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Innovation at Moog Inc.

By: Brian J. Hall, Ashley V. Whillans, Davis Heniford, Dominika Randle and Caroline Witten

This case focuses on the challenges of incentivizing innovation within Moog, an engineering company based in New York state that designs and builds guidance systems for space, air, and land-based travel. The case enables students to grapple with the challenges of using... View Details

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29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

Business School Case 707-474 In 2006, newspaper firms in developed markets were severely threatened on three fronts: the growth of online news, online classified advertising, and free newspapers. Schibsted,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Workers Without Degrees Have Become More Isolated Than Ever | Working Knowledge

William Kerr . US businesses are becoming increasingly segregated along educational lines, with college and non-college educated employees isolated from one another at work, according to new research. The divide has been so severe in... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

Leonard Greenhalgh and James H. Lowry (PMD 25, 1973) (Stanford University Press) After summarizing demographic changes in America and showing why it’s in the national interest to foster the survi-val, prosperity, and growth of... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

Crossroads Wayne Ferrari has bridged the gap between being an independent entrepreneur and a "professional manager." After selling his business to a Private Equity (PE) firm, Ferrari takes on the role of CEO and with their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Luc Sirois

and growth to build new organizations.” Equally life-changing were the guest lectures taught by the likes of Jeff Bezos, who, at the time, was merely the founder of an online used bookstore. “To have those encounters right there, in... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology; Nonprofit / Government

05 Mar 2014
What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

Internet (mobile) businesses and users (have) already evaluated the benefits (and) analysts' valuations can be more predictable " Shankar N. Mandapaka added: "The earlier dot.com bubble was due to lack of proper valuation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the landscape of agriculture in Nigeria

produce enough healthy foods, they hope to combat malnutrition, provide jobs, and reduce the need for costly imports. “We’re excited to source local products, and it also makes business sense, because once you have the partnership in... View Details

17 May 2018
News

Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Center for Sustainable Future; serves as program manager of Amrita Center for International Programs; and teaches entrepreneurship and business strategy. He also works with Embracing the World, a humanitarian organization focused on... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

24 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

suppliers; for example, easy tasks like determining whether the supplier is a bona fide business entity, or cross-checking the supplier's street address with its phone number and tax ID number. These very obvious and easy things haven't... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

01 Dec 2010
News

Additional alumni books for your consideration.

The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work by Cathleen Benko (MBA ’89) and Molly Anderson (Harvard Business Review Press) The authors argue that a lattice model rather than the corporate ladder is... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

Company Authors:Michael Beer and Magnus Finnstrom Publication:Leadership in Action, November-December 2009 Abstract Traditional leadership development programs often fail to achieve the desired results because they don't focus on learning linked to the company's View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

understand that our connected style can help us win all the deals we want and get all the business results our shareholders want, that’s really the broad concept here.” Nor has growth stymied the Vision... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

tech-oriented, two-year college degree. “P-TECH is a great example of what I call ‘thinking outside the building,’” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

compelling story or parable, I hope to capture the students’ hearts, their attention. I want to pull them into the experience by painting a picture to which they can relate. When I teach a case like “C&S Grocers,” a story about the dramatic View Details

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How Relationships are Building Biotech

firm, and by extension in the emergence of an industry, Higgins writes in her chapter, titled "Careers Creating Industries." "With a significant number of IPOs, what was previously simply a group of young organizations engaged in similar View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Mallory Stark

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

This article is a repost from the Social Enterprise Initiative blog. Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviation officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. My career... View Details

16 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

for comparison, New York City’s population is around 8.3 million - and much of this growth will happen in Africa. I love meeting founders that are working to transform our cities, making them more sustainable and resilient. Recently, I’ve... View Details

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2025 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Reunions 2025 Reunion Presentations At Reunions, HBS faculty and other thought leaders address a range of issues facing business and society. Program recordings and materials (slide deck, handouts, etc.) are made available only when... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

A Conversation with Dean Clark

manage technology in their subsequent careers. BULLETIN: How would you assess the state of the School today? CLARK: This really is a great time to be part of the Harvard Business School. There is a spirit of innovation and enterprise that... View Details

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