Innovation And Invention - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982

x-ray machines. Today, under Immelt’s leadership, GE is a $173 billion organization that still has roots in its past, even as it rides a wave of 21st-century innovation in clean energy, water treatment, and... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Books

grading standards? Associate Professor Francesca Gino and colleagues investigate the phenomenon of the "fundamental attribution error." The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

enterprise,” Austin notes. “NGOs are critical actors in the global arena that play an increasingly important role in shaping the business environment and in enabling companies to more effectively address social issues through... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

profiles of three innovative courses that may provide the kinds of pedagogical frameworks McFarlan and others are looking for as the School's IT initiative moves forward. Changing the Nature of Case Debate A... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

01 Dec 2022
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A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light

better as Dean.” Light viewed globalization as a significant opportunity for the School and opened a research center in India and the Harvard Center Shanghai. New courses brought MBA students to countries in... View Details

Keywords: leadership; HBS Dean; obituary; academia

01 Jun 2022
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Closing the 'Network Gap'

longer underrepresented,” says Hu. “This is an opportunity to get the whole community involved and help change minds as well as create the seeds of more equitable systems in the long term.” STUDENTS READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT Empowering... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2006
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Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Time Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Vanderbilt University, 1971 B.A., Political Science LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "Trust is a powerful tool in helping you lead. You cannot View Details

30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

unveiled its Signature Crafted Menu, featuring three upscale sandwich accompaniments: pico guacamole, sweet BBQ bacon, and maple bacon Dijon, adorning either chicken or burger. “Our strategy is to innovate... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture

Today's frenzied world of dot-com mania might have been hard to predict 25 years ago, but the Class of 1975 has always had an eye for opportunity. For its time, the class had a sizable number of military officers familiar with strategic tactics View Details

01 Dec 1997
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"Economists are puzzle solvers..."

and guesswork. This theory enabled options transactors to take much bigger positions because they were hedged; they could be much more efficient, and they could control their risk much better. If you look at... View Details

02 Nov 2020
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The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)

innovative ways to address hunger relief from multiple angles. That conversation left me excited about the prospect of being part of GBFB’s current and future work in serving Eastern Massachusetts... View Details

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

Angels, which is excellent. But I live in Los Angeles. So we have tech host angels. We have Maverick angels and they get together once a month. A lot of things associated with USC, UCLA, the universities have always been a driving force... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

the papers of influential business leaders and the records of innovative companies in the late 20th- and 21st-century global business world,” says Laura Linard, Baker Library’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

these riveting tales grew the idea for a column "voice," leading to the innovation of class secretaries. "Upon election, the Class Secretary accepts a long-term commitment to perform a liaison function within the class View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2021

Agri-Food Entrepreneurs. We are currently supporting entrepreneurs in 34 African countries to scale their businesses. Changing narratives and driving transformation is a complex process. However, I am most inspired by the young African... View Details

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

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