Legacy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2007
News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

family to lead the company, Zobel inherited a legacy of prudent management that preserved Ayala's interests through times of revolution, colonial rule, dictatorships, and war—not to mention earthquakes and volcanoes. Established in 1834... View Details

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Rigorous research, rooted in practice | About

Activities Our eighteen Global Research Centers & Offices help to build on our legacy of global engagement by supporting our faculty’s international research, administering academic programming in their regions, providing advice to MBA... View Details

31 Mar 2008
HBS Case

JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

You don't need to be a frequent flier to know that the friendly skies aren't so friendly anymore. Cramped, overloaded planes, flight delays, and bare-bones amenities are the norm on most of the legacy carriers. But low-cost airlines like... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation

16 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management

companies to become more aware of the complicated legacy of today's business practices and the origins of some their day-to-day management practices. "I got into this because I followed my sources," Rosenthal says. "I... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

29 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines

Keywords: by Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr & William R. Kerr; Manufacturing

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

company, invest a lot of money in reskilling its entire staff? The industry is moving from hardware to software in the form of smart, connected elevators. But instead of laying off legacy hardware staff and hiring new talent, the CEO... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Legacy High School South Gate, CA CA 60 of 65 Diana Stiller Norco High School Norco, CA CA 61 of 65 Ryan Stough STEAM Legacy High School South Gate, CA Subjects: US History, AP US History, World History,... View Details

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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About

School’s 112th Commencement. Published May 26, 2022 Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Earlier today, President Bacow released the Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the View Details

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought Leadership Early AASU documents... View Details

22 May 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack & John Rusnak

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

C. Roland Christensen was one of the founders of the field of business strategy and the world’s leading authority on case method teaching. Legacy Harvard Business School Professor C. Roland (Chris) Christensen was one of the founders of... View Details

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

scholars find instead distinctive regimes of interaction and peculiar modes of relation. They study capitalism in action. This new focus lies at the intersection of two legacies from the historiography traced above—historians’ tendency to... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

February 2022
Case

NFX Capital and Moov Technologies

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Nicole Tempest Keller

In July 2019, James Currier, a general partner at San Francisco-based NFX Ventures, was considering a seed stage investment of $1.5 million in Moov Technologies, a B2B marketplace for used industrial equipment. NFX was a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Network Effects; Marketplace Matching; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Applications and Software; Semiconductor Industry; Financial Services Industry; San Francisco

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

School Arlington Heights, IL IN Katlyn Smolar Donald E. Gavit High School Hammond, IN Subjects: AP U.S. History, Civics Honors, American History Honors CO Kendra Snyder Legacy High School Broomfield, CO MA Kevin Snyder Worcester Academy... View Details

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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

benefits for value. To date, health IT has been siloed in its functions, services, and interoperability. Today’s IT systems reflect the fragmented legacy structure of care delivery in general, as well limits of IT capabilities. The... View Details

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

because they can’t afford the insurance contracts offered by legacy carriers, which often require purchasing several months of coverage up front. “Insurance technology can enable cash-strapped drivers to access shorter and more affordable... View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

difficulties would be dismissed. Richard Davis will be remembered as a true servant leader who always puts others’ interests ahead of his own, making him a role model for all bankers. He was recently named CEO of Make-A-Wish America foundation. A View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

asked. If you're deeply content all the time, what happens to your achievement?— Howard Stevenson Happiness, significance, and a legacy are similarly complicated. "If you're deeply content all the time, what happens to your... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Financial Aid - Alumni

Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006), to continue his legacy of supporting and mentoring HBS students. Jennifer Kelm Sergio (MBA 2010) By establishing a fellowship in honor of her 5th Reunion, Jennifer Kelm exemplifies that even young alumni can... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

shareholders. Unilever's historical legacy provided organizational and cultural constraints on the options available. It entered the 1960s with an organization that was so decentralized as to be fragmented. The British and Dutch... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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