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- December 2008
- Article
Entrepreneur Behaviors, Opportunity Recognition, and the Origins of Innovative Ventures
By: Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen
Dyer, Jeffrey H., Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen. "Entrepreneur Behaviors, Opportunity Recognition, and the Origins of Innovative Ventures." Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 2, no. 4 (December 2008): 317–338.
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
Investing Prophet Jeremy Grantham Takes Aim at Climate Change
- 08 Jun 2015
- News
Leading a family business
After Phyllis Papani Godwin (HRPBA 1949) inherited the family electrical supply business, she quickly learned the ropes, developed a collaborative leadership style, and expanded the company into 28 locations. (Published June 2015) View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
© Alexandra Hootnick/zumapress.com The United States needs to find a “rational middle” ground on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, says Professor Michael Porter. In a report released this summer, America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity, Porter and his... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
on your basic love of the domain, however. It also depends on the social environment. This discovery, I think, is the most important contribution that my research has made. The work environment you're in, or the school View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
Infrastructure, and Resources"—tackled three giant subjects: water, energy, and transportation. The conference was sponsored by Harvard Business School's Business and Environment Initiative and co-chaired by professors Rebecca M.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Fast Answer
Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs
Compiled by HBS Business and Environment Initiative and Katie Kross, this list is included as a part of the Sustainability research guide via Baker Library's website. Section Resources Top News sources (subscription... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
Tom Popik was just looking for a Christmas present, not a cause. Browsing through a bookstore looking for a gift for his oldest son almost a decade ago, he started thumbing through a copy of William Forstchen’s novel One Second After. The book tells the story of a man... View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
Business as usual is no longer acceptable, was the message of 200 corporate leaders on August 19, when the Business Roundtable issued a "Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation." No longer should the primary purpose of companies be to maximize profits for... View Details
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Imprinting: Toward A Multilevel Theory
By: Christopher Marquis and Andras Tilcsik
The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields—including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research—and has been applied at several levels of analysis, from the industry to the individual. This... View Details
Marquis, Christopher, and Andras Tilcsik. "Imprinting: Toward A Multilevel Theory." Academy of Management Annals 7 (2013): 195–245.
- December 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Why do strategies fail?: Advanced Competitive Strategy, Module note for students
By: Jan W. Rivkin
The third of four module notes for students who are taking an advanced course on competitive strategy. Examines how combinations of external threats and internal barriers to change lead to strategic failure. View Details
Rivkin, Jan W. "Why do strategies fail?: Advanced Competitive Strategy, Module note for students." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-433, December 2005. (Revised February 2006.)
- December 2004
- Article
Learning from Failure in Health Care: Frequent Opportunities, Pervasive Barriers.
By: A. C. Edmondson
Edmondson, A. C. "Learning from Failure in Health Care: Frequent Opportunities, Pervasive Barriers." Quality & Safety in Health Care 13, no. 6 (December 2004): 3–9.
- October 1984 (Revised March 1999)
- Case
NIKE (E)
Provides the background for a discussion of Nike (E1), (E2), and (E3). Outlines Nike's senior management group's early program to deal with the company's increasingly difficult competitive circumstance. View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Competition; Situation or Environment; Management Teams; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sports Industry
Roberts, Michael J. "NIKE (E)." Harvard Business School Case 385-033, October 1984. (Revised March 1999.)
- 22 Sep 2016
- News
Building a Green Energy Grid
Green-energy entrepreneur Michael Skelly (MBA 1991) founded Houston-based Clean Line Energy in 2009 to tackle a critical challenge. “If you look at the wind-power equation,” he says, “you quickly see that transmitting energy long distances from rural wind farms to... View Details
- 03 Oct 2014
- News
andBeyond’s CEO Joss Kent on the Luxury Safari Industry
- 25 Aug 2011
- News
Profiting from Environmental Regulatory Uncertainty
Keywords: Adam R. Fremeth, Brian K. Richter
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling
Every day, Americans throw away enough cell phones to cover a football field. That kind of disturbing statistic is what motivates Privahini Bradoo (MBA 2008) to extract precious metals from the 50 million tons of electronics discarded, globally, each year. She saw an... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details