longevity - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Diversification as an Adaptive Learning Process: An Empirical Study of General-Purpose and Market-Specific Technological Know-How in New Market Entry

By: Dominika Kinga Randle and Gary P. Pisano

An enduring trait of modern corporations is their propensity to diversify into multiple lines of business. Penrosian theories conceptualize diversification as a strategy to exploit a firm’s fungible, yet “untradeable,” resources and point to redeployment of... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Adoption; Diversification; Market Entry and Exit; Transformation

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Publications - Faculty & Research

226-009, July 2025. July 24, 2025 Article How to Build a Life: The Psychological Secret to Longevity By: Arthur C. Brooks Citation Register to Read Related Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Psychological Secret to Longevity."... View Details

October 2022
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Revisiting Extraversion and Leadership Emergence: A Social Network Churn Perspective

By: Blaine Landis, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Dan J. Wang and Robert W. Krause

One of the classic relationships in personality psychology is that extraversion is associated with emerging as an informal leader. However, recent findings raise questions about the longevity of extraverted individuals as emergent leaders. Here, we adopt a social... View Details

Keywords: Extraversion; Social Networks; Emergent Leadership; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics; Perception

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

builder, GTM strategist, and policy nerd turned investor, she partners with founders at the earliest stages of their discovery, building, and scaling journeys. She’s excited to reimagine how we develop, deliver, & pay for healthcare today and usher in a new era of... View Details

05 Dec 2014
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Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

04 Jun 2009
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Can a Continuously-Liquidating Tontine (or Mutual Inheritance Fund) Succeed where Immediate Annuities Have Floundered?

Keywords: by Julio J. Rotemberg; Financial Services

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General Management - Faculty & Research

set of policy constraints when considering the use of capital controls in models of pecuniary externalities. July 24, 2025 Article How to Build a Life: The Psychological Secret to Longevity By: Arthur C. Brooks 2025 Chapter An Appraisal... View Details

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Informing Brand Marketing Practice

Susan M. Fournier is involved with several projects relating more generally to brand managment issues. These include boardroom-level projects (with Professors Thomas Madden and Franke Fehle of the University of South Carolina, and sponsored by Interbrand) on the... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

investors in the United States. In 1981, a ranking by sales revenues in Forbes put it in twelfth place. 5 Unilever's longevity as an inward investor provides an opportunity to explore in depth a puzzle about inward FDI in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

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California - Global

in the longevity market increased and competition intensified, Miller Levy faced the challenge of refining Primetime’s investment thesis to guide its new $60 million Fund II. With five new potential investments under consideration, she... View Details

25 Jan 2021
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In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

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Skydeck - Alumni

Live: Stage Not Age Susan Wilner Golden (PMD 59, 1990) on the promise of the new longevity economy Wired to be Inspired Professor Ranjay Gulati on the messy but transformational pursuit of purpose Bidding Up 2022 Alumni Achievement Award... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Faculty & Research - Business History

Inclusive Alliances: America Must Rediscover the Ideological Flexibility That Helped It Win the Cold War By: Jeremy Friedman 2024 Working Paper Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710 By: Tom... View Details

29 Mar 2022
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5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

says. Lessons for business leaders everywhere How do leaders around the world build legacies that last? “My answer would be that just like you think of investing in a physical facility, in new product development, think of longevity as an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

with the opening of the Spangler Center in 2001. A 1984 article in the HBS Harbus newspaper describes Baker 20 at its height: “It lies at the nerve center of its patrons’ daily activities. Its employees have set records for longevity and... View Details

04 Feb 2016
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Meet the HBS Tech Club

student clubs at HBS. Can you tell us about your annual conference? This year will be the 21st year of hosting a conference. It’s traditionally been called Cyberposium (recently rebranded to a name with hopefully even more longevity —... View Details

18 Dec 2019
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6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

eventually evolved from manufacturing motorcycles to inventing a revolutionary light business jet—fulfilling a lifelong dream to improve mobility and exemplifying the longevity and continuous innovation that characterizes so many Japanese... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

with open source communities to ensure the security and longevity of the components they depend on. Snyk co-founder Danny Grander, a veteran security researcher who heads the company’s security team, decided to lead by example and share... View Details

Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer

15 Jun 2007
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Remembering Alfred Chandler

primarily on American history, but increasingly moved into global business history. In his 70s and 80s, he still kept learning, kept writing about ever broader areas of the world. His curiosity and longevity were simply amazing. Walter A.... View Details