Creative Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 25

in the process of making high profits. Even with few truly altruistic firms, an equilibrium may emerge where all firms pretend to be kind and refrain from charging "abusive" prices to their customers. Our main result is that, as... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

Intersection of Science & Art: Edwin H. Land and the Polaroid Corporation This exhibit brings into focus the formative years and trajectory of the company and the career of Edwin H. Land. A scientist and inventor, entrepreneur and CEO, aesthete and humanist, he argued... View Details

25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

of psychological safety can be seen at Pixar, where candor is essential to the creative process and has helped the organization create hugely successful films and become a leader in the entertainment... View Details

14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2016
News

The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards

to interview the men. Shaking up the board selection process has unintended consequences, too— including the joy from the male board member who tells us he can’t believe there are so many qualified female candidates. There is also the... View Details

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

other outputs by autonomous machines. I argue that organizational researchers of creativity and innovation should invest significant energy in studying artificial intelligence and computer-assisted human intelligence, the ways in which... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

29 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

planning to have between every device in every place on Earth, which will enable all sorts of functionality—especially in terms of mobile processing or mobile devices—the existence of this Internet transformation really could redefine... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

managers, and the company ends up as a collection of feudal baronies. This is a recipe for long-term failure, say the authors. Their research of 12 top management teams at major companies suggests that firms thrive only when senior teams lead ambidextrously—when they... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

extremely limited. Theoretically, delegation of authority is expected when locally adapted choices are most important to the overall value of the firm, when local information advantages are significant, or when the cost of processing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2017
Blog Post

A Summer Internship with the City of Boston

sites might be beautiful, intuitive, mobile-optimized, and written with simple, straightforward language. And just like TurboTax is upfront that the process might seem like a slog but, don’t worry, we’ll get through it together, one step... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

organization, join the club. Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. New research by HBS professor Max H. Bazerman and colleagues explores the hidden cost when stretch goals... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

experience. He liked the fact that his students had little to unlearn.” (4) William McCune, who started as a quality control officer and later became chairman of Polaroid, wrote, “So many extraordinary people who were not scientists found Polaroid an interesting place... View Details

20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20

that corporate insiders' excess control rights aggravate the potential risks of insider expropriation of outside investors and thereby increase firms' external finance constraints. Cases & Course Materials Woolf Farming and Processing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

in large and small groups. They wrote case studies on MBA programs at Chicago, INSEAD, Stanford, Yale, and HBS, plus a case on the Center for Creative Leadership (all are available from Harvard Business Publishing); collected data on... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

01 Jun 2025
News

Navigating Uncertainty: Dean Datar on HBS’s Path Forward

are vital to our classrooms; their voices enrich case discussions and their insights contribute to a deeper understanding of global business practices. Should foreign students not be allowed to enroll, we will need to draw on the View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Women at the Top

But it's innovation that keeps you ahead of the pack." The theme of courage was brought to the fore in the next presentation, "Keeping Creativity Alive," in which MBA Class of 1954 Professor of Business Administration Teresa M. Amabile,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

services. IT managers typically find themselves with diverse talents. People in IT are idiosyncratically talented. This case is about putting talent where it is most effective." Companies with in-house talent tend to focus on the more View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

18 Nov 2020
News

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

their own virtual GNN events. More than 100 alumni attended the HBS Club of the Philippines GNN event, which focused on the “Future Lifestyle of Work” and featured panelists Donnie Tantoco, president, Rustan Commercial Corporation; Josie Natori, CEO, Natori Company;... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

06 Oct 2011
What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

responding with creative solutions to puzzles posted on the Facebook website are given interviews regardless of what their resume information might contain. Many are hired. Such analytics often represent "deep indicators" of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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