Engineers - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2016
News

Trail Blazer

to that,” he says. The ability to build something new, especially the critical thinking required of such a task, was foremost among the skills McMinn honed at HBS, he says. “It taught me to think for myself, not to regurgitate facts and figures back to a professor. For... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

elective taught by faculty adviser and senior lecturer Daniel Isenberg. EGG: Engineering Global Growth. Why Africa? Alla “So many people see Africa as a place of violence and corruption. Having lived there, I see it as a market like any... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

11 Jul 2012
News

A Man, and a Plan, in Africa

been a powerful model that’s been replicated for other development and investment programs,” Bloom explains. “For the MCC, private investment is clearly the ultimate engine of growth and therefore of poverty reduction. We explicitly... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

29 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'

even seven figures because their expertise is just so valuable.” What does a digitization/tech economist do every day? Problems they work on include: Online advertising design. Advertising inventory on search engines is often sold via... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology; Education

26 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology

13 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

tech companies on digital and technology transformation with McKinsey and Company, and previously worked as an engineer deploying rapid prototyping devices for Intel and Apple. Yuval discusses his path to HBS, experience at Harvard... View Details

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Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator G eorges Frederic Doriot's interest in manufacturing began at an early age . He was born in 1899 in France, where his father Auguste was a successful engineer for the Peugeot Motor Company and later... View Details

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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

Trials Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care at HBS As an HBS student in Professor Vicki Sato’s Commercializing Science class, I wanted to tackle an unmet global health care need by applying my engineering and... View Details

Making Sense of Past and Present

studies in international relations, my father “strongly recommended” that I study business or engineering instead. According to him, it was more pragmatic and would ensure that I got a job. I rediscovered the immense joy of learning and... View Details

02 Feb 2007
What Do You Think?

Is There Too Little “Know Why” In Business?

implementation that we forget why we are here in the first place . 'Why' is just as important as the 'How'; they are not mutually exclusive." As Nari Kannan put it, "To survive and thrive, I think companies need to alternate between these two modes . There... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

private sector have to wait for government to become an engine of change?" Her organization, she said, works with countries at the invitation of civil society, the private sector and government. "You have to have all... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Terrance McGuire

venture created by four post-docs from The Whitehead Institute, which is now a public company with a drug on the market. He helped rescue deCODE from bankruptcy and oversaw its sale to Amgen. For more than 20 years, McGuire has also worked closely with Robert Langer,... View Details

08 Dec 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Brooke Carter (MBA 2019)

startup, hired an engineer and designer to build an iOS app, and flew out to Silicon Valley to pitch at Y Combinator. We ultimately decided to shut down the venture, but I learned invaluable lessons about grit and ingenuity. And more... View Details

21 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 21

suggest that proactive punctuated change can be effectively managed through an engineered social process designed and led by the senior leadership team. Where reactive punctuated change is driven by crisis conditions, the motivation and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 9

note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/611082-PDF-ENG Knowledge Creation at Eisai Co., Ltd Hirotaka Takeuchi, Ikujiro Nonaka, and Mayuka YamazakiHarvard Business School Case 711-492 Eisai has used knowledge creation as the engine of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

may not be going forward, due to a shift in the client's agenda. Therefore, there is a strong possibility that all the time and effort put into the project was a waste of our time. [Software engineer at a high-tech company] Ensuring clear... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

Sanwal of CMI's Engineered Products Division are responsible for formulating a strategy for the new product. A key issue is the price to charge for the pads. The case raises issues of analyzing market potential, aligning price with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

from Xerox under Barry Lathan in 1996 but was then incorporated back into Xerox's large-format printing business, Xerox Engineering Services, three years later. It similarly did not make much money. View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

values and tried many times to formulate the distinctive characteristics of the various services." In essence, the "Navy spokesmen attempted to distinguish between the Army as a 'manpower' organization and the Navy as a finely adjusted system of technical,... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

healthcare leaders,” she says. “The goal is to give our alumni the ability to network with and grow professionally with alumni, professors and students from other schools including the Harvard Medical School, the T. H. Chan School of Public Health, the Paulson School... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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