Science And Technology Studies - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Dec 2015
News

Acquiring Business Skills To Advance A Career Trajectory

technology is expanding rapidly as the industry is being reinvigorated with new competitors and advanced electronics, materials, and manufacturing processes,” says Sondecker.... View Details

Keywords: Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

The Right Connections

From genome research to e-commerce, new ventures are popping up everywhere, competing for the cash needed to turn them into successful enterprises. But when vying against others in industries where high uncertainty, long development cycles, crowded markets, View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

01 Jun 2004
News

Download This

Downloading music from the Internet doesn’t kill CD sales after all, concludes a surprising new study by HBS associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Associate Professor Koleman Strumpf of the University... View Details

Keywords: file sharing; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries

01 Jun 1996
News

Reinventing Marketing

becoming the victim of its own success, according to the leaders of the Marketing unit at HBS. "Advances in technology and fundamental changes in how products and services are... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; Illustration by Peter Hoey

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

Approach Authors:Jordan I. Siegel, Amir N. Licht, and Shalom H. Schwartz Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract This study addresses an apparent impasse in the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

economy and lower-income consumers. Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence Technology was getting dull earlier this decade, says David Yoffie. But the sudden arrival of digital convergence has turned... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

incorporates a focus on gender issues. His studies include a comprehensive global survey of board members, as well as a series of case studies that approach the issue of women on boards from an individual,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

The Death of the Global Manager

consumer trend or technological development may be emerging in Germany or Japan, not your home market," Bartlett says. "Having eyes and ears around the world is critical, as is having the response... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Manufacturing commons are "webs of technological knowhow, operational capabilities, and specialized skills" that underlie many industries, universities, and the government.... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

pace of change in many markets accelerates and as some industries move toward serving "markets of one," the cost of understanding and responding to customers' needs can easily spiral out of... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

27 Apr 2021
Blog Post

There Are No HBS People, Just People Who Happen to Go to HBS

recounted lessons she learned throughout her life gave me the sense I could pretty much do anything. During my final year of high school, I identified my love for science and beauty, but I didn’t know what I... View Details

21 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores, published this month. A bookstore anthropologist Since 2012, Raffaelli has examined how indie bookstores have survived and thrived in the digital era. The research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

place in today's supply chain, as well as the far-reaching impact of information technology advancements. Outlining the program's curriculum, they explain how the participants leave the program armed with the principles View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

previous work that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc.). Our objective is to study the joint determination of these three features (beliefs, punitiveness View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

The HBS Executive Education course Leading Professional Service Firms (LPSF) is an intensive, one-week program that focuses on management issues unique to these firms. It provides a forum for participants from around the world to apply the concepts View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

17 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 17

Publication:Quantitative Marketing and Economics 7, no. 3 (September 2009): 237-266 Abstract This study presents a signaling model of advertising for horizontally differentiated products. The central... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2008
News

Business Plan Contest Winners

seven-person DFA team, invited to ring the NYSE’s opening bell in honor of its achievement, included Jon Puz and Gilbert Tang (both MBA ’08), Krishna Yeshwant (HBS ’09), and colleagues from Harvard View Details

Keywords: awards; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

13 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview

honest answerers than the humblebraggers. The takeaway: Don't humblebrag in a job interview. Deconstructing The Humblebrag The next set of studies measured the efficacy of pure complaining and pure bragging... View Details