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- 22 Jul 2014
- News
Hungry for Change
technical solution or a cure for something that isn't scientifically possible or known," says Zeaske. "We have a resource scarcity and distribution problem, not a production problem." That last point is particularly true in agriculturally rich Minnesota. "We've View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Creative Destruction . Her latest book— The 360° Corporation: From Stakeholder Trade-offs to Transformation —is based on her award-winning course at the Rotman School. Her current research focuses on applying an innovation lens to social... View Details
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John Oxtoby
and innovative ideas. I want to learn how the private sector can take ideas and turn them into reality.” For a variety of reasons, HBS became John’s business school of choice. “A number of my Jobs Council colleagues who had attended HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
of action when facing the unknown. Chance and Intent: Managing the Risks of Innovation and Entrepreneurship edited by David L. Bodde (DBA 1976) and Caron H. St. John (Routledge) This book discusses three kinds of hazards—uncertainty,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
INK: Big News for Small Business
the US Small Business Administration says we are on the brink of a radical transformation. Fintech players like Amazon and Square, powered by big data and AI, have the potential to bring about a golden age for small business, she says,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
design "programs" or sequences of projects over time in order that learning is maximized. Most past research on innovation has focused on the management of individual projects. As a result, we know a lot about topics such as... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
at HBS. We’ve done it before. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the case method, an innovation that radically changed the School and business education. The case method enabled HBS to be close to... View Details
Keywords: April White
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Perspective 11:45 - 1:15 PM Lunch 1:15 - 1:30 PM Afternoon Remarks Laura Morgan Roberts , University of Virginia Darden School of Business 1:30 - 3:00 PM Humanizing Institutions Caroline Shenaz Hossein , University of Toronto Scarborough View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
result, write the authors, is a polarized government unable to compromise to solve the nation's greatest problems or realize its highest aspirations. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
Elizabeth Baily Wolf discusses a technique to reframe distress as passion. . The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change Every successful social movement requires three distinct leadership roles: the agitator, the innovator, and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Trends in Consumer Products
who would otherwise not have considered a refillable, planet-friendly option. We've also been able to launch new, innovative products such as dish and laundry, which allowed people to get more of their cleaning products delivered to their... View Details
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 21 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the Marketing-CEO Disconnect
the past 10 years the mix of marketing skills needed by a company has radically changed, and many senior executives—specifically, those who have remained detached from the marketing discipline—have not kept pace. The changes within the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
telegraph, the radio, and so forth) that had been every bit as radical in their time as the Internet had become in ours. I argued that all of these technologies had gone through cycles of commercial expansion and political response and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
motivation, capability, and commitment. "The most important part of the opportunity is you," she emphasized. Professor Clayton Christensen expanded on his research concerning disruptive innovation in an afternoon plenary session that... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Short Takes
the U.S. and Japanese semiconductor industries, he made a surprising discovery: Although U.S. and Japanese firms' development programs were both successful, they appeared to pursue radically different organizational strategies that showed... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
The School that Donham Built
campus on the banks of the Charles. “Dean Donham was an extraordinarily innovative and productive leader,” says Dean Nitin Nohria. “Many iconic HBS elements—including our mission, residential campus, case method teaching, the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
degradation; failure of the rule of law; failures of education and public health; state capitalism; radical movements and terrorism; and pandemics. But the business leaders were also disturbed by an 11th disrupter: the inadequacy of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Alumni Books
sports, education, health, and economics. He shows what questions to ask, which data to collect, how to mold data to yield answers, and how to interpret numbers computed by others. Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century: Innovation... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
offer failure tolerant contracts to attract entrepreneurs, leaving no capital to fund the most radical, experimental projects in the economy. The impact of different innovation policies can help to explain who finances View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne