Legacy - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

because they can’t afford the insurance contracts offered by legacy carriers, which often require purchasing several months of coverage up front. “Insurance technology can enable cash-strapped drivers to access shorter and more affordable... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

shareholders. Unilever's historical legacy provided organizational and cultural constraints on the options available. It entered the 1960s with an organization that was so decentralized as to be fragmented. The British and Dutch... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

collapsed, the world of the early twentieth century is as much a creation of the losing side in the Cold War as of the winning side. Socialism did not die with the USSR. As Slobodian notes, “neoliberal globalism remains one argument among many.” Understanding the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

02 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

success in putting a man on the moon. “Slavery was mentioned, as was the Civil War, but mostly as an unfortunate chapter in American history,” Chandra says. When he later came to the US, however, he saw the legacy of that ugly chapter... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

11 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

accelerate. The problem: Especially in legacy industries such as health care, manufacturing, and agriculture, much of the data is not digital and unstructured, increasing significantly the effort required to extract, clean, normalize, and... View Details

Keywords: by Rocio Wu

06 Nov 2018
Research & Ideas

8 Ways to Make Olympic Stadiums Useful After the Games End

after the torch has been extinguished and the athletes and spectators have gone home, the stadium built to host the opening ceremonies and other events—usually at enormous cost—remains. In After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance Olympic View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Sports

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

research and thoughts on Schumpeter's legacy in this e-mail interview. Sean Silverthorne: What attracted you to research and write about Schumpeter? And why the title Prophet of Innovation? Thomas McCraw: I first encountered Schumpeter... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Enron’s Lessons for Managers

Salter said Enron's legacy of corporate reforms in the U.S. since its fall is deep and wide and not necessarily reassuring. Steps to curb Enron-like corporate abuses, such as the shift from a principles-based corporate governance system... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

detection.” Individual accounts are also more vulnerable to being taken over by hackers. Legacy code. In some cases, outdated legacy code remains in production even though improved code has been introduced.... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

work atmosphere. "We needed to reach employees on four levels: People needed to make a living, they needed to feel loved, they needed to learn, and they needed to feel like they were part of something special and leave a legacy... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

26 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Clayton M. Christensen, Acclaimed Author and Teacher, Dies At 67

best selves that permeated every aspect of his life. His loss will be felt deeply by many in our community and his legacy will be long-lasting.” See complete biography on the Harvard Business School website here. View Details

28 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

While legacy companies like Sears are shuttering their doors, a growing number of online-first companies—from Amazon to Rent the Runway—are opening new storefronts and transforming the shopping experience. Senior Lecturer Jill Avery and... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

"Right now we're letting the ends of the ideological spectrum and the entrenched power of legacy interests stalemate a path to the future," Lassiter says. "That's a thing worth fighting." “Right now we're letting the ends of the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

31 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Improving Fairness in Flight Delays

tend to have fewer connecting passengers and often fly into airports that are less capacity constrained. Legacy carriers fell somewhere in-between. Worst airports for connections. Passengers scheduled to transfer in Newark, Chicago... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Entertainment & Recreation; Air Transportation

24 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 24

analysis, which I apply to a wealth of data, I show how changes in product, organizational, and community identities associated with a legacy technology can be reconstituted to reconfigure a field. My findings highlight that three... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

goes up against an incumbent with only a slightly better product has just a 3 percent chance of success. Evaluate the CEO of the start-up. Is this someone capable of running a start-up, or will his or her big-company legacy be a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

surprise changes to their dependency relationships that are not associated with new functionality; and iii) tightly-coupled components are "harder to augment," in that the mix of new components added in each version is significantly more modular than the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

join the European Monetary Union in 1999. With strong unions, weak competitiveness, and a legacy of socialism, it could not compete with north-European countries. After borrowing extensively to fund deficits, Portugal went into debt... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

despite having institutions that limited political participation for the masses (Lindert, 2004; Engerman, Mariscal, and Sokoloff, 2009) and having one of the worst colonial institutional legacies of the Americas (Acemoglu, Johnson, and... View Details