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Angela Q. Crispi | About
transformation. During her tenure, the School has expanded to include 18 global locations; opened 8 new buildings; and launched HBS Online, a groundbreaking online education platform. Angela also served as... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
Grommet The Grommet, an online product launch platform, was at the brink of scaling its business. The Grommet's daily launch and sale of innovative consumer products, using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society
in the early nineteenth century, it also had to adapt to the rise of a mature industrial economy toward the end of the century. The spread of large-scale mechanized production meant the availability of new... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni
Committee's preference is to (1) fund new graduates as they re-enter the workforce, and (2) renew fellowships for existing GO Africa recipients before funding alumni who have been working for 1-4 years post-MBA. You have accepted a... View Details
- July 1996
- Case
Bayside Controls, Inc.
By: H. Kent Bowen, Jennifer Kochman and Sylvie Ryckebusch
Two recent MBA graduates acquire a small and ailing metal-machining company that had manufactured small aerospace components. Through clever application of state-of-the-art manufacturing, engineering, and marketing/sales concepts, they turned the company into a growing... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Leveraged Buyouts; Machinery and Machining; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Production; Personal Development and Career; Sales; Aerospace Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, Jennifer Kochman, and Sylvie Ryckebusch. "Bayside Controls, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 697-004, July 1996.
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
and venture capital firm based in Boston, Roe Stamps began to think about succession. “When our VPs became new partners, I told them that someday they would run the company,” says Stamps, whose declaration was probably met with... View Details
- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
suitcases at the airport. But now agencies are finding that subtle “nudges” can motivate behavior much better than ads, fines, or deadlines. Nudges, or small changes to the context in which decisions are made, are the subject of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Research Summary
The Unexpected Effects of Workplace Connectivity
While investigating how workplace transparency and privacy shape organizational behavior and performance, I wondered about the related effects of workplace connectivity. As new digital tools and organizational forms make it far easier for employees to communicate... View Details
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Energy, IT, real estate, and sustainability
Professor Henderson’s current research focuses on the energy, information technology, and real estate sectors and the challenges firms encounter as they attempt to act in more sustainable ways. This work is an outgrowth of her decade-long examination of the... View Details
Innovation and Its Discontents: How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It
The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. Such is the premise behind this provocative and timely book by two of the nation's leading experts on patents and economic... View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
when launching a new technology venture, the strategic complexities of multi-layer distribution channels, difficulties attaining reimbursement from third-party payers (particularly Medicare), and valuation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
vehicles in the long term.” What are your short- and long-term goals for this work? “In the short term, I am working on integrating our latest acquisitions into the PCL group, introducing new products into... View Details
- April 1985 (Revised October 1988)
- Case
Everest Computer (A): The Development of the SuperMOS Process
By: Kim B. Clark
The research and development lab at the semiconductor development and manufacturing facility of a computer systems manufacturer has embarked on a radically improved semiconductor manufacturing process for application in a new computer system. The case offers a detailed... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979
Head of Global Energy Group, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) 2002 Named Global Head, CSFB Investment Banking Division 2004 Named CSFB Chief Client Officer 2006 Launches Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) 2009 GIP acquires Gatwick... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
Importantly, these past track records also predict divergent future real outcomes in patents, patent citations, and new product innovations. Read the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
the world's foremost commercializer of products of new technologies in consumer electronics including the Walkman, Triton Color TV, the VCR, the CD (and CD-ROM), and the DVD. Matsushita became the industry's... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Bridging the ESG Data Gap
environmental, social, and governance [ESG] performance for long-term value creation.” Murday developed and launched the company in 2020, collaborating with faculty, experienced entrepreneurs, and fellow students at the i-lab, a physical... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
has a dark side, and if employees aren’t careful about how and when they express it, it can turn off colleagues or even make them feel threatened, according to new research. “You can’t just express passion and expect it will be jolly... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech
tech industry. In the immersive Startup Bootcamp program, I joined a small team to take an idea from scratch and build a minimum viable product (MVP). Courses like The Entrepreneurial Manager, Launching Tech... View Details