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- 18 Jan 2021
- News
Boards Are Obstructing ESG — at Their Own Peril
- 05 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
Encourage Breakthrough Health Care by Competing on Products Rather Than Patents
Like many people interested in the tangled connections between health care progress and intellectual property rights, I avidly followed the Myriad Genetics case, decided by the Supreme Court this June 13. In sum, molecular diagnostics maker Myriad sought "the... View Details
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia's energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to Ukraine's energy company in the depths of winter. The move confirmed the fears of many in the West that the wounded Russian bear, smarting from... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action
The purpose of this chapter is to present analytic tools based on functional maps that can be used to identify investment opportunities and to formulate strategy in large, evolving technical systems. I argue that the points of value creation and value capture in a... View Details
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 7 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 2: Technical and Strategic Bottlenecks as Guides for Action." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-042, October 2018.
- September 2018
- Article
An Exploratory Study of Product Development in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Medical Device Testing in India
By: Budhaditya Gupta and Stefan Thomke
Recent research has studied innovation in emerging economies. However, microlevel product development processes in these economies are relatively unexplored, and the mechanisms by which the emerging economy context might affect such processes are still unclear. In this... View Details
Keywords: India; Product Development; Emerging Markets; Situation or Environment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; India
Gupta, Budhaditya, and Stefan Thomke. "An Exploratory Study of Product Development in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Medical Device Testing in India." R&D Management 48, no. 4 (September 2018): 485–501.
- February 2015 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
Equality of Opportunity and Outcome in the U.S.
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Alastair Su
Equality of opportunity is endorsed universally even though, or more likely because, it can mean such different things to different people. What definition of equality of opportunity ought to figure into policy decisions? How close, or far, is the United States from... View Details
Keywords: Equality Of Opportunity; Justice; Opportunities; Equality and Inequality; Policy; United States
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Alastair Su. "Equality of Opportunity and Outcome in the U.S." Harvard Business School Case 715-028, February 2015. (Revised August 2019.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
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." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-061, January 2013. (Forthcoming in Academy of Management Annals.)
- March 2008
- Article
Toward an Understanding of When Executives See Crisis As Opportunity
Whereas it has long been noted that crises may be sources of opportunity for organizations and their constituents, relatively little is known about the conditions under which executives come to perceive crises as opportunity. The authors delineate some factors that... View Details
- First Quarter 1996
- Article
Electronic Commerce: Building Blocks of New Business Opportunity
By: L. M. Applegate, C.W. Holsapple, R. Kalakota, F.J. Radermacher and A.B. Whinston
Applegate, L. M., C.W. Holsapple, R. Kalakota, F.J. Radermacher, and A.B. Whinston. "Electronic Commerce: Building Blocks of New Business Opportunity." Journal of Organizational Computing 6, no. 1 (First Quarter 1996): 1–10.
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Ayr Muir: Hey Chris, where’s the medlar? These are medlar. Julia Hanna: Wow. Ayr: I’m trying to find a nice squishy one. So in... they were popular in medieval times and they’re like, you find references to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
Energy Efficiency as a Common Purpose
Duane Highley (AMP 177, 2009) is president and CEO for the Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation. In this interview, he explains how the organization is united behind a common purpose—the concept of energy efficiency as a benefit to its customer-members. “For me,... View Details
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Sorina Casian-Botez
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? HBS has an aura of academic and professional excellence in business. I wanted to be part of this culture, knowing that only in such a challenging environment could I develop the skills and... View Details
- 08 Aug 2019
- News
Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on Hate Site
wrote Prince. “Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit." In an interview in the New York Times,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
HBS Global Conference Set for Berlin in June
years of reunification. The conference theme, "Knowledge, Risk & Change: Business Without Walls," will give participants an opportunity to consider the future of business and financial institutions in an environment of tightly linked... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundswells
1980–1995 tenure of Dean John H. McArthur—the Class of 1959 Chapel and Shad Hall—were actually elements delayed from the original master plan. Other McArthur-era projects, such as infrastructure improvements and the creation of a more collaborative View Details
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IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology
scalable, and secure multi-cloud environment to better meet the changing needs of the HBS community with best-in-class cloud service providers. Cloud Governance: The cloud committee will define oversight for cloud strategies, policies,... View Details
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
Rover and many others. The Tata Group is a great example of a company that transformed itself from a successful company in a closed, local environment to a fairly aggressive player that has fostered innovation and globalization in almost... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Gallery - The Art of American Advertising
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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2.3.7 Physical Violence | MBA
2.3.7 Physical Violence HBS strives to maintain a safe and secure environment for all members of the community and thus does not tolerate physical violence or threats of physical violence. Students are expected to avoid all physical... View Details