Engineering - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

intelligence engines that parse this massive new trove of information to improve the quality, access, and cost of care. COVID also unleashed consumer-driven public policy changes, including allowing pregnancy termination pills to be... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Dec 1999
News

The Way You See It

Road Bill Gates may have been selected as the most influential business leader, but the internal combustion engine beats Windows as an operating system by a mile - the automobile rules as the most significant consumer product of the last... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

was premised on an allegory about hillbillies, which working class people outside America's cities found valuable at a time when American ideology was all about engineering life and technological progress. Holt describes the geographical... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

sustainable food future. We’re engineering microalgae to be sustainable and cost-efficient substitutes for palm oils. TROVEMarketCaroline Walton, MBA 2023; Andrew Morgan, MBA 2023The packaged food industry wastes $30-50 billion worth of... View Details

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

physics, optics, and photography in the company’s impressive library. (7) Mary McCann, who joined Polaroid in 1960 after receiving a BS in chemical engineering from Tufts University, first worked with Howard Rogers, director of Polaroid... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

would put them on and start shouting expletives because the sound quality was so incredible. Our engineers and designers strive for that reaction. What’s one of your latest audio technologies? We just launched headphones with Supreme... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

Shaky Ground Senior Lecturer John Macomber Because of a housing shortage in Williston, oil worker Glenn Robinson, from Missouri, sleeps in his car, staying warm by idling the engine and using a fan heater connected to the car battery.... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

have the market we desire.” Days 6–9: Monterrey TOM, REAL TIME: Students quiz executives at Nemak, a leading manufacturer of aluminum auto engine heads and blocks. Nemak is one of four business groups that make up ALFA, a $10 billion... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

26 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 26, 2007

forecasting processes, while also trying to prepare for unexpected urgent orders and natural disasters. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=107018 Google Advertising Harvard Business School Case 507-038 In mid-2006, Google... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

lack of engineering education in America are caused by two things: a) a lack of available resources - people and tools - to teach children STEM skills, and b) the propensity for American children to be intimidated by STEM education at an... View Details

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Commencement 2019 Address | About

engineering degree, and then to go abroad to study business. Upon returning to India, he eventually became CEO of a company whose mission was to advance the electrification of India. My father found this work deeply meaningful because his... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

falter? What sets successful founders apart from those whose new ventures fail? Starting in 2008, I set out to interview hundreds of highly successful entrepreneurs in depth, hoping to reverse engineer what had led to their outsized... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

February 2025
Case

Luca de Meo at Renault Group (A)

By: Emily Truelove, Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

When Luca de Meo became CEO of Renault Group in 2020, the 122-year-old French automaker faced financial challenges and the double technological disruption of the automotive industry: the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the rise of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).... View Details

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28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

Now you have programmatic buying; the algorithm does all that. There is no comparative advantage in media buying anymore. So suddenly you need an engineering mind, you need a data-analytics mind, and you need the data scientists who work... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

in the family affairs of its most senior executives, family or not. Akfen Holding, founded 50 years after Koç in Ankara, holds a variety of construction, engineering and other firms related to infrastructure development. It has about... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

contrast to other models for green or smart cities that are variations on a massive real estate development project. The main economic engine driving Living PlanIT's model is a partner channel strategy adopted from the high technology... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

liquidity events such as initial public offerings and mergers. For example, when speech-recognition supplier ScanSoft acquired Nuance in October 2005, twelve of Nuance's thirteen research and development engineers left for Yahoo. The... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

consider how the sales strategy would need to be adjusted in order to succeed with both a coated and an uncoated product." How Much You Asking for that Pile-Driver Pad? Case: Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2008
News

The Levitt Brand

30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day on I focused my attention on... View Details

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

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

with both a coated and an uncoated product.” How Much You Asking for that Pile-Driver Pad? Case: Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products Division — 1980 Written: 1980 Copies Sold: 197,677 Cumberland, a disguised company, has... View Details

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

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