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- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
& Course MaterialsA123Systems Harvard Business School Case 606-114 A123Systems was a young company that was founded on basic materials science research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A co-founder of the company,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
icon throughout the world. While in South Africa earlier this year to research a case, I was amazed how nearly everywhere I went, his name retained its totemic power. Mandela was, perhaps more than any other person of his era, the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cyber-Marketing: Scouting the Digital Communications Frontier
Looking ahead, the authors investigate two possible scenarios for the unfolding of the digital revolution, each stemming from a different well-established medium. Television, they point out, is belatedly attempting to enter the digital... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
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the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.” “I think as a small company, I’m coming to the conclusion that you can’t do both research and business development at once.”... View Details
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
From the dawn of the U.S. transcontinental railroad in 1869 to the widespread embrace of consumer products like cell phones and iPods in our time, the story of American business is in constant motion, never at rest—or at ease. A new... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
specifically the Urban Design Research Institute (URDI), C40 Cities, and World Resources Institute (WRI) and left us with several key reflections. Importance of Local Context View of Dharavi, Mumbai’s largest informal settlement. History,... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Working PapersSecuring Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract Read the news of recent computer security guffaws, and it's striking how many problems stem from online... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
employees to take better control of both their workdays and their lives. Excerpt From sleeping With Your Smartphone It all began with an experiment that my research associate and collaborator, Jessica Porter, and I initiated in order to... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
kind of a highly anticipated moment. And as I always say, luckily for me, entrepreneurship came up in my top three matches as did STEM research. So STEM research is what I used... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
began to undermine our competitiveness. I think it's possible to be people of faith and still respect the empirical truths of science. But because of religious ideology, restrictions were placed on a major form of science, stem View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
contribute to what we call the psychology of price. You can take the very same physical price and break it up into parts, bundle it with other items, ask for payment early, or ask for payment late, and change consumers'' perceptions of that price in the process. For... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
bit of battery recharge time, I’m going to have to find the space to do that and to use this tool, to use this technique in order to find that space. JH: You know, there’s been a lot of research and sort of public discussion about the... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
cells in cancer patients) generated more than $2 billion in sales last year. Millennium Pharmaceuticals: Alan Crane (photo: Shelly R. Harrison) As the ability to analyze a patient's genetic material is developed, however, many believe... View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
Vietnam. Investing in domestic manufacturing. Some companies, like Intel, have expanded US manufacturing capabilities, supported by new subsidies. However, the true extent to which US tariffs have stemmed the inflow of Chinese exports is... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
of Bluegrass Country. Complete Table of Contents December 2004 One-on-One with William H. Donaldson The Future of Stem Cells Retirement's Changing Face Five alumni talk about life goals, choices, and the... View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
There has been much recent discussion about which objective the United States should pursue—democracy for them vs. security for us—in instances where the two seem at odds. The problem with this debate is that it stems from an imprecise... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
them — were needed to stem internal bleeding caused by even mild stress on his joints. His blood-filled knees and ankles left Massie unable to walk and brought on “interminable nights when pain banished sleep,” he later wrote. His parents... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
December). Amgen's Epogen (a treatment for anemia in kidney dialysis patients) and Neupogen (which restores white blood cells in cancer patients) generated more than $2 billion in sales last year. As the ability to analyze a patient's... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
his day. Free refills, finding $5 in a coat pocket, that sort of thing. The blog, called 1000 Awesome Things started garnering a huge following and turned into a series of successful books. Last year, Neil released The Happiness Equation, which began as a nine-month... View Details