Publications

20 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: December 20

stereotype-incongruent information. Implications for impression formation are discussed. Inducement Prizes and Innovation Authors:Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

Long-Run Investment: The Case of Innovation Authors:Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen, and Per Strömberg Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures from public... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting

propel the success of those businesses. Meet Bridges Fund Management Founded in 2002, Bridges, the UK-based impact investing fund, is committed to building a more inclusive and sustainable future through... View Details

October 2009 (Revised July 2012)
Case

Emotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count

By: Elie Ofek, Jason Riis and Paul Hamilton

Emotiv is getting ready to launch its innovative brain-computer interfacing (BCI) technology. The company has developed a special headset, called EPOC, and highly sophisticated software that can translate a person's emotions, cognitive thoughts, and facial expressions... View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Sales; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Launch; Business Startups; Technology Industry

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

turnaround, Datar studied the calculated steps it took to fuel its success. Hire data experts In 2013, the one bright spot in Target’s otherwise bleak financial picture was its then-small e-commerce arm. Although overall sales declined, online View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

the Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration. Public health will become a mainstream concern Leslie K. John: Healthy hygience habits will finally stick One consistent... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

November 2016 (Revised November 2016)
Case

Radial Analytics Probes Post-Acute Care

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Olivia Hull

Thaddeus Fulford-Jones and Eric Weiss, founders of healthcare technology startup Radial Analytics, have been busy developing a software program designed to save hospitals money and improve patient outcomes by producing customized care plans for patients leaving the... View Details

Keywords: Electronic Medical Records; Electronic Health Records; Data Science; Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Growth Management; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Cambridge; Massachusetts

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

questions with the tools generated by the innovation of past decades, including the relationship between money and power, commerce and politics, exchange View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Financial Stability Project, founded at Harvard Business School, supports research collaborations between faculty and students across Harvard University to understand, predict View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

argues Mikołaj Piskorski, one of the world's leading experts on the business of social media. In A Social Strategy, he provides the most convincing answer yet, one backed by original research, data, and case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling

On October 7, 2020, Bespoken Spirits publicly announced it had received $2.6 million of seed funding for its “sustainable maturation process,” a process that could produce award-winning whiskeys in just days rather than years using a novel technology and data... View Details

May 2008 (Revised May 2008)
Case

Symyx Technologies, Inc.

By: H. Kent Bowen, Courtney Purrington and Thomas D. Perry

Symyx is a science-based company spun out of Berkeley. Its unique materials technology has been exploited for 10 years, but the company needs a new business model. The company concept required the invention of hardware and software to do high throughput materials... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Transition; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Science-Based Business; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software

Find at Harvard

October 2007
Case

The AtekPC Project Management Office

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and John Hupp

Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to... View Details

Keywords: Projects; Goals and Objectives; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Consulting Industry

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

25 Jul 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

The Evolution of Apple

In the context of the computer industry at large, professor David Yoffie explores the ups and downs of a company that's always been a bit different in "Apple Computer, 2006." The case poses this question: Given its 2 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer; Technology

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

those facts and find a solution, a team of Boston researchers reports. "When it comes to solving problems, connectedness is a double-edged sword," says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

March 2010 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Dassault Systemes

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Dassault Systèmes, a leader in product lifecycle management software, has enjoyed a very profitable business model in 3D engineering design. In the past, it has successfully managed market disruptions and opportunities through acquisition and organic innovations. Its... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Product Marketing; Technology Industry