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25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

potentially serious drawback threatened to stand in the way of further progress. As HBS Dean Kim Clark, and his colleague, Professor Carliss Baldwin, write in their new book, Design Rules: The Power of Modularity, Volume I (The MIT Press),"The support of older... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

IT Links for Boundaryless Companies

presentation and application activity. "The levels at which computers communicate have been formalized," said Upton. "This is important as we begin to understand what's happening on the 'Net as we go forward." As this... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

million toward Vectograph production and established the Polaroid War School where more than fifteen hundred military personnel learned how to make Vectographs. Early applications of the process at Guadalcanal rendered details of... View Details

30 Apr 2021
News

Revealing the Rules

skills in the house, spent his after-school hours submitting hundreds of job applications on her behalf. But even after following all the advice he could mine from Google and the public library, they didn’t get any call-backs. It was Ng’s... View Details

26 Aug 2016
News

Connecting with the Past

1952)—convinced him to delay his application to HBS and hired him for Red Comet, their decorative-ceiling business. “My bosses said, ‘You’ll get in. You will have the background and experience,’” he recalls. “When my mom called to say the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

04 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Finding Your Creative Outlet on Campus

students are not creative. But this is an example of creativity - we’re creating this podcast, sharing it, and building something in a very non-traditional business-y way.” If you want to hear genuine stories from HBS as you consider your View Details

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

HBS application essay about her desire to serve the social good. “I was drawn to... Riding the WAVE Misan Rewane 2013 When describing the experience of running WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), Misan Rewane (MBA 2013) is frank.... View Details

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

make a difference. While working... Values Matter—No Matter Where You Are Shilla Kim-Parker 2009 As if foreshadowing the career path ahead of her, Shilla Kim-Parker (MBA 2009) wrote her HBS application essay about her desire to serve the... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Laurel without Hardy? A Lesson for Business

these initiatives is to promote applications that push the limits of processing power. Upgrading to Intel's latest chip becomes a necessity, not a luxury. There is a hundred-year-old analogue to Intel's strategy. At the turn of the... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

A Roaring Success in the Windy City

that want to get ahead should focus on strategy. "Sound strategy involves tradeoffs," said Porter. "You must pick a different endpoint than your rivals." Dean Kim B. Clark introduced conference participants to the HBS intranet, highlighting the School's innovative... View Details

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50177 The Globalization of Angel Investments: Evidence across Countries By: Lerner, Josh, Antoinette Schoar, Stanislav Sokolinski, and Karen Wilson Abstract—This paper examines investments made by 13 angel groups across 21... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

research on the outcomes and cost-effectiveness of various approaches to treatment. The case allows for a critical analysis of the Spine Center's unique approach to care delivery and provides an opportunity to examine the applicability of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Texas Instruments, and Wal-Mart rely on Endeca to power business-critical applications that increase revenue, reduce costs, and streamline operations. Evertrue Brent Grinna , MBA 2010 Arjun Ohri , MBA 2010 EverTrue, LLC (“EverTrue”)... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

additional applications for the technology that Fuji had developed for the analog film market. So instead of focusing only on digital imaging, the obvious substitute for analog photography, Fuji now has the opportunity to branch out into... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

HBS was actually easier than being accepted as a WOC reader: In 1973, there were approximately 400 applicants for 4 WOC reader openings. Says Wailes, who as an MBA student was not allowed to take the WOC, “Whatever the mythology was about... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

good,” says Teodorescu. Much of the earliest applications of machine learning concerned language. At the birth of the field in the 1940s, British mathematician Alan Turing conceived the abstract grammars to analyze texts and describe... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

12 May 2015
Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

And Crowds Collide To better understand the gaps and overlaps between crowds and experts, Nanda and co-author Ethan Mollick, of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, began their study with a full set of applications for theater... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation

08 Dec 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Brooke Carter (MBA 2019)

the exercise of thinking about their career holistically over the long-term. The application will ask you to do this and think about whether you aspire to be a leader. And if you do aspire to be a leader, then definitely apply! HBS is... View Details

26 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

the RVPs select and work with HBS entrepreneurs entering the Rock Accelerator. While this was a low-risk exploratory program for the RVPs, many of the Accelerator applications were not simply pitch decks to evaluate; they represented my... View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

information for commercial purposes. Such information will be utilized only for the purpose stated. To accomplish such purpose, Harvard Business School may disclose the information to its employees, consultants and agents (including, for purposes of the View Details

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