Rapid Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
News

Clusters and Competition

School's impact on his own life: “There is no place else in the world where I could do this sort of research,” he said, after noting that being a student at HBS changed his life. “We have been able to create information that is having a... View Details

Web

Systems Leadership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

project from the Dean’s Office and the Social Enterprise Initiative, the Systems Research Working Group continues its efforts with support from the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS). Why a systems approach matters in today’s world: In an era defined by... View Details

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

The financial field may be permanently changed by the explosive ups and downs of the tech sector, but old standards of quality and planning will still make or break new businesses, HBS professor Howard H. Stevenson said. In his keynote... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

Web

What Happens When Company Tweets Get Political | Working Knowledge

a time when corporate America was not very online. Most companies used social media for promoting products and services or engaging with consumers in a friendly fashion. Political posts on a company account were rare. That all changed... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

The Exchange: Venture Forth

changes we’ve seen with the consumer internet sector are now beginning to happen in other industries. If you look at hardware, rapid prototyping has really revolutionized the way hardware startups are built.... View Details

Keywords: April White

Web

IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification - Course Catalog

sources of economic growth away from petrochemicals. Societal change has been rapid in some dimensions – exhilarating and sometimes disconcerting – and on others has been glacially slow. This has triggered... View Details

16 Dec 2016
News

An Environmental Epiphany

rapid adoption-- wouldn't have been possible 10 years ago. Tell me a little bit about, what's driving that change? Has it been a change in approach? Where is it coming from? Kortenhorst: I think there are... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

The rapid changes at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup highlight the problem many firms face as they consider succession. What we are seeing should be surprising and disturbing to us all: At investment banks of... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Apr 1997
News

Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT

The following article is the ninth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. The information technology (IT) industry, for which rapid change has been a constant... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

rest of Harvard? We have fundamentally changed Harvard Business School’s engagement with the rest of the University. It began with the i-Lab, which helped catalyze the entrepreneurial energy that exists across the entire University. The... View Details

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

only changing them gradually. Instead, they found rapid turnover in much of the employees' networks when there was a change in job functions. This was especially the case when... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications

If proof was needed that change is afoot in the worldwide media industry, it came in the form of late alterations to a panel on the subject at the HBS Global Alumni Conference. CEOs Jean-Marie Messier of France's Vivendi and Thomas... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News; Media & Broadcasting

01 Feb 1998
News

Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

significant changes took place at HBS during Fouraker's tenure as Dean, including sizable increases in the numbers of women and minority students; new curriculum initiatives in ethics, business and government, human resource management,... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

Tapon (MBA 1997) REISNER: More than email itself, what really had an impact was the loss of first-class mail to electronic bill paying, starting in 2008. But the point is a good one, and 3D printing is likely to cause substantial change... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

16 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Delivering Solutions During a Crisis with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)

through crisis while operating an ecommerce organization during Brexit. With business in the UK and across the EU, Furuseth and his team had to adjust to foreign exchange rates and find ways to quickly cut costs. The experience of rapid... View Details

08 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

apart" with increased training times and more rapid changes in international job markets, according to Michael Lindsey. "We're headed for a two-tier economic society..." says Mike Dorkoski.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Buildings & Cities Cities are a key place to innovate to reduce greenhouse gases The world is currently undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in human history. More than half of the global population is... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Book Review: The Old West

stagnation and the East's rapid climb: "Entrepreneurial capitalism has changed hands." Although the West rose to the top of the economic ladder with its entrepreneurial spirit and collaboration among... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

Web

Supply Chain Management - Course Catalog

a context of rapid product proliferation, short product life cycles, and global networks of suppliers and customers. Hence, topics not examined in RC TOM such as inventory management, distribution economics, and demand forecasting are... View Details

Publications