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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path Ahead
has taken the lead in coordinating and sharing case leads, and we saw remarkable progress this past year in the Required Curriculum of the MBA Program. COVID-19 has changed the way we operate in both business and social settings. What (if... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
learning that will be useful to future missions. This might include decisions on how much telemetry data to provide in flight, a useful source of fault-finding data should things go wrong, as well as the choice of when to fly a new View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
pressured to embrace a more sustainable approach to their business. With fashion and luxury industries progressively rising to this challenge, what does it mean for Stella McCartney's brand's ethos to be a responsible, honest, and modern... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- Web
A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
have, every brain cell each one of you has, to make the sensible decision about what to do next." 40 The progressive practices and generous benefit package established by Polaroid, one of the leading employers of the area, enhanced its... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
added industry experts to her group of advisors. Her customer base has increased and she has articulated her company’s roadmap: “SXD creates magic for everyone we touch.” By “magic,” she means “good things that happen without having to work so hard.” Her goal is to use... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
dissatisfied with current approaches to solving a social dilemma, or they are excited about the potential of an alternative business model or a new technology to address a social need. Still others are simply responding when asked for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Soule Publication:New York: McGraw Hill, 2009 Abstract This new edition examines how information technology enables organizations to conduct business in radically different and more effective ways. The authors objective is to provide... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
employed have been relatively unchanged over the last century, there was still a surprising pace of innovation. An aging population around the world meant the demand for progressive lenses was increasing rapidly, and innovations in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Management’s Role in Reforming Health Care
A second important driver is the evolution of scientific knowledge and of the technology that goes along with this evolution. Little by little, our uncertainty about the cause of a disease or the optimal therapy for each disease is... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
total. In 2007, corporate R&D spending was $6.43B, or almost 17% of net sales. Novartis executive leaders believe in scientific progress and that large-scale investments in science will therefore result in long-term pay-offs in terms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
Events: Dancing dragons greeted alumni at the closing gala inside the new Science and Technology Museum. Photos by Philip Chau Standing before nearly 1,000 HBS alumni, faculty, and guests in a packed Shanghai hotel auditorium, HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
know regarding the decreasing life spans of jobs—and even careers—because of rapidly advancing technology and global competition. It’s about your first line of defense, your awareness—without which you may be blindsided. You need to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we also detect an impact of the prizes on... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
of the field, six of the unit's faculty are also affiliated with other units, including finance, organizational behavior, technology and operations management, and ethics. MBA courses having entrepreneurial content include Entrepreneurial... View Details
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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About
Black youth over the next ten years. We are learning so much about different ways in which we can think about this problem and make progress on this topic. I think this initiative, diversity across all forms, is absolutely essential if we... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
regions. Lessem makes the case for “integral advantage,” a philosophy including nature and culture, technology and economy, all accommodated by an integral polity. Around the world, the failure of a society to develop is not due to its... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
radio station distribution and the roller coaster of trying to generate "Top 40" hits); and they acquired a 10 percent ownership stake in Island Records worth $30 million when the record company was acquired by PolyGram in 1989. U2 was also innovative, understanding... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
progress in life and in business. HBS Working Knowledge asked Zaleznik to reflect on the inner life of leaders. Martha Lagace: Your book is an intellectual and introspective discussion of leadership that seems rare in the literature of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
related to technological orientation. Second, we find that the adoption of customer orientation is positively related to the profitability of both Japanese and American entrepreneurial firms, although the effect is stronger in the U.S. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne