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- 08 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 8
cross-disciplinary group of mid-career, research-oriented faculty—has organized to coordinate activities that promote high-quality research in the field of strategy. This editorial essay summarizes the group's view of the characteristics of high-quality research in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
predicting digital innovation. While venture capital funding appears to play a role in supporting innovative entrants, closer analysis suggests that this funding selects on other variables that predict digital innovation; in this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Loeb House | About
The Georgian Revival-style, stucco and brick facility has been repurposed several times and was renovated in the 1960s and again in 1985, when it became the first building on campus to be wired for networked personal computers. In 2016... View Details
- 18 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech
Harvard Business School says. As part of a sweeping executive order aimed at promoting competition in the American economy, US President Joe Biden specifically called out non-compete agreements as hurtful to innovation and workers. Issued... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
improvement and renovation costs that do not qualify as capital expenses are generally included in this category. Also included are expenses related to dining facilities and other campus services, costs... View Details
- 17 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage
In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 01 Feb 2022
- Book
Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed
support], at least initially. Andrew Binns: They are exactly the same and completely different, right? They're exactly the same in that they look for something wrong in the world they want to fix. They all have this insight, you know, we View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
trustworthiness vary systematically across different stakeholder types and provide strong support for the validity of the depth and locus dimensions. Working PapersSovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances Authors:Laura... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
crystals, called herapathite, were too small and expensive to create a useful material. Land's breakthrough came in 1928 when he discovered that with a magnetic field he could align microscopic crystals suspended with a lacquer solution... View Details
- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
products, but they became worldwide brands because of the capabilities of Unilever. Their success rested on the choices made on strategy and organization, on the recruitment and development of managers, on the allocation of spending between View Details
- 12 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster
facilities and procurement managers. During the pitch meeting, Aatish connected with Rachel Huxhold, energy and commissioning manager at HBS, which paved the way for future conversations on procuring Aatish’s charger. Something about this... View Details
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
of the inaugural India Climate IFC, students visited a semi-urban public healthcare facility which was outfitted with a full rooftop solar installation and multiple solar powered technologies provided by SELCO. SELCO (“Solar Electric... View Details
- Web
Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory
its new President Laurie Patton faced the challenge of students calling for divestment from fossil fuels, trustees opposed to it, and a series of day to day administrative challenges that demanded her immediate attention. How does change... View Details
- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
years as a call to action for consumers to take charge and switch to a 100% electric platform as a pathway to decarbonization. Electric heat pumps are appliances that use an electrical input to move heat between the air inside and outside... View Details
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
analysts. These all tend to push companies toward what I call "competition to be the best"—the analyst who wants every company to look like the current market favorite, the consultant who helps you benchmark yourself against... View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
raised in the case are how to raise the necessary capital and structure the deal and whether or not to buy the company. This case inspired me to think about small business and manufacturing in a more positive way. It confirmed that I no... View Details
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Business in Global Society - Alumni
Climate Rising podcast In a podcast produced by HBS’s Business & Environment Initiative, business and policy leaders join faculty members to discuss what businesses can do, should do, and are doing to address climate change. MBA Course Reimagines View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
credit cards, online shopping, banking, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles baseball team. With 10,000 employees worldwide, Rakuten currently has a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion. It is the number one e-commerce company in... View Details
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Dean Nitin Nohria | About
postdoctoral scholars. The two-story, 15,000-square-foot facility on Harvard’s Allston campus is a fully-equipped and permitted laboratory and office space for early-stage companies and is adjacent to the Harvard i-lab and Launch Lab.... View Details
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
investor relations. A study is conducted of the language used by executives in conference calls discussing earnings with investors and financial analysts. A correlation was found between the use of language indicating a short-term focus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne