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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

High Fives

learned at HBS: “I developed a sense of confidence in myself and in my ability to go out and compete in the business world.” Inspirations & role models: “As a woman, there were no role models!” Best business... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2021
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
  • Web

Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

1936, a demonstration of how polarizers work featured Wheelwright holding two discs of polarizing material and rotating them to the degree that a portion of his face no longer appeared. The converging discs, with their simple, delicate... View Details
  • Web

Harvard Business School

as well as a gospel recording artist, high impact speaker, and author of Expect to Win . Harris was named to Fortune magazine's list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives... View Details
  • 11 May 2020
  • Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

disintegrated despite their shared commitment to communism, helping the West win the Cold War. Professor Jeremy Friedman will explore whether their alignment will prove more durable this time around, and... View Details
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

feedback I received from the judges of the New Venture Competition and the flood of alumni interest that came from winning the grand prize. Although it was odd to compete and... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO, WAVE

the momentum and winnings from the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2013. The lean start-up testing and on-the-ground research was made possible by an SEI travel grant. SEI continues View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entrepreneurship
  • 29 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE

that! What has your connection been to SEI? WAVE was launched off of the momentum and winnings from the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS New Venture Competition in 2013. The lean start-up testing and... View Details
  • 18 May 2021
  • Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Volunteer for work: New projects are opportunities to show your competence and your commitment. But be careful not to over-commit. Volunteer only if you have the time View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
  • 22 Jun 2011
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation

is that inventors cannot win these competitions if they cannot come up with funding to realize their inventions, and research and development costs often exceed the amount of the cash prize. So, does the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • March 2021
  • Teaching Note

Performance Improvement Consulting and Hi-R-Me: Making Sales Calls

By: Frank V. Cespedes
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 819-043. This case study focuses on concepts, tools, and behaviors relevant to making sales calls along a typical progression with a prospect: from an initial phone call thru more in-depth discovery to a go/no-go meeting. The teaching... View Details
Keywords: Sales Calls; Sales; Competency and Skills
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  • Mar 2012
  • Article

Choosing the United States

exhaustive analysis. At the same time, managers ignore substantial hidden costs associated with non-U.S. locations and overlook the benefits they could reap were they to invest instead in local communities. This article examines the... View Details
  • Person Page

Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

  • 12 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

What I Learned in the Africa Rising Short Intensive Program

sub-national markets they wanted to serve and developed tailored strategies to win in those markets.  What lessons should the next generation of Africa-bound business leaders... View Details
  • October 2017
  • Article

Toward a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

By: Gary P. Pisano
The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971, The Concept... View Details
Keywords: Business Admnistration; Market Structure; Firm Structure; Market Efficiency; Competency and Skills; Organizational Structure; Strategy
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  • 22 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

might eventually compete with OldCo, or launch complementary enterprises, such as software engineers who help organizations implement OldCo’s programs, for example. When the move is to a direct competitor,... View Details
Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

regardless of competition. In particular, perhaps Fitch wins more business in industries where ratings are improving. This appears unlikely in practice. Issuers tend to ask more raters for their opinion when... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 06 Jan 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine

class=infogram-embed data-id=_/QMPFvj1GvtYUIsjpAtCg][/div] “When we set up our experiment with Google, we thought that setting up the repetition would be the winning formula to helping them form habits,”... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 06 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

can make amazingly sophisticated parts. One interesting situation that I wrote a case on was the company Rhythm & Hues, a well-known visual effects (VFX) company. The case question was what circumstances led them to (1) View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics