Technological Progress - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

results are stronger in environments with less public information flow, suggesting that the shorting market is an important mechanism for private information revelation. Lobbies and Technology Diffusion Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2018
Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

an ultimately viable complex solution. Of course this didn’t happen by accident, but rather was enabled by a particular type of leadership. For example, a Chilean geologist named Felipe Matthews brought a unique technology for measuring... View Details

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

scale, and achieve meaningful progress on climate solutions . Through expert panels, case discussions, and networking, participants considered the role of the firm, individual business leaders, and HBS, as well as new business and... View Details

16 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

Source: iPhoto Startup founders with a hands-on management style are more likely to retain employees and see their firms thrive, new research shows. The results are particularly applicable to knowledge-intensive technology firms, where... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Events - Business History

Mairi Maclean, Bath 3:30 - 5:00 PM, via Zoom. Oct 18 18 Oct 2021 Business History Seminar: Global Business and Society “Antimonopoly and State Regulation of Corporations in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era” Naomi Lamoreaux, Yale 3:30 -... View Details

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Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Families of New York . [8] Lehman Brothers went on to underwrite securities for F. W. Woolworth Co., May Department Stores, Gimbel Brothers, Inc., and R. H. Macy & Co. As noted in Lehman Brothers: A Centennial : “Philip Lehman especially was sensitive to the amazing... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

with technology take longer, they're harder to follow. I'm involved, in addition to running Merck, I co-chair the commission in New Jersey about re-opening the state. Corporate America is asking what it needs to do about racial... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

Frances Frei: I studied math in college, engineering for my masters, and operations and information management for my PhD, which just means I got more and more applied as things went on. And then I got to Harvard and was in the Technology... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Research Summary

Research

The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

04 Apr 2011
HBS Case

Reinventing the National Geographic Society

quite rapidly over the last year. Fourth, this is a world-class brand. And finally, as Fahey said himself, he's not sure they are the ones who are going to figure out what the right digital combination is, but surely because of their View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

Professional Management Show Hide Details Case Studies Scaling Up N12 Technologies Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg Paul Levy: Turning Around the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Featured Exercises Capstone assignment: small... View Details

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

If Google is forced to exit China, will it be a blow financially? A: I don't think so, although they were looking to make progress in China with other lines of business, such as the Android mobile phone platform. Q: Do you think Google... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

innovation (that) may be limiting our ability to make meaningful progress in everything from technology to organizations to education—even society itself." The implication here is that the Internet has... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

employees are working in remote or hybrid environments far from the eyes of watchful supervisors. Attempts to reassert the “butts in seats” metric by using awareness technology software to measure computer keystrokes or monitor time spent... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

17 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?

needed a tremendous amount of R&D. They erred in launching too soon with a product that impacted people’s health. I’d like to know what did the plan actually look like—what was the plan to make the technology actually work? Business... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology; Technology; Technology

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

could those returns be taxed much more than so-called "earned" income? Or should a progressive consumption tax be considered, as suggested by New York Times columnist David Brooks? In his words, the purpose would be to lift... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Blog

Leading Successful Digital Transformation

transformation in large organizations for three main reasons: Focus on optimization and efficiency: Many companies use technology to cut costs, improve efficiency, or enhance the productivity of their current operations. Artificial... View Details

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details