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Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

the pressure of a global economic slowdown, it is critical for nations to work together to develop regional strategies that improve competitiveness across borders. Strategies that coordinate economic policy among neighboring countries... View Details

08 Jul 2021

MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Virtual Event

Join us for a virtual event with program faculty, Admissions staff, students and alumni to learn more about Harvard's MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program. Prospective students must have an undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

Photo Courtesy The Timken Company Product innovation and customer service initiatives have also been key to development of The Timken Company, a 104-year-old bearing and steel maker based in Canton, Ohio,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

years. You see them leaning on national security contracts as a way to keep their businesses moving forward, which does raise some interesting questions about the development of this sector going forward. And you see it in the increasing... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

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Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

advertising for special products and industries, advertising contests and awards, advertising mediums (catalogs, magazines, billboards), and art in advertising. The Trade Catalog Collection is also a helpful resource for tracing the View Details

27 Jul 2022
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Alumna-Led Reproductive Health Startup Raises $4.7 Million

for each distinct stage of a woman’s reproductive life cycle,” the article notes, which was developed in partnership with Thain Gioia’s OBGYN. Thain Gioia also notes that the company is dedicated to ensuring the View Details

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Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

firms. Educational Objectives Supply Chain Management (SCM) builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on producing and developing View Details

01 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting and Digesting

developed more critical opinions, and have grown the empathetic side of me. On this journey, I am thankful to have an extremely supportive husband, family, and friends there for me from across the globe. Why Singapore? When deciding what... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail; Consumer Products / Retail

Larry L. Prince

Prince continued Genuine Parts’ record 50-year history of consecutive sales and earnings increases. Through an expanding product line and strategic acquisitions, the company revenues have increased from $3 billion to over $8 billion.... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Thomas B. Pickens

Starting his career with only a small drilling, exploration and production firm, Pickens developed a knack for acquiring oil-rich properties. His luck afforded him the wealth he used to begin his famous... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

15 Nov 2020
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Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Professor Mike Toffel lays out the scenario: JUUL is the e-cigarette market leader—its revenue grew from $200 million to $1 billion between 2017 and 2018. But the company also faces questions... View Details

08 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977

mature brands such as Tide, which was developed in 1946 as the country's first synthetic laundry detergent. Today, Tide is available in dozens of differentiated product offerings around the world, including... View Details

23 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Founder of Modern Venture Capital

creation of new products for the welfare of American soldiers. For decades, as president of American Research & Development Corporation, an early venture capital firm founded in 1946, he fostered the... View Details

Keywords: Education; Financial Services

15 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

of students, the researchers surmised it may dampen innovation among competitive companies. To test that hypothesis, McDonald, Pahnke, Hallen and Wang looked at close to 200 medical device startups that developed View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

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Crisis Leadership - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

returned, inexpensive Waltham watches had a ready market. 20 Waltham watches had saturated the domestic market by the 1870s, so Robbins took advantage of the 1873 downturn to court new customers: women, with their often-overlooked purchasing power, and the market... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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New Releases

materials in their own training and development programs, focus on products covering key topics such as communication skills, change management, customer service, diversity, innovation, leadership, quality,... View Details

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Alumni: Where are they now? Featuring Fereshteh…

at HBS, I was offered an entrepreneurial position as the Client Relations & Business Analysis Manager for the Canada & Bermuda Region. In this role, I was able to learn about the retail business from a merchandising and client View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Krishna Yeshwant

After graduating from Stanford with a degree in computer science, Krishna subordinated his earlier interest in medicine for one in engineering. While he enjoyed his work developing fake "honey pot" servers to ensnare would-be... View Details

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

abundant supply of low-cost labor in China. Highlights the unique benefits and challenges created by BYD's operations strategy and asks students to determine whether the capabilities developed by the company in battery manufacturing can... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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