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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

housed a negative and a positive sheet on two separate rollers. His drawings, often produced in whimsical renderings, illustrate the mechanisms of the system. 55 The negative moved past the lens box during... View Details

02 Dec 2019
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Championing the HBS Fund

extremely positive and supportive section,” he adds, noting that they set up a peer-tutoring program to help each other. “It was the highest-return academic setting I’ve ever been in.” Dosiou, meanwhile, was... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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Models of optimal experience (flow)

Flow is a state of profound task-absorption, involvement, and intrinsic enjoyment that makes the person feel one with the activity. Csikszentmihalyi's Flow Theory states that flow is more likely to occur in situations in which the person feels that the activity is very... View Details

20 May 2022
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Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research

or fees. With that, we’ve also all been in the position our cohort members are in: confused, yet curious about entrepreneurship. We’re well connected personally with the faculty members inside many of the university’s we work with, View Details

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

Advisers and worked in the New York office of McKinsey & Company. Professor Weinzierl has written on a range of topics in optimal taxation and optimal economic policy more generally. His work in View Details

27 Mar 2017
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Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?

take the opposite position of Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and argue that business school is for everyone or every entrepreneur – I’m sure it is not – but instead to say that each... View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Kumar Mahadeva

Sri Lanka and held positions with the BBC, McKinsey, AT&T, and Dun & Bradstreet before founding Cognizant — originally a joint venture with Dun & Bradstreet — in 1994. “We help... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

13 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

marketing communications at the company's North America Group, at the time of the launch. "We're positioning Coke Zero as a defender and celebrator of guy enjoyment." The strategy clicked with male... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto

26 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

with private bus operators. Incentivizing private actors to transition to electric buses could significantly amplify the impact on overall emissions reduction. Positive Brand Perception: BEST, as a government-run company, stands out for... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Donald J. Chiofaro

struck Chiofaro that "there was more to life than playing football and having a big neck. I had other options." Enrolling at HBS, he graduated and took a position at Salomon... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

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Patent terminology: Classification codes

What are patent classification codes and how are they used? A classification system is an arrangement of hierarchical categories used to organize things by their characteristics or relationships. A patent... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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André R. Jakurski, MBA 1973

certain. You do something and you get the right answer," he observes. "In business, you come out of class and you don't know the answer." Although he struggled with English at first, Jakurski earned his MBA... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

executive-level strategy and position your business for growth. 6 weeks 5-6 hours per week 5 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion from HBS Online. What... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

that leave their relationships and integrity intact, facilitate learning from the experience, and position them for their next career move. Slides The Future of Entertainment,... View Details

17 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups

strategy with a focus on social inequalities and status hierarchies, reveals that whether consciously or not, white coaches and black coaches subtly favor players of their own... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports

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By: Boris Vallee

Professor Vallée focuses on financial innovation, investigating it from different angles. This research thread has led him to relate the methods and insights of corporate finance and banking with those of other subfields, including household finance, public finance,... View Details

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

intricate software tricks that nobody else knew. Please stop adding to age discrimination.” I appreciate Stac’s reminding us of the sensitive nature of the topic. At the same time, the article did not state a position regarding technology... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Capturing & Disseminating Video/Photography During Course Activities | About

of this policy is to clarify the School’s position on capturing (e.g., photography, audio, video, live streaming and other formats) and/or disseminating (e.g., via the media or use of social media) content,... View Details

04 Jun 2001
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What’s the Future of the Subscription Model?

information to music in order to sell advertising. As questions are being raised about the ability of telephone service providers, newspapers, and others to sell subscriptions in the future, I recently asked readers what the future of... View Details