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innovative industry, and can also be a model for 21st-century entrepreneurs investing in new technologies and experimenting with novel ways to use natural resources. The Tudor Company Records are held in Baker Library Special Collections.... View Details
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Abstract Learning processes lie at the heart of our understanding of how firms build capabilities to generate and sustain competitive advantage: learning by doing, learning by exporting, learning from competitors, users, and alliance... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next e-Wave." The current shift on the 'Net, said Iansiti, is toward a... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
radio station distribution and the roller coaster of trying to generate "Top 40" hits); and they acquired a 10 percent ownership stake in Island Records worth $30 million when the record company was acquired by PolyGram in 1989. U2 was... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
was Eisenhower's difficulty during World War II in confronting Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, much to the exasperation of Generals George S. Patton and Omar Bradley. Montgomery fought hard to convince Eisenhower that Eisenhower... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
the benefit of users of all PCs," says Quelch. Unlike most laptops, its screen is easily readable even in bright sunlight. Users can save power by switching the screen from backlit color to self-reflecting monochrome. "Using less power meant View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
for gasoline in the United States to consist of five distinct regions. Other large markets where transport costs are relatively high in relation to product value, such as cement in Brazil or beer in China, can be similarly broken down. The View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
as 1994: That year was known among insiders as "The Year of the Placebo." What The Data Says The good news: One hundred thirty drugs can be traced to biotech, said Pisano. (For purposes of discussion during his presentation, he defined "biotech" as... View Details
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
measurement and analytics in translating TD-Canada Trust's service model of "comfortable banking" into operational terms. In 2000, in a banking market where consumers and regulators were typically hostile to mergers and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
coordinated with local agencies. In roughly 10 percent of the medical emergencies, EMTs save a patient’s life. Ambulances generally arrive on the scene in under 15 minutes, and the mean service time from a call to 108 to arriving at the... View Details
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views of BP and the industry as part... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
the more general reader interested in national parks. The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto: How to Get the Most for Your Money by Deborah Dove Gordon (MBA 1999) Praeger Health care consumer policy expert Deborah Gordon offers a guided... View Details
- 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24
We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management consulting firms. Our qualitative analysis identified four critical View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
and fire” companies don’t. So what factors in the family and work environments foster the creation of leaders who share the founders’ entrepreneurial fire? How do some firms manage to bypass or work through family conflicts, disparate visions of the future, sibling... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
spring of 1985. In theory, there were 200 available seats. That was nowhere near enough for the 450 students who signed up. And who signed up in droves the following year—requiring the teaching of two additional sections by Sahlman’s... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
also serve more in general as a test for the theory of culture as homogeneity of beliefs. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-003.pdf PublicationsHow to Manage Outside Innovation Authors:Karim R. Lakhani and Kevin J.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24
as dangerous as Power and others speculate. Based on two detailed case studies and 53 additional interviews with risk-management staff at five other major banks over 2001-2010, this paper shows that relentless risk measurement is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
corporate governance. “When you think of the factors that have made capitalism such a successful model for economic growth, the separation between management and ownership, with the ability to disperse ownership and risk over many... View Details
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
recruiter, and had to reach agreement on salary, vacation time, bonus, insurance coverage, and moving expenses. To vary perceived power, participants were given various levels of information regarding their own alternative and the alternative of their counterpart, as... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
groups, such as the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, work in partnership with business, government, and community leaders to promote business models that emphasize the public good. Beyond government and NGOs, other parties put... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh