kyra Gaunt's book The Games Black Girls Play: Learning the Ropes from Double-Dutch to Hip-Hop published by NYU Press won of the 2007 Alan Merriam Book Prize awarded by The Society for... View Details

13 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818089-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 919-401 The Reputation of the 'World's Most Prestigious Award': The Nobel Prize Nobel Foundation leadership is addressing a range of issues related to its... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2012
News

Rival Visions

been Hamilton's.... An acclaimed and prolific author, Thomas K. McCraw, the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, Emeritus, died in November. He won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1985 for Prophets of Regulation. More recently,... View Details

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

attempt to squelch their demands for independence. Cover photo for Imperial Reckoning, Central Province, Kenya, c. 1954 (Photo credit: Popperfoto/Retrofile.com) The research became the basis for her 2005 book Imperial Reckoning, which won the 2006 Pulitzer View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1997
News

"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

Two days after his Nobel Prize was announced, Professor Merton spoke with Bulletin editor Deborah Blagg in his Morgan Hall office, where imposing stacks of scholarly journals had been displaced temporarily by a garland of colorful... View Details

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

focus not just on financial rewards but on recognition as well. To that end, Lerner recommends that firms host innovation contests, wherein individuals or teams receive prizes for solving internal problems or creating new products—noting... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

Lakhani said the question comes down to this: Do we have the right labor force? His research team recently held a three-weeklong contest that looked to improve the accuracy and processing speed of an algorithm designed to analyze genomic data. With a View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

competitors, prize allocation and structure, divisionalization, open entry) as a means of reconciling non-monotonic incentive responses to competition, effectively manipulating the number and skills distribution of contestants facing one... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference across Borders

Harvard College I often felt like I had my head down. I don’t regret that – I ultimately succeeded academically, winning the Harris Prize for best thesis in Economics and graduating Summa, and got into finance -- but with some savings and... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

that offers a $24 million prize pool for one tournament, bracketed levels of competition, and tournaments that yield almost $17 million in sponsorship revenue? These numbers aren’t referring to golf or tennis, but eSports. ESports... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

10 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 10

immigrants have a disproportionate impact among the very highest achievers (e.g., Nobel Prize winners). Studies regarding the impact of immigrants on natives tend to find limited consequences in the short-run, while the results in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Dana Hoffmann

background, such ambition is not a surprise. Hoffmann’s mother is a geophysicist and oceanographer who taught at MIT. Her father passed away when Hoffmann and her identical twin sister Ashley were just two years old and when her mother got a View Details

Profile

Marcela Sapone

Competition in San Francisco, a crown jewel for startups. Each of the prizes carried $50,000 in award money and while $100,000 in funding is deeply welcome, the affirmation of their concept was even more rewarding for Sapone and Beck. For... View Details

Web

Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising

products from one another with the repeated printing of brand names and trademarks. “Such world-wide characters as ‘The old Quaker of Quaker Oats . . . and the Victor Talking Machine Dog’ would never have been worth the millions of dollars at which their owners View Details

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

historian and Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullogh. I've heard that it's a nitty-gritty account of how they achieved sustained flight—against all odds and through industriousness, patience, and relentless experimentation. Robert Kaplan... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

01 Mar 2005
News

In the Blood

boarding school,” says Clay. “They’ve entrusted you with their prized possession and expect you to manage it properly.” Once the owners have settled on a home for their horse, the farm manages the syndication process for a fee, selling... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; horse racing; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

11 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 11

prize in Newark, New Jersey. It provides an opportunity to debate the political and ethical responsibilities of businesses in repressive regimes as well as the challenges faced by entrepreneurs operating in countries with different value... View Details