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Business History - Faculty & Research

Business History Business History 2014 Book Business History By: Walter A. Friedman and Geoffrey Jones This volume contains a selection of 42 foundational articles on the discipline of business history written between 1934 and the present day View Details

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Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

production workers) are associated with more autonomy and a wider span of control. By contrast, communication technologies (like data networks) decrease autonomy for both workers and plant managers. Treating technology as endogenous using... View Details

February 2022
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Agora (A)

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn

Agora was a civic technology (civic tech) startup founded by Elsa Sze, who wanted to enhance the connection between political officials and their constituents by facilitating virtual “town halls,” making underrepresented voices heard and benefiting elected and... View Details

Keywords: Civic Technology; Government Administration; Conferences; Business Startups; Business Strategy

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Partners - Case Method Project

Kelly Evans Mountain View High School Loveland, CO CO 8 of 13 Tom Frasier Greeley Central High School Greeley, CO CO 9 of 13 Danielle Jones Lester Arnold High School Commerce City, CO Subjects: Civics, History CO 10 of 13 Kendra Snyder... View Details

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Pre-Class Arrival - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Pre-Class Arrival Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

Industry Citation Educators Purchase Related Stanton, Christopher, Karim R. Lakhani, Jin Hyun Paik, and Nina Cohodes. "Freelancer, Ltd." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 823-706, July 2024. Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding By: Boris Groysberg... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business History

Inclusive Alliances: America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War By: Jeremy Friedman 2024 Working Paper Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710 By: Tom... View Details

December 2021 (Revised January 2023)
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Katerra (B)

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn

In May 2020, SoftBank executives, having invested nearly $2 billion in Katerra, decided the vision of an end-to-end, vertically-integrated construction process was worth saving—with some major changes to company structure. The SoftBank Vision Fund invested $200 million... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Failure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Entrepreneurship; Construction; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Technology Industry; United States

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

program chair of the RC. “The goal of RC Renewal is to bring us back towards the sweet spot between the two.” A similar effort has also been extended to the second-year Elective Curriculum (EC) and is being led by its new chair, Suraj... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

December 2012
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Inducement Prizes and Innovation

By: Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner and Tom Nicholas

We examine the effect of prizes on innovation using data on awards for technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Growth and Development; England

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Track, 2017 Flare Quinn Fitzgerald (MBA 2017) Sara de Zarraga (MBA 2017) Social Enterprise Track Winner Flare is reinventing personal security by creating tech-enabled safety devices for women. Juva Therapy... View Details

February 1984
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Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (C)

By: D. Quinn Mills, George W. Baird and George W. Baird

Provides a glossary of executive compensation terms. Rewritten by G.W. Baird, company partner. View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Employment Industry

13 Apr 2021
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Why Start-ups Fail

February 1984
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Megalith, Inc. -- Hay Associates (B)

By: D. Quinn Mills and George W. Baird

Describes Hay Associates Climate Survey Questionnaire and the eight dimensions of organizational climate. Rewritten by G.W. Baird, company partner. View Details

Keywords: Surveys; Organizations; Human Resources

May 2013
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Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan

By: Tom Nicholas

Japan's hybrid innovation system during the Meiji era of technological modernization provides a useful laboratory for examining the effectiveness of complementary mechanisms to patents. Patents were introduced in 1885, and by 1911, 1.2 million mostly non-pecuniary... View Details

Keywords: Prizes; Technological Innovation; System; Patents; Knowledge; Value; Cost vs Benefits; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Performance Effectiveness; Japan

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Past Issues - Alumni

ideas and trends that generated buzz in 2021—and could define 2022 New Wave Tapping the power of tides and waves to help power the planet is an attractive concept, but marine-energy companies have long been held back by issues ranging... View Details

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Developing Instructor Style Preparing to Teach Getting Started Developing Instructor Style Shaping the Learning Environment Knowing Your Students Planning a Class Session Leading in the Classroom Providing... View Details

November 2023
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The Commons Project in Rwanda—Building Digital Infrastructure for the Global Public Good

By: Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui and Tom Quinn

In September 2022, The Commons Project Foundation (TCP) CEO Zhenya Lindgardt and her team met on a Zoom call to discuss building tools to help Rwandans manage their health data. They believed that helping Africa build digital infrastructure would improve much-needed... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Capital; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Adaptation; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology Industry; Rwanda; United States