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- 2011
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Between Global and Local: The Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France
Keywords: Social Issues; Knowledge Management; Information Management; Rights; United States; France
Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Between Global and Local: The Invention of Data Privacy in the United States and France." In The Voice of the Citizen Consumer: A History of Market Research, Consumer Movements, and the Political Public Sphere, edited by Kerstin Bruckweh. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
- 2003
- Book
The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son
By: R. S. Tedlow
Tedlow, R. S. The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son. New York: Harper Business, 2003.
- September 1991 (Revised January 1997)
- Case
Manzana Insurance: Fruitvale Branch (Abridged)
Deals with performance assessment and improvement of a service operation in the insurance industry, a market that is highly sensitive to response time. Two branch offices in direct competition are described, and the impact of response time on performance is suggested.... View Details
Keywords: Business Offices; Decision Choices and Conditions; Time Management; Service Operations; Performance Evaluation; Competition; Insurance Industry
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Manzana Insurance: Fruitvale Branch (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 692-015, September 1991. (Revised January 1997.)
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
Nneka Chime’s (MBA 2015) career path offers an alternative road map for HBS students and alumni seeking to make a difference in the world. While seeking, she aligned her professional choices with a larger mission rather than following a... View Details
'Leke Jegede
Oluwagbemileke Jegede is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) unit at Harvard Business School. She received BBA and LLB degrees from Amity University and the University of Sierra Leone in 2015 and 2016 respectively,... View Details
- 2002
- Chapter
The Use of Virtual Classes at Harvard Business School: A Successful Model for Corporate e-Learning
By: D. Quinn Mills and Dirk Seifert
- 2017
- Report
The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors
By: Laura Huang, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson and Elaine Bolle
Early-stage financing from angel investors is critical to the success of high-growth startups. Recent estimates suggest that annual US angel investment activity may total as much as $24 billion each year, contributing to the growth and success of more than 64,000... View Details
Keywords: Angel Investors; Geography; Risk; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Demographics; Geographic Location; Decision Making; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Huang, Laura, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson, and Elaine Bolle. "The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors." Report, Overland Park, KS, November 2017.
- October 2022
- Article
How Leaders with Divergent Visions Generate Novel Strategy: Navigating the Paradox of Preservation and Modernization in Swiss Watchmaking
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Rich DeJordy and Rory M. McDonald
How do leaders with divergent visions for their organization come together to create a novel strategy? This paper employs paradox as a lens to investigate how leader-dyads can integrate opposing strategies to produce a new, generative approach. Drawing on a qualitative... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Paradoxes; Senior Leaders; Organizational Reinvention; Leadership; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Change; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Switzerland
Raffaelli, Ryan, Rich DeJordy, and Rory M. McDonald. "How Leaders with Divergent Visions Generate Novel Strategy: Navigating the Paradox of Preservation and Modernization in Swiss Watchmaking." Academy of Management Journal 65, no. 5 (October 2022): 1593–1622.
- 24 May 2021
- News
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union
By: Robert C. Pozen and Felicia Ellsworth
This note analyses and compares the legal definitions and practical applications of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Felicia Ellsworth. "Note on Comparative Treatment of Business Method and Software Patents in the United States and European Union." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-023, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 26 May 2023
- Blog Post
Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth
Space exploration has produced so many technologies that are now part of everyday life. Polymers in space suits became the flame-retardant suits used by firefighters. Miniature imaging systems became the... View Details
Katherine B. Coffman
Katherine Coffman is the Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit. Before joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of economics at The Ohio State University and a visiting assistant professor of... View Details
- 29 Mar 2018
- HBS Seminar
Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard Business School
- 05 Sep 2019
- News
Making the Right Technical Hire
- June 2013 (Revised November 2022)
- Exercise
Competition Simulator Exercise
In the Competition Simulator Exercise, students explore through trial and error some important economic foundations of competitive strategy and managerial economics. In particular, the nine simulator exercises let students explore horizontal differentiation with and... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Economics; Game Theory; Competitive Strategy; Learning; Mathematical Methods; Analysis
Van den Steen, Eric J. "Competition Simulator Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 713-804, June 2013. (Revised November 2022.)
- July 2008
- Teaching Note
The Politics and Economics of Accounting for Goodwill at Cisco Systems (TN) (A) and (B)
By: Karthik Ramanna
Teaching Note for [109002] and [109003]. View Details
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details
- June 2025
- Article
Integral Outside: The Financial Curb Market, the Electric Telegraph, and the Politics of Pricing in Second Empire France
Financial markets in nineteenth-century France were far more complex than an analysis of the official Bourse or its state-authorized brokers would suggest. Most financial transactions occurred on an illegal yet tacitly tolerated curb market called the coulisse, which... View Details
Robertson, Charlotte. "Integral Outside: The Financial Curb Market, the Electric Telegraph, and the Politics of Pricing in Second Empire France." Journal of Modern History 97, no. 2 (June 2025): 307–347.
- Research Summary
Risk Measurement, Management, and Disclosure
Jorgensen's main research investigates managers' choices of measurement, management and disclosure of risk.
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