Building Block - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

would run. It was during these early days that Microsoft began to invest in creating libraries of programming "components": building blocks of intellectual property that could be used to develop... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

contributors, salespeople aim their attention at their customers and products, worried mostly about how to do their own job well. In becoming managers, they must pivot toward clarifying to their staff what the job requires, helping them View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

supervisors and chatted with workers in green jumpsuits. She then sped over to DSNY headquarters, just a few blocks north of City Hall, to discuss the details of the agency’s emergency snow response with her executive team. “Don’t screw... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

their businesses or organizations. The course is also well suited for business operations specialists to understand the building blocks of basic data visualization. Data Science for Business moves beyond the... View Details

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

area to earn a Certificate of Specialization Learn More about what you earn Syllabus 6 Modules, 35-40 Hours Download full syllabus 6-7 hrs Module 1 Financial Analysis Understand the building blocks of... View Details

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Social Progress Imperative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential. Learn more about the... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

angles between those planes. In 1852, Dr. William Bird Herapath discovered that combining iodine with quinine salt produced tiny crystals with light-polarizing characteristics that could direct and block planes of light. But low-cost... View Details

11 Jul 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'

With the help of LEGO bricks, business executives discover how design principles can serve as building blocks to create a great customer experience. How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Service

01 Apr 2000
News

New Home for External Relations

The recent growth of faculty associated with key academic initiatives in areas such as entrepreneurship, information technology, and global business has contributed to an acute shortage of office space at HBS. In response, the School has extended the reach of its... View Details

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

greater, but the average quality will be lower due to the lower expected value of marginal ideas. However, we posit that slack time such as school breaks may be qualitatively different than work time because contiguous blocks may be... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

crucial projects we really need to get done. In fact, when we are distracted from a task, it can take 19 minutes to refocus on what we were doing, according to creativity expert Teresa Amabile, Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at HBS.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), breaking down specific programs and provisions included in relevant policy. Finally, it will dive into some examples of EJ as it is currently being applied by businesses, building out clear... View Details

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

selective aspects of punishment in the U.S. over the period 1980-2004. We note that imprisonment increased around 1980, a period that coincides with the "Reagan revolution" in economic matters. We build an economic model where... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

organization had little interest in their professional development and well-being. NAH had mandated career conferences across all departments one year prior, and Harris felt this initiative could serve as an important building View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

"confounding questions, inane comments, and verbal bullets." This excerpt looks at attack strategies used by naysayers: fear mongering, delay, confusion, ridicule. For more information, read Kotter's HBR.org blog post, Know Your Enemy: The People Who View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

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Demonstration Policy | About

the work of the School is carried out; or other places where demonstrations would interfere with the normal activities of the School. When a demonstration occurs, demonstrators may not: Inhibit the freedom of movement of members of the community (e.g., by View Details

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

is a fundamental building block of everyday technologies. The increasing importance of FOSS throughout the economy became critically apparent in 2014 when the Heartbleed security bug in the OpenSSL... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

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Forum - U.S. Competitiveness

Started 24 Jul 2014 A Billion-Dollar Profit Idea for Apple That Puts Americans to Work Forum started by Daniel B. Cunningham Daniel Cunningham has a billion-dollar idea for Apple: Start building the iPhone intended for American markets in... View Details

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

influence the stories consumers create or their relationship with a brand or company, they need to know what deep metaphors are operating. These metaphor insights then allow managers to leverage them in advertising, packaging, product design, and so on. For this... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

Ave. Two metal plates embedded in the section of Massachusetts Avenue between Dunster and Holyoke Streets mark the foundation of Goffe House, a building unearthed during the construction of the Red Line MBTA subway in 1910. Harvard’s... View Details

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