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23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

commercialize remarkable technological breakthroughs like the genome. There are also enormous questions about what the proper regulatory structure will be: Who owns a gene? Who owns the right to determine what I can do with my genes? These kinds of questions get to the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

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Ansel Adams and Polaroid R&D | Baker Library

new means of expression. Adams’s “consulting work yielded key insights for the company and also for his own practice by giving him close proximity to cutting-edge photographic technologies and the space in which to help design them,”... View Details

04 May 2018
News

How to Win the Kentucky Derby

they're all talented until they're not, until they prove that they're just not up to their peers. Hanna: Yeah. And I don't mean to put you on the spot. You can answer this as you wish, but Always Dreaming, I read was purchased for... View Details

Keywords: horse racing

01 Dec 2017
News

Yoga Inc.

meditation: Can yoga lose its spiritual focus and still be profitable? Yoga first appeared in sacred Hindu texts as a means to broaden consciousness, calm the mind, even mystically inhabit the bodies of other beings. The current notion of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

mean-variance optimization with sample means and covariances. The Bayesian inspired Black-Litterman model is described after introducing the intuition of the Bayesian approach to inference in a univariate setting. Purchase this note:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

means and ends. Whether it was Rovell landing a guest, Lucci solving a caller's problem, or Kraft acquiring the stadium, each transaction made sense in its own right. But each one also enhanced the odds of making the next deal—and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

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2.4 Disciplinary Process | MBA

allegations. The CRB will vote to determine whether a violation occurred and what sanctions, if any, should be applied. The CRB applies a “preponderance of evidence” standard, meaning that the CRB will decide whether it is more likely... View Details

15 Jun 2020
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

G. Allen and John D. Macomber, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Harvard University Press By the time you reach 80, you will have spent 72 years of your life indoors. Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. This View Details

21 Nov 2017
News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

and industry predictions, in their own words, follow below. Justin Dawe (MBA 2007) President, Scoot Networks “The more we use renewables and storage, the cheaper they get. That’s a really profound thing, when you think about what it means... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

01 Mar 2011
News

James McNerney Jr.

systems. What does it mean to be globally competitive in today’s economy? From a business fundamentals perspective, you win through innovation, low cost, or better customer service; in my opinion, innovation is the most sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Air Transportation; Transportation

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

Experimental Psychology: General The (Perceived) Meaning of Spontaneous Thoughts By: Morewedge, Carey K., Colleen E. Giblin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Much human thought arises unbidden, spontaneously intruding upon consciousness.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

focused on building up HabanaLive, the company’s new meetings, incentives, conferences, exhibitions (MICE) business, and growing CET’s luxury leisure business. This means meeting with partners like the Kempinski and cultivating new... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

01 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

some may have hoped. "The birth of every new technology leads to some kind of hype, and when the hype settles it will be clear that crowdfunding is here to say," concludes Nanda. "But I don't think it will substitute for something else. Rather, it will... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

23 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

the process that generates the entire distribution. In particular, they need to keep in mind the following 3 measures of inventive success: shots on goal (the total number of inventions a company generates), average score (the mean value... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

defined by the requirements of their jobs. The idea of employees organizing to advocate was anathema. One white male executive said, "Does this mean that we can have a communist cell here? Are we going to have hundreds and hundreds... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One

Field brand and part of the entrepreneur's means of distinguishing his offering at a moment when there were more than a dozen department stores in Chicago. So how did Field make his strategic mark? By establishing a powerful, relevant... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jul 2024
Book

Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead

just look straight at the goal, and at the distance between where we are now and where that treasure is, the gap can be overwhelming and paralyzing. It's important to know and reflect on what treasure you're seeking, but that doesn't mean... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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The Route of the Exhibition - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

boundaries of fine and commercial art resulted from efforts on the part of . . . advertisers . . . photographers, and assorted elite groups to claim jurisdiction over ‘art’ as a means of acquiring authority and influences in their fields... View Details

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Online AI Course | HBS Online

thoughtful and timely manner. This means completing each course module and fully answering questions posed therein by the required deadline. This course also features recommended weekly deadlines to help ensure participants proceed... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

to online, we saw that younger kids couldn’t do their schoolwork online without an adult supporting them at home. If mom is at work, younger students rely on older siblings to help them, which means that the older students are not... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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