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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
A Call to Innovation
“wicked problems” will throw off an enormous amount of social and economic value, such as the start of new businesses and advances in fundamental research. The bottom line, says Kao, is that innovation pays. He points to the work of Nobel... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
New Releases
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen (Harvard Business School Press) The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail demonstrates why outstanding companies that focus on competitiveness, listen... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
Mark Twain in front of his childhood home in Hannibal, Missouri (photos courtesy of American Writers Museum) Before he arrived at HBS, Jay Hammer (MBA 1979) was pursuing a PhD in literature at Johns Hopkins. Daunted by the increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
PROFESSOR DAVID MOSS As a graduate student in history and economics at Yale, John G. McLean Professor David Moss struck up a friendship with the late Nobel laureate James Tobin that changed his perspective. Again and again, Professor... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World
with increasing rivalry and change and one that will be characterized by continued downward pressure on advertising rates. As Nobel Laureate Herbert A. Simon once said, "A wealth of information creates a... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
words of Robert Solow, a Nobel laureate in economics and an adviser to the study, “By far the most important factor in that growth is Wal-Mart.” Second, most of the value created by the company is actually... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
Froot used a careful examination of a single transaction in the emerging market for catastrophic risk bonds to motivate a search for explanations for anomalies in the pricing and structure of this market. Another highlight of the conference was a keynote speech View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
organizations, and numerous nations abroad as well as U.S. inner cities. "As the fourth University Professor in the 93-year history of HBS — a group that includes Nobel laureate Robert C. Merton, the late C. Roland Christensen, and the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
Schumpeter Illustration by Anita Kunz Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883–1950), an Austrian who taught at Harvard for twenty years, was “one of the greatest economists who ever lived, and an electrifying personality besides,” writes HBS... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
Photographed by Susan Young and Alice Carfrae Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2022 recipients, listen to podcasts detailing their impact, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
Room sessions to connect HBS alumni mentors to Singapore’s startups and small and mid-sized enterprises (SME). “Our vision for the NVSC is to create a positive impact on the local startup and SME network by creating opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog
Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Downtime
faculty and students, I can’t help but see the struggle between ambition, finding oneself, and the idea of reinventing oneself enacted each day. Zeynep Ton is an assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. What’s on your list? My Name Is Red... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
its financial foundation. One of his more tangible legacies is a transformed HBS physical plant. McArthur oversaw renovations of much of the campus, including the Dean’s House, Morgan Hall, Baker Library, and several dorms, and built the Chapel and Shad Hall. View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as evaluating programs to determine what is working... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
Photos by Bridget Corke “Pleased, but not satisfied.” That’s how Frank Magwegwe (AMP 185, 2013) describes the drive that helped him to overcome homelessness as a young man in South Africa, get an education, and build a successful career... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage
The first edition of A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics, by David A. Moss was published in 2007—just as one of the world's great economic downturns was taking off. The second edition has just been published, which includes an epilogue on... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Moss
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Professor Claudia Goldin on "Why Women Won" - Blog: RGE Report
scholars, the moment is ripe for us to delve into research that illustrates the state of working women today. Harvard’s own Professor Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her lifetime of work on gender dynamics and... View Details
- Profile
Arthur Rock
experience of raising money to help these businesses grow. In a serendipitous encounter in 1957, Rock was approached by a group of seven scientists who were working at Shockley Laboratories in Palo Alto. The group had been working under... View Details
- 20 Nov 2015
- News
Room to Grow
inspired by the work of Food Solutions New England, an organized network of agricultural experts, farmers, academics, concerned citizens, and regional grassroots organizations working to overcome barriers to increased local food... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley