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- 30 Jan 2017
- News
HBS Deans' Message on White House Travel Ban
of its members, whatever their nationality or belief. We are grateful for the expressions of concern and support we have received and optimistic that, working together, we can protect the exchange of people and ideas that are so vital to... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kate Aitken
who seek a better life and promised that education and hard work would ensure future success. In the America of my childhood, openness and opportunity were inextricably linked. Today that link feels broken. Economic inequality has driven our View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II
By: Daniel P. Gross
This paper studies the effects of the USPTO's patent secrecy program in World War II, under which over 11,000 U.S. patent applications were issued secrecy orders that halted examination and prohibited inventors from disclosing their inventions or filing in foreign... View Details
Keywords: Invention Secrecy; Invention Disclosure; Trade Secrecy; Secrecy Orders; Cummulative Innovation; Wold War 2; Patents; National Security; History; Innovation and Invention; Outcome or Result; Intellectual Property; Policy; Commercialization; United States
Gross, Daniel P. "The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-090, May 2019. (Revised May 2019. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25545, May 2019)
- 07 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Historical Roots of Globalization
preferences (with the beauty industry as an example). According to panelists, globalization has a homogenizing effect on diverse national cultures. Its pressures cause societies to become more alike, converging in business approaches,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
States and China. As political tensions rise between the two countries, US government policies have caused a move away from direct trade with China, shifting sourcing to lower-wage nations and friendly neighbors and shoring up American... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
and purviews. This leaves online small business lenders to be governed by an expensive and time-consuming patchwork of state oversight, often with inconsistent rules that can confine online lending to state-by-state silos, undermining what is an otherwise View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Rediscovering America
Kanter: Seeking to help shift the national mood from depression to optimism. An internationally respected authority on strategy, innovation, and leadership for change, HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter advocates solving many of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
New Zealand Adventure
It was a perfect summer day in New Zealand, and what better way to ring in the New Year than exploring protected bays, enjoying golden sand beaches, and searching for stingray by kayak in Abel Tasman National Park. This is how seventeen... View Details
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Women's Business Leader
Carla Harris Photo courtesy of Carla Harris On August 12, President Obama announced his intention to appoint Carla Harris (MBA 1987) to be the Chair of the National Women's Business Council (NWBC). Harris is a prominent global investment... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
cosmopolitan business class is bringing these different worlds closer together. Despite national differences, these transnational road warriors frequently have a common grounding in education, professional background, and global popular... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
BIG BETS: Kao proposes investment in research and education. Robert Gumpert/NB Pictures As innovation guru and former HBS faculty member John Kao (MBA ’82) sees it, the United States is already losing on the great economic battleground of the 21st century: the struggle... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the heels of the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy. These events heightened his concern and commitment to help find solutions to the troubles of urban areas. In 1969, he joined the staff of the National... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Massport (A): The Aftermath of 9/11
This case looks at the turnaround at the Massachusetts Port Authority after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It begins with the situation during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and then describes how the new CEO restructures the public agency to operate much more like a... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Corporate Accountability; National Security; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts
Roberto, Michael, and Erika Ferlins. "Massport (A): The Aftermath of 9/11." Harvard Business School Case 304-081, March 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui
receiving the National Entrepreneurship Award from the President of Mexico in 2014. In 2019, he was honored with the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor the School bestows. Alvaro serves on the boards of... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Tales Out of School
In 1994, Sarah Hoit (MBA '93) became director of business planning in the White House Office of National Service, designing and implementing AmeriCorps, the Clinton administration's $600 million national- and community-service... View Details
- September 2006 (Revised December 2006)
- Case
Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu and Minu Ipe
In the post-9/11 era information technology enablement for emergency preparedness and response have taken on increased significance. Public health organizations like ADHS play a critical role in any statewide preparation for large scale emergencies. With issues like... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Information Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Business Processes; Service Delivery; National Security; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; Arizona
Applegate, Lynda M., Ajay Vinze, T. S. Raghu, and Minu Ipe. "Arizona Department of Public Health: The Challenges of Preparing for a Public Health Emergency." Harvard Business School Case 807-016, September 2006. (Revised December 2006.)
Edward W. Scripps
Beginning with the purchase of the Cleveland Penny Press, a cheep mass-market publication in 1878, Scripps went on to build the first newspaper chain in the United States. Through a series of acquisitions, he formed United Press International consisting of 34... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
her Veverka Family foundation, she set about learning how to become an “impactful” philanthropist. She pursued her love of the outdoors by systematically visiting each of the now 63 national parks. Her passion for improving recreational... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the View Details