Locus Of Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jun 2021
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Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity

a problem.” Koss said Springbank is launching a State of Care Report in partnership with Pivotal Ventures to assess the care market and its future growth, while also looking at household management and aging-in-place trends. “It’s a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

study of companies in Western countries. But while innovation was the most important driver of high performance among the corporations in the Western economies, in Asian... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Feb 2000
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Financial Services 24/7

"What did people do before ATMs?" That's a question that causes most twentysomethings to draw a blank. They don't remember the days when people conducted their banking - face-to-face with a teller - between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on weekdays. The idea View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books

Kiss Your BUT Good-Bye: How to Get beyond the One Word That Stands between You and Success by Joe Azelby and Bob Azelby (MBA 1997) (HarperBusiness) The Azelbys want to help professionals become aware of the things they do, or fail to do,... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

justify the higher Asian wages." Asian companies will need to move beyond OEM production and adopt real strategies involving unique ways of competing, Porter asserted. They will have to compete in more sophisticated ways, and the national... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

09 Sep 2016
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MaiTai Global and Kiteboarding

interface on the internet-- I ended up putting together with partners, the fun that seeded Twitter and invested in companies like TweetDeck and other social things, that got me very connected to a very innovative group View Details

29 Mar 2023
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Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

million people—to make donations to efforts to organizations like Turkey’s AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Authority), Red Crescent of Kazakhstan, and the National Volunteer Network. “Kaspi.kz’s mission is to improve people’s... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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Plunging Into the Net

Technology has a way of seeping into our lives. On our first encounter with a microwave, an answering machine, an ATM, a cellular phone, or a video camera, each of these View Details

31 Mar 2022
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A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man coordinates a food drive to benefit the people in his community. As a local leader in the Robin Hood Army, a nonprofit volunteer organization, he’s on the front... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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A Message from Dean Clark

the skills and knowledge our graduates will bring to their jobs but also on their values, their attitudes, and their character. To reach this goal we must continue the long-standing tradition of innovation... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

Your credit card has already been stolen. You just don’t know it yet. Thomas knows it, though. (A 12-year IT security veteran, Thomas requested anonymity to protect the reputation of his employers, which have included Fortune 100... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

Turkey. When the video ends, Janice McCormick, director of Academic Services, flicks on the lights and leads the group on its first foray into case method learning. Despite McCormick's encouragement, it is an awkward exercise, marked by... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

06 Dec 2021
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The Sparkles in Our Skies

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are... View Details

Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Jun 1996
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Reinventing Marketing

interactions between instructors and students are some of the latest technological innovations in Marketing classrooms. Associate Professor Raymond P. Burke uses his "virtual shopping" computer software in... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; Illustration by Peter Hoey

12 Jan 2017
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Personalizing Women’s Path to Success

Photos by David Kelly Crow Many women hit a point in their career when they are unsure of which path to take next or even how to move ahead. For some, that inflection point comes mid-career or after a successful run; others are simply... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom

Nemak employs 14,300 workers at 29 plants around the world; 2008 revenues totaled $3 billion. We round out our day back at the hotel, where we hear from Dr. Paulino Decanini Garza, founder of Primedic, as well as its COO, Fernando García.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Dec 2021
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December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

of the polar ice caps. Our world is squarely in a climate crisis and on the brink of a climate disaster. More than ever, we need a clear course of action. What if the... View Details

28 Oct 2021
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Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

(HBSWANY), presented the discussion in partnership with the nonprofit Girls With Impact to explore how Pivotal Ventures, an investment and incubation company, is using philanthropic and investment capital to fund innovative startups and... View Details