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Director’s Foreword | Baker Library

vast archive. In 2016, the exhibition At the Intersection of Science and Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation—The Formative Years , celebrated the opening of much of the collection to researchers . The exhibition traced... View Details

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

make my R&D lab more productive?' Fleming says a better question to ponder is, 'How can I commercialize from this web of connected engineers?' Sara Grant: Can you describe your latest research for our readers regarding small worlds and innovation. Lee Fleming: The... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

restaurateur in Japan, Aoki eventually opened his own four-table unit in Manhattan in 1964 and called it Benihana (after a Japanese flower), the name of his father's first establishment. Watching Americans dine out, Aoki had concluded... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

23 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019

academic literature and many management testimonials advocating a broader conception of corporate purpose—one that addresses the interests of firms’ multiple constituencies and the well-being of their employees, customers, and operating... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track

authenticity, which is the essential quality of leaders with high levels of emotional intelligence, or EQ. In my experience I have not seen leaders fail for lack of IQ, but I have observed many leaders fail who lacked EQ. Daniel Goleman, the psychologist who originated... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23

MIT Sloan Management Review Experiments in Open Innovation at Harvard Medical School By: Guinan, Eva C., Kevin J. Boudreau, and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract—Harvard Medical School seems an unlikely organization to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

coordinating the School's ambitious research efforts in a daunting list of culturally diverse countries such as Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Pakistan. Officially opened last October,... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Jun 2014
News

Screen Saver

in the coffee business, serving people—it's in the people business, serving coffee. It's about the human experience of coffee, which as a concept is very transferable from one business to another." That focus on the customer experience... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

21 Sep 2018
News

HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups

Point Media in Santa Monica. “It was a fantastic dynamic,” says Alexa McCulloch (MBA 1999), the workshop organizer and president of the club. “We assured each presenter that this was a confidential opportunity to open up and ask... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

day-to-day operations, including prototyping facilities, and I serve as an optional startup advisor. I found out about the position through an HBS alum, and while I didn’t use any specific tactics to secure the job, the tight-knit MS/MBA community at HBS definitely... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

market where customers are being overserved by the prevailing offerings. The concept of "overshooting" suggests that companies try to keep prices and margins high by developing products with many more features than customers can... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

01 Jun 2020
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Meal Plan

Holdings, a $300 million fund with investments in several restaurant concepts including Tatte Bakery, CAVA, Life Alive, BJ’s Restaurants and Clover Food Labs. Christian, can you walk me through how the management team at Inspire Brands... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; restaurants; COVID-19; pandemic; recovery; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

encourages others to do it), modularity and openness (determining the ease with which outside complementors can "hitch their wagons" to the platform), balance (between competition and collaboration with producers of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

social impact. After my first few corporate summer engineering internships, I knew that to have a greater impact, I would need to learn more about business concepts and corporate structure. In 2017, one of my mentors suggested I apply to... View Details

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Europe - Global Activities 2021

Systems Change was straightforward: Write a paper using the concepts explored in the course to analyze a social entrepreneur tackling an important social problem. After students reviewed each other’s papers, one would be selected to be... View Details

22 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

Publication:Academy of Management Annals Abstract The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields-including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research-and has been... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2014
News

Managing the World’s Trouble Spots

operations. His time in Colombia opened his eyes to widespread poverty. “I took the time to learn about the people, the environment. I found that people worked with the cartels because they didn’t have other opportunities to support their... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

19 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track

through the business world is a great advantage. The IPO went well? Yes, we raised nearly $190 million, which enabled us to retire debt and go in some new directions. My main challenge now is managing growth and our increasing organizational complexity. Last year was... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 1997
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Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

miracle. Professor David B. Yoffie served as informal moderator and faculty chair. Global Gathering Early in the opening session on April 6, conference chairman Robert Piccus and HBS Dean Kim B. Clark welcomed the international group,... View Details