Exploration And Exploitation - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Dec 2019
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America’s competitiveness problem

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

illegal dumping. She has expanded the use of data analytics and plans to implement citywide, curbside composting over the next 20 months. And she is exploring the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

30 May 2013
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Dean Nohria Addresses the Class of 2013

30 May 2024
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How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details

28 Mar 2024
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Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality

21 Jan 2020
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China-based Fuyao Glass Considers Manufacturing in the U.S.

01 Oct 2019
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Today’s venture capitalists owe something to 19th-century whalers

13 Dec 2016
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Eye Appeal Is Buy Appeal: Business Creates the Color of Foods

01 Sep 2023
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Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

20 Oct 2023
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Highlights from the Fall 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

On the evening of Wednesday, October 11, Alumni Board members joined with current HBS students in the Spangler Center for "A Conversation about Life Lessons", which was led by Leslie Perlow, the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership. This October, more than 75... View Details

13 Jul 2023
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The Network Effect

asset. Agios, awash in cash, wasn’t immediately ready to think about a royalty financing deal, but Model and Mathur stayed in touch. And when Agios decided that the company wasn’t seeing the value of its... View Details

10 May 2020
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The Brilliant Success of Shackleton’s Failure

01 Sep 2023
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Made in Italy

HBS faculty members and students visited Lamborghini’s headquarters in Bologna during the immersion to learn how the company became experts in electric car technology. Photo courtesy Lamborghini IMMERSIVE FIELD COURSES OFFERED AS ELECTIVES IN 2023 Denmark and... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2023
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Engaging Students More Deeply

Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of climate change, and a charter... View Details

Keywords: April White

04 Jan 2024
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Great Heights

In 2019, after more than a decade scaling the heights of product management in Silicon Valley, Lisa Kostova (MBA 2009) decided to take on a different kind of climb. Over a sabbatical year, Kostova trained for and summited Denali, which, at 20,310 feet, is the tallest... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford

31 Jul 2023
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Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2024
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Case Study: Testing the Waters

is exploring options for innovation in an expansive but increasingly competitive market: Cure’s biggest competitor, Liquid I.V., was acquired by Unilever in 2020 and is reportedly closing in on $1 billion in... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

EC, we have Immersive Field Courses that are faculty-led learning experiences offered abroad and in the United States. They explore specific topics, such as climate change and... View Details