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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
The Well-Healed Athlete
to studying athletes of different ages, genders, and ethnicities to better understand the potential of the healthy human body and to improve knowledge of injury prevention and... View Details
- 12 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Spent this Summer Coding
route, but working with contractors can be a black hole of time and capital. In contrast, technical founders can enhance velocity, an important attribute of successful startups, and accelerate attaining... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Market for Babies
area of scientific inquiry, but also one that has been mired thus far in political controversy. I want to look at how different countries are dealing with this science and what kinds of regulatory regimes... View Details
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) uses an innovative new approach to procuring outside legal counsel: it replaces relationship-based selection View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 1985 (Revised February 1997)
- Case
Lotus Development Corp.
Contains a description of the history and venture capital financing of Lotus Development. Focuses on issues related to the possible terms of investment in Lotus by a major venture capital firm. The pedagogic objectives in the case are: to explore the elements of the... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Venture Capital; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Outcome or Result; Corporate Finance; Planning; Computer Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Lotus Development Corp." Harvard Business School Case 285-094, January 1985. (Revised February 1997.)
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
requiring folks to come back. I’ve been talking to the largest technology firms about this: They’ve created task forces to think about how they want to bring people back to the office, when, and why. Based... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 3, 2008
Authors:Claudio Dell'Era, Alessio Marchesi, and Roberto Verganti Publication:International Journal of Innovation Management 12, no. 1 (March 2008) Abstract In today's business View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
and the Impact on Innovation, you explore the implications of the recent collapse in venture activity on innovation. Given recent cuts in corporate support for R&D, do you feel this is cause for concern to the View Details
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
making changes to the products themselves to make them more social, and leverage group dynamics, using technologies such as Facebook Connect. But I don't see a lot of that yet. I see (businesses) saying,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19
stage; and lastly, intermediaries facilitate earlier-stage sales for inexperienced writers. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/hluo/whentosell_2012.pdf Did Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy
A new space race—one fueled more by commercial conquest than intergalactic domination—is charting solutions to pressing problems in national security, climate change, and communication. With costs poised to drop View Details
- April 2012 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
HP Labs in Singapore
By: Willy Shih, Pankaj Agarwal and Christine Chi
When HP established a branch of its corporate research lab in Singapore, the government played a key role through its Economic Development Board (EDB). Chris Whitney, the lab's director, sought to generate revenue from the lab's innovations, making it financially... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Development Economics; Government and Politics; Motivation and Incentives; Innovation and Invention; Revenue; Technology Industry; Singapore
Shih, Willy, Pankaj Agarwal, and Christine Chi. "HP Labs in Singapore." Harvard Business School Case 612-080, April 2012. (Revised June 2012.)
- 01 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 1, 2008
Working PapersCollaborative Architectures for Innovation Authors:Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti Abstract Collaborative innovation has become a hot topic in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 1981 (Revised October 1985)
- Case
Computer Retailing at Macy's California
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Computer Retailing at Macy's California." Harvard Business School Case 582-079, December 1981. (Revised October 1985.)
- 05 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 5, 2007
Indian scientists to U.S. technology formation increased dramatically in the 1990s, before noticeably leveling off after 2000 and declining in the case of India. Growth in ethnic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
Summing Up There's no need to rethink important economic constructs just because of the growth of the Long Tail phenomenon and its impact on demand and supply. Or is there? That was part of the debate that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
there were strong financial returns to technological development. Finally, we document an inverted-U shaped relationship between inequality and innovation but also show that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
June 2012 working paper, Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program. Tucker is an associate professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit,... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
innovators alike grapple with both the impacts of climate change and how to build a more sustainable system for the future. Right now there is enormous opportunity (and need!) for strategic thinkers View Details
- 23 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
The Future of the Venture Capital Cycle
magnitude of fundamental technological innovation in the economy, the presence of liquid and competitive markets for venture capitalists to sell their investments (whether... View Details