Technological And Scientific Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2022
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Arcos Dorados’ Quest for the Digitalization of Last-Mile Delivery in Colombia (B)

By: Jorge Tamayo, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Mariana Cal

In 2020, Francisco Staton, president of Arcos Dorados’ Caribbean Division, and Héctor Orozco, Managing Director of Arcos Dorados Colombia, were looking into Arcos Dorados’ options to consolidate its food delivery service in Colombia. This time the matter at hand hinged... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Global Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Tactics; Logistics; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; Latin America; South America; Colombia

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29 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 29

note on technology innovations in education offers a market overview of the edtech sector and discusses trends, common challenges, and criticisms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy

generation systems are helping businesses become more resilient and reduce uncertainty from grid dependence. Our technology, first developed for NASA's Mars Program, is among the most efficient power generation View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Jun 2013
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Collective Wisdom

according to Karim R. Lakhani, is that thanks to the Internet, crowdsourcing has moved into new and unexpected industries and organizations, establishing itself as a mainstream strategy for View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

scientific field of trachoma control forward and now had the opportunity to "finish the job." That is, it could help to make operational its research in a way that directly improved the lives of... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

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Benjamin Chang | MBA

this future, and through this program, I hope to learn from and empower each other to move the world forward. Tech areas of interest: Synthetic biology, AI/ML, genetic engineering, space exploration, social... View Details

12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Euvin Naidoo I just received hardcover copies of two special books I have been looking forward to unpacking over the summer: Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time, by Rosabeth... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Mar 2012
News

Reinventing Radio Days

Kennedy Main article: Where Innovation Rules As a kid, Joe Kennedy (MBA 1985) got hooked early on the magic of radio, listening in bed at night to a crystal set he had built himself. Radio returned to his life in 2004 when—after an... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; internet radio; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
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Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff

By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney

Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details

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25 May 2015
Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

Innovation Lab and Rock Center for Entrepreneurship taught us how to build and organize an agile development team. Meanwhile, we reached out to countless alumni in the View Details

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

privacy online, and their property as well. So even though the technology may change, it doesn't necessarily bring everything in society along with it. Q: Is there anything about the Internet that is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2005
News

Better Care at Lower Cost

necessary, most patients are in and out in fifteen minutes, and services are covered by most health insurance plans. The clinics are what Christensen calls a “disruptive delivery mechanism.” Medical View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking

You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

Working PapersUser, and Open Collaborative Innovation: Ascendent Economic Models Authors:Carliss Y. Baldwin and Eric von Hippel Abstract In this paper we assess the economic viability of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2016
News

The Tampon of the Future

Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Is it possible to draw blood from a person without causing discomfort? That question has puzzled scientists for years. And the solution—for women, at least—finally is coming to market as... View Details

Keywords: Blavatnick; Scientific Research and Development Services

04 Mar 2025
Blog Post

WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley

up for a high-impact day of networking and learning. After breakfast, students divided into small groups to visit six top venture capital firms: Nexus Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Dell View Details

Keywords: Technology

02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

quickly. This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible. Can we really engineer... View Details

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

number of researchers and commentators. It is perhaps indicative of the degree to which affluence combined with technology is making it possible to produce and consume a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

other business practitioners. Much of the science discussed will unfold in the Allston complex's four buildings, which will house Harvard's initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, and View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

04 Jan 2022
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