Western United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

decades of decreased funding, which the case notes peaked at 4.4 percent of the United States federal budget in 1966 and had shrunk to just 0.5 percent by 2014. To fulfill its vision for the exploration and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

impact on the organizations they lead. Hunting the High-Impact Leader From Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter By Gautam Mukunda In the middle of May 1860, delegates to the Republican National Convention met in Chicago to choose the party's nominee for president.... View Details

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

that the division might be in trouble, that corporate support is wavering, and that potential buyers are lining up. He wants to know what you know. Though the rumors are not altogether accurate, they do contain more than a few grains of truth. In spite of some recent... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

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Katie Laidlaw

and career path? HBS introduced me to more industries, jobs, companies, and roles than I thought possible. It helped me understand how private sector frameworks and analysis can be applied successfully in the public and non-profit sectors, and vice versa. I View Details

Keywords: Consulting

24 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?

research is unlikely to influence managers’ day-to-day decisions about whether to apply for patents. Indeed, many companies already attempt to have it both ways, as patent attorneys can use obfuscating language in patent applications in an effort to conceal ideas, he... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

20 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It

will tend to depress the share of the U.S. in innovation. Q: Your book talks about the "pauperization of the patent system." Can you elaborate on what you mean by this? A: Beginning in the early 1990s, Congress converted the View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53548 November 14, 2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths By: Luca,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

people." The articles in this special section were already in press when the order was issued, and this serendipity further underscores the timeliness of this special section. These articles propose many examples of the very actions that could be taken by federal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Alex Nelson

During the long, cold winters in her home state of Minnesota, Alex Nelson daydreamed of "a better car heater that would warm up immediately, like a hair dryer." Although she never built that heater, the daydream symbolized her... View Details

27 Nov 2013
News

No Bologna, Please

With nearly 1,800 stores in 44 states and Ontario, Canada, the company and its franchisees employ about 80,000 workers and saw system-wide sales of nearly $4 billion in 2012. Menu items include a range of quick but distinctive options,... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

23 May 2016
Blog Post

Advice for Prospective Students from Africa

I was born and raised in Nigeria and moved to the United States 12 years ago to pursue my university education. Growing up, I was very independent and ambitious and upon graduating from high school, I... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

New Releases

United States in order to identify key factors for successful collaboration. Three of the consortia in Corey's study - Texas-based SEMATECH and Microelectron-ics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) and... View Details

01 Dec 2002
News

HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

firms employ to evaluate opportunities. Cathy Hughes, founder and chairman of Radio One, the largest African American– owned and operated broadcast company in the United States and the subject of an HBS case... View Details

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

trials. As the Group Director of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Carson worked on the drug Aripiprazole, an antipsychotic drug that is more famously known as Abilify, which had been developed by Otsuka. Abilify was being co-marketed in the United... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

“change of course,” he says that the United States and Europe need to pay closer attention to the emerging influence of India and China with regard to Africa’s economic and humanitarian challenges, global... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

became common to describe the United States as a "business civilization." President Coolidge in 1925 said, "The chief business of the American people is business." More recently, historian Sven Beckert... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Profile

Joseph Blair

his business unit managed: the famous Bobcat excavator. Yet Joe's experience at another manufacturer – FlexEnergy, a clean-tech company that makes microturbines – inspired “a passion for startups and smaller businesses” that encouraged... View Details

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

MBA Program 26 times, and daytime program twice. Both are records. In 2016 he was a volunteer professor at the United States Military Academy. He has taught in Africa, Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong,... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

An Entrepreneurial Journey

broadcaster in the country. In 1972, L. Lowry Mays (MBA '62) bought a Texas radio station for $175,000; today his Clear Channel Communications owns 18 TV stations and 140 radio stations across the country. HBS alumni would make their marks in many other areas as well.... View Details

08 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How to Hire a Millennial

General Electric isn’t moving to Boston’s waterfront for the views, however breathtaking they may be. In the increasingly fierce battle for millennial talent, GE’s decision to uproot its long-time headquarters from suburban Connecticut is nothing less than a... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

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