Integrity - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2000 (Revised October 2000)
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Staples: A Year in the Life of a Start-Up

The case provides information on the development of the office superstore concept, building partnerships, creating the business plan, and recruiting a management team. Focuses on the detailed level of decision making required to transform an idea into a viable... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Recruitment; Management Teams; Integration; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Business Plan; Decision Making

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The Field Method | MBA

or service challenge to be addressed. Designed to integrate learnings from across the Required Curriculum, the course develops skills in cultural awareness, team building, customer-driven innovation, and culminates in a one-week immersion... View Details

Chandler’s Legacies

had integrating the U.S. economy, creating out of necessity new organizational forms, financial instruments and accounting techniques. For my Ph.D. thesis, I decided to study transportation technologies in my home country of Colombia. I... View Details

11 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

historians, often in recent decades trained in economics and employed in economics departments, have remained focused on economic change, but have often paid little attention to firms. In exploring globalization, they have done pioneering work in quantifying historical... View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones

01 Jun 2012
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Good as Our Word

set itself apart from the pack with uncompromising integrity and accuracy, especially in the rating of structured finance products such as asset-backed securities. Although Becker never spoke with Kroll directly while writing the case,... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Starvish; Bond rating; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

Marty Blue

2019 Marty was engaged as an SVP of Business Development at CarGurus. CarGurus is the largest Automotive Digital Marketplace in the United States based on unique monthly visitors. At CarGurus she was an integral part of the management... View Details

Keywords: Fitness & Sports;#68;#Transportation & Logistics;#20;#Ecommerce

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Ahmmad Brown

years as the diversity recruitment director at Williams College; at The Bridgespan Group, he was the primary author of an internal resource for Bridgespan to integrate racial equity into its strategy work and case team processes. His... View Details

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

integral partners with 21st century scholars. History of Baker Library Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Baker Library is named after Harvard Business School's first benefactor, George F. Baker. The Bloomberg Center extension and... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Kill Groupthink

isn’t working and start building more critical practices. Helen Lee Bouygues is the founder of the Reboot Foundation, which aims to better integrate critical thinking into daily life. The foundation conducts research and supports that of... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future

Inc., and Coach, among others, is focused on the style angle. Glass is, she says, “fashionable eyewear with integrated technology.” How fashionable? Diane von Furstenberg and Oakley are designing partners. Those fashionable frames are... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; technology

01 Jun 2014
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Start Me Up

ball forward every day." Culture "Too many founders get caught up in raising money or getting a product to market, while neglecting culture and cofounder relationships, which are integral to a startup's longevity." Foundation "It's worth... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 2001
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Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

foster the integration of competition and corporate strategy with economic policy and social development in ways that not only advance theory but also connect with actual practice," Porter observed. "It will be a vehicle for partnering... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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2.3.5 Research Misconduct | MBA

2.3.5 Research Misconduct Integrity in scholarship and research is one of Harvard University’s—and Harvard Business School’s—fundamental values. Allegations of misconduct in scholarship and research must be treated with the utmost... View Details

25 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 25

traditional alternatives: vertically integrated firms, resellers, or input suppliers. These tradeoffs lead to a comprehensive discussion of the defining features of MSPs. The formal model we develop focuses on the MSP vs. vertical View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Sep 2019
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What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

those questions to refugees, many said they simply wanted something to do with their hands. While aid organizations provide food and some basic supplies, the Rohingya lack permits to work outside the camps. Educational opportunities have also been scarce, lest they... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

16 Sep 2014
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Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

over the past several years. Q: What is the greatest functional value the Apple Watch offers to the consumer? A: What Apple brings to the table is user integration within their existing ecosystem. In the same way that the iPhone did when... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

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Dhilan Ramaprasad | MBA

bridge that gap by creating solutions using knowledge from many different backgrounds. Tech areas of interest: EdTech, IoT and Smart-home Devices, 5G Technologies, Application Specific Integrated Circuits (FPGA) Formative experience at... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street

has certainly shown excesses in the past decade, and without a doubt some players have behaved irresponsibly,” Nohria wrote. “Nonetheless, Wall Street remains a fundamentally value-creating enterprise. The finance industry is essential to the nation’s economic health... View Details

Keywords: Wall Street; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

05 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2006

across firm boundaries. Now, however, all firms need to learn how to manage innovation in a small world environment. This article offers them advice about how to do so. Global Integration Global Concentration Authors:Pankaj Ghemawat and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Oct 2024
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We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

it even takes more effort to sign up for the program,” says Zlatev. In fact, in a follow-up study, not yet published, he and Kristal found evidence that the person who chose to use the commitment strategy was more intrinsically motivated to succeed. People question the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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