• 20 Oct 2003
• Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

lacked the funds necessary to build a DVD factory and exited the consumer electronic industry almost entirely at the end of the 1990s. Again, this relatively unknown story provides an intriguing opportunity for description and analysis by... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

• 15 Jun 2007
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Remembering Alfred Chandler

network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in economics, the cooperative teamwork... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 18 Sep 2013
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Excerpt: Manufacturing Morals

Editor's note: Building and landscape design can do much more for an organization than provide an inspirational headquarters or appealing work spaces. At Harvard Business School, the leafy, orderly, community setting helps reinforce a set... View Details

Keywords: Education

• 18 Sep 2013
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Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

first time on the HBS campus is struck by its size. When walking to my office, visitors looking for the "main HBS campus" often stop me. They assume the School must be located in only one or two buildings. I explain that most View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

• 28 May 2007
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How Property Ownership Changes Your World View

countries? This paper shows that secure property rights are one part of the answer," he says. "If people don't own property, they don't believe that they can build on their success." How is it that property changes people's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Curriculum | MBA

to work on their own startup concept or pursue an internship at a technology company. Most of Year 1 is spent at HBS completing the MBA Required Curriculum (RC) , although students start the program as a cohort at SEAS in August, taking the Design View Details

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Alumni-Authored Books | Baker Library

Alumni-Authored Books Building our collections with the work of HBS graduates All Services for Alumni Overview A curated selection of alumni-authored titles for honored years: 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999. Alumni may check out print... View Details

• 24 Feb 2014
• Research & Ideas

Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

for having a poor location score relative to nonblack hosts," the researchers write in the paper. "These differences highlight the risk of discrimination in online marketplaces, suggesting an important unintended consequence of a seemingly routine mechanism for View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising

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Didier Dumerjean

Didier is excited to brainstorm with students seeking to build portfolio careers different ways to architect a diversified portfolio that centers impact. Having held a wide variety of roles across sectors and domains, including economic... View Details

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Space, Public And Commercial Economics (SPACE) - Course Catalog

a solid theory of what role NASA will play. And the best place to start building that theory is with NASA’s current flagship program: Artemis. Class session 8: Special session... View Details

• Portrait Project

Tom Doyle

Financial theory suggests that debt creates value. So, I want to spend my life accumulating more debt... ...debt to friends and classmates for extending their talent to transform a slum into a thriving community ...debt to academic... View Details