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- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
cycles The crisis demonstrates, painfully, the importance of cash. In his famous essay "The Yield from Money Held,” the economist William Hutt described cash in your pocket or on the balance sheet as “a fire engine when there are no... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 01 Aug 2019
- What Do You Think?
Has the Twitter Age Left the Case Method Behind?
general dislike of the case method (in addition) engineers find it very difficult to accept that there is not one single solution. Further, with today’s short attention span, having longer dialogues with students on their stand doesn’t... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
client computer projects, and Brandi, a software engineer turned online fraud fighter, set up web crawlers that ran more than 2 million page-loads on a variety of computers and virtual computers. In 2012, they tested the vulnerability of... View Details
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
inevitably results in the same spotlight on oneself. The Brazilians may well think, as Hamlet did when turning the tables on his adversaries, "For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard." View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 10 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Governance in India and Around the Globe
engineering a transition from a stakeholder to a shareholder-based corporate governance system. Ultimately, however, the corporate governance standards at Infosys are the exception rather than the norm in India. Some data on corporate... View Details
- 14 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS
the experience, energy, and analytical skills of MBAs for one year. More information on the application process is available on our website. M – MS/MBA. The MS/MBA is the newest Harvard Business School joint degree program offered in collaboration with the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
$1 trillion to over $6 trillion annually. The World Economic Forum identified new sustainable buildings as a $24.7 trillion investment opportunity by 2030, in emerging markets alone. No surprise – Amanda, an engineer by training, believes... View Details
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Research Resources | Baker Library
1947-2014 Collection of papers, ephemera, newspaper clippings, printed publications, and an autobiography by Alfred Bellows, a former Polaroid Corporation engineer involved in the development of the SX-70 color camera in the 1960s and... View Details
- 09 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove: A Biographer’s Tale
edge. So these are all parts of Intel culture. Disagree and then commit. In other words, we'll listen to you. Let chaos reign and then reign in chaos. In other words, get as many ideas as you can—but once you do, come to a decision and create what Andy the View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
new ideas. Case in point: At Bing, a small headline change an employee proposed was deemed a low priority and shelved for months until one engineer decided to do a quick online controlled experiment—an A/B test—to try it out. The test... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
the Order Management Cycle Sales Marketing CustomerService Engineering Purchasing Finance Operations Logistics Top Mgmt Participation plans to buy 1. Order Planning coordinates gets sales pitch 2. Order Generation some negotiates 3. Cost... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
predecessors of ABB, the global engineering giant. In a 1991 interview in Harvard Business Review, he noted that: We had no choice but to do it secretly and to do it quickly.… There were no lawyers, no auditors, no environmental... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 25 Mar 2025
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship
chemistry teacher that talked about how batteries and solar panels worked, which is where my interest started. I pursued chemical engineering for my undergraduate and master's degrees, with a focus on clean tech. I did consulting in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
has also written articles for many publications, including Management Science, Public Administration Review, Annals of the History of Computers, and the Harvard Business Review. A 1952 graduate of Purdue University, where he received a BS degree in mechanical View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
Madison did not . Hamilton and Gallatin had helped to lay the intellectual and policy framework for the rise of the United States as a powerful engine of economic innovation. In the administrations they served, they differed from their... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
great program for CEOs as does the Inc. CEO Project, YPO, etc. but there are also niche peer groups like VPE Forum that specialize in engineering leaders. It may take some time to find the right group, so be patient. You’ll know when... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
social inequality." Romuald Kepa added: "The invention of the steam engine and resulting shifts in the society are great providers of insight… Luckily, (the) world did not collapse " Others were not so sure that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
intended victim. (Ironically, in the meantime we have learned that the "worm" that attacked Iran's nuclear centrifuges and sent them whirling out of control and into self-destruction in all likelihood was carefully engineered... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
students, but also those from Harvard’s medical school, engineering school, and public policy and health school—understand how to disseminate their health care innovation ideas. If they are very serious about it, the second course, a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
will move your purchasing to the digital space after visiting the pop-ups, so it’s not meant to be a channel of distribution; it’s an acquisition engine and a way to make a brand splash in a particular market. AM: Warby Parker also has... View Details