Industrial Organization, Industrial Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2022
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The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

technology, at Eventide Asset Management in Boston. I'm always looking for companies developing new energy technologies and industries across America, including in West Virginia." Christine: "I was a 2020-21... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Professor Thomas Kennedy Remembered

of Tom’s classes could ever forget him.” Kennedy developed an expertise in international labor relations while teaching from 1976 to 1978 in an Executive Education program then offered by HBS in Switzerland. He also participated in... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jan 2006
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Ann S. Moore, MBA 1978

decision because she loved magazines. When she was appointed chairman and CEO of the company in 2002, it was the highlight of her own success story. Now the highest-ranking woman in the Time Warner organization, Moore oversees more than... View Details

01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record

Above: photo by Sarah Frankie Linder Vinyl is back. The once-anachronistic segment of the music industry was on target for its seventh straight year of double-digit growth in 2017, according to a Deloitte Global forecast, selling an... View Details

Keywords: April White

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

market. “Many summer internships were canceled,” explains Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003), managing director of HBS’s Career & Professional Development (CPD). “Graduating students who already had job offers saw their start dates delayed,... View Details

02 Apr 2019
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Remembering William Wilder

extensive renovations to update the building and make it ADA accessible. Home to a succession of departments over the years, Wilder House today is occupied by the HBS Career & Professional Development Office. Following service in the... View Details

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

rendered uneconomic by high Israeli costs. At the same time, Israeli firms in industries that have been local, such as most services, can use alliances to begin trade and foreign investment. Any loss of lower-wage job opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

01 Sep 2004
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Books

theories outlined in Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution, Seeing What’s Next offers a practical model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1999
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New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

format. Users will find timely articles and essays on diverse management topics, interviews with HBS professors and industry leaders, excerpts from new HBS Publishing releases and current books recommended by Baker Library staff, and... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences

Always impressive, the annual conferences organized by HBS student clubs bring together industry leaders, alumni, and students for meetings marked by informative discussions of key business issues. Earlier this year, gatherings sponsored... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

Amy C. Edmondson, and senior lecturer Richard M. Bohmer engaged attendees in an informative discussion of new research, case studies, and course development at the School. Spotlighting courses such as Herzlinger's Managing in the New... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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What’s Next

potential to be a vibrant academic and enterprise zone where HBS, Harvard, and the Allston community intersect in ways that will unleash innovation. One especially exciting early development is the plan for the School of Engineering and... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
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One-on-One with Robert McNamara

kid” at Ford Motor Company, McNamara climbed the corporate ladder and, after fourteen years, was named president (the first from outside the Ford family) in November 1960. Bucking sacrosanct industry notions, he promoted vehicle safety... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall

for security,” Lipner explains, “we believe that, for us, it’s an industry leadership issue. Over a year ago, Bill Gates put a stake in the ground and said we’re going to focus the company on trustworthy computing around the principles of... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Robert Austin; Corporate Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

22 Nov 2024
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Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Oct 2013
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Pulling the Plug

buries his hands in his pockets. The screen lights up, of course. It always does. This isn't magic, after all: it's science developed by WiTricity's founder, MIT physics professor Marin Soljačić, and his team, who wirelessly lit a 60-watt... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Telecommunications; Information; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 1997
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HBS Cyberposium Brings Online Future into Focus

Said Dodd of the conference's goals: "We wanted to ignite aspirations and implant some ideas for people to think about pursuing in the future." The Cyberposium (http://wasat.hbs.edu/cmc/cyberposium) offered a comprehensive look at an emerging View Details

Keywords: Meg Gardner

15 Jun 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2020

International Development Harvard Business Review Press The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism’s future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details

18 Nov 2020
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Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

with the event. We will definitely be hosting more networking events in this format, as it looks like we’ll be virtual into 2021.” The HBS Club of South Florida welcomed 10 alumni to a virtual discussion about the Future of Work, sharing their insights from their... View Details