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- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
low-income countries. The high-quality firms that do exist focus on top-level searches, so companies must scramble to identify middle-level managers, engineers, or floor supervisors. Engineering colleges, business schools, and training... View Details
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Jason A. Kilar
electrical engineer who worked for Westinghouse. His entire side of the family was about technology and science. On the other side, I had this crazy mom who was trying to kill ‘em in the aisles with jokes about our lives. She wrote a... View Details
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Global Climate Change
padding-right:1px; padding-left:1px; border-top:none; border-right:1px solid black; border-left:none">This website provides search engine to locate CRS reports on various topics... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
mechanical engineering courses at Northeastern University, and two years as a second lieutenant in the Army (“doing a major’s job”)—proved to be ideal credentials for Knott’s eventual role as founder, president, and CEO of Riverdale Mills... View Details
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
price swings. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711004-PDF-ENG Reverse Engineering, Learning, and Innovation Willy ShihHarvard Business School Note 611-039 This background reading looks at reverse engineering in the... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
to the world. And so it’s great for recruiting because people can use it. And if we only service the Global 2,000 then those engineers or those salespeople or those product folks that we need to come built Cloudflare can’t play with it... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
unmatched and unchecked culture of engineering ambition, of rote learning and educational experimentation, of sophisticated tastes along with basic concerns with food safety. It is a country that is at once cosmopolitan and confused about... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
engine of the country’s innovation sector is stuck in the past. Professional spaces such as hospitals, law offices, and boardrooms still have significant work to be done to achieve diversity in leadership, but they’ve made great progress... 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
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
1985, Honda initiated a secret program to develop a small jet. Over the years, the program had many ups and downs (it was almost canceled several times). Then, a breakthrough in the configuration of the engines lead Honda to believe it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
throughout the company. During his time at Volkswagen, de Meo focused on transforming the marketing department into an engine of innovation. De Meo and his team in marketing worked together to build a strong global brand. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
case studies two general issues. First, it discusses the potential barriers that exist for the development of the tourism sector. Second, it presents the debate of whether governments may want to use tourism as an engine of growth, and if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
this all the time is, at the point in which you have 1,000, 10,000, 100,000, of these software engineers who are now high-income earners, and have the skill set to change what's happening in their communities, that begins to attract a lot... View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
magnitude of fundamental technological innovation in the economy, the presence of liquid and competitive markets for venture capitalists to sell their investments (whether markets for stock offerings or acquisitions), and the willingness of highly skilled managers and... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
problem, and speak with users to understand the challenges from a more human point of view. I collaborated with designers and software engineers to develop solutions, which I then presented to the CEO, Head of Design, and Head of Product.... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 30 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Leadership That Defines you – Reflecting on my Time at HBS
Michael Rodriguez (MBA '19) was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and majored in Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California. After college, he worked at NBC Universal for five years in various strategy,... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog
indirect selling efforts and at what phase in the startup's lifecycle should each be employed? How can founders themselves be the most effective sales engine for an early-stage company, even though it clearly does not scale as a go to... View Details