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- 27 Nov 2012
- News
The Beauty of the Network
not be in the position of launching Restorsea if I hadn’t gone to HBS.” On October 15, Restorsea launched at Bergdorf Goodman department stores, with the goal, Pao says, of... View Details
- 27 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams
southeastern United States, was an early adopter of a team-focused structure that many emergency departments are now implementing. The research showed that temporary teams mimic the behaviors View Details
- 2015
- Book
How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network
By: Shane Greenstein
In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from... View Details
Greenstein, Shane. How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network. Princeton University Press, 2015.
- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
aims to make a one-time sale and hence can be quite insistent. This is the door-to-door salesman and the canvasser. Then there is the relationship-oriented salesperson. The classic instance of this was the traveling salesman who worked... View Details
- 10 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Veterans in the MBA Program: Profiles of Service
Corps upon graduating from Harvard College. Now, as a joint degree candidate at HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School, Solís aims to discover new ways to serve his country and community through the intersection of business and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
House of Bread on the Rise
McCANN: Former defense atforney learned the bakery business from scratch. The lessons Sheila McCann (OPM 24, 1996) learned from the surprising failure of her second House of... View Details
- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
goes on for the students and for me. Q: You're perennially honored for teaching excellence. What's your secret? A: Great students. Think of it: we have an admissions department for our customers. How many... View Details
- 06 Jun 2018
- News
The Business of Social Justice
the foundation—partnering with teachers’ unions and grassroots advocacy groups to make lasting and impactful policy changes—may be more important today than ever, as the Trump Administration threatens budget cuts to public education or possibly to eliminate the View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Terminator 3 clip: Warner Bros. Pictures © 2003. Dan Morrell: I think one of the biggest mainstream crossovers that artificial intelligence has had on the modern era is the... View Details
- January 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
AT&T Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
By: Daniel P. Gross and William R. Kerr
By the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that... View Details
Keywords: AT＆T; Bell Telephone; Phone Lines; Phone Operators; Mechanical Switching; Layoffs; Technological Change; Transition; History; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Disruption; Change Management; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Gross, Daniel P., and William R. Kerr. "AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century." Harvard Business School Case 718-486, January 2018. (Revised May 2018.)
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
A Century of Birthday Candles
HBS. That launched Duff’s long career in the personnel department of major Boston banks. She also served on the Board of Governors of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
into a much-needed windfall for a host of cash-strapped nonprofits. Since cofounding Working Assets in 1985, Laura Scher has helped the company channel nearly $20 million to organizations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam America, Amnesty... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
General Electric: Compliance Systems
By: Robert L. Simons
After General Electric (GE) is indicted in 1985 for defrauding the Department of Defense, Chairman John F. Welch takes dramatic steps to prevent a recurrence. This case documents the new systems and procedures that are put in place to ensure that all GE employees are... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Communication; Business History; Behavior; Boundaries; Management Style; Cost Management; Electronics Industry
Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Compliance Systems." Harvard Business School Case 189-081, January 1989. (Revised June 1993.)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
greater flexibility in her work as well as in her lifestyle. One of her clients, General Electric, soon hired her as a program manager in the Corporate Environmental Programs department at its Fairfield,... View Details
- February 2025
- Case
Fly, Fix, Fly at True Anomaly
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Jim Matheson, Fiona Murray and David Allen
How should companies learn from failure? Founded by four U.S. Space Force warfighters, the tough tech startup True Anomaly wanted to compete with major defense contractors to supply the U.S. Department of Defense with satellites and software that could help protect... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
special professorships at Harvard that acknowledge achievements beyond conventional limits of departments and specialties. Awarding the chair, President Bok said that Christensen's efforts had "helped... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
can influence the outcomes of value-net games, many companies seek to involve rule makers and referees to gain advantage. Moves to influence government are commonplace when playing defense against others'... View Details
- 30 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Upside of Highlighting a Product's Downsides
charity. [related readings] “It’s a way to clearly communicate that ‘We are unique in the space,’” Choi says. “Here’s what we are and here’s what we aren’t.” More traditional organizations have also been opening up. The US Department... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
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Guidelines . Department Marketing Materials The Harvard Business School logo may be used on official HBS marketing materials (brochures, flyers, Web sites, etc.). (Note that this does not include an individual's activities outside View Details