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Past Issues - Alumni

farthest reaches of the galaxy On Credit A Baker Library collection tracks the historical evolution of American commerce, one debtor at a time Complete Table of Contents December 2015 The Year in Ideas 2015 Dozens of new, useful (and... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Building a Movement

and central to what they do. We have to be thinking about how we’re going to support our students and business leaders to do that. The EC course that Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985) and George Serafeim have developed, Reimagining Capitalism,... View Details

2022
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Responding Strategically to Competitors' Failures: Evidence from Medical Device Recalls & New Product Submissions

By: George P. Ball, Jeffrey T. Macher and Ariel Dora Stern

Medical device firms operate at the frontiers of innovation. When functioning properly, innovative medical devices can prolong and improve lives; when malfunctioning, the same devices may harm patients and lead to product recalls. Product recalls create significant... View Details

Keywords: New Product Development; Recalls; Product Failures; Medical Devices; FDA; Health Care; Product Development; Product; Failure; Competition; Opportunities; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

midnight Friday in the WOC chute at the west end of Baker Library).” Exceeding the word limit, or turning in the paper after the deadline, Wailes notes, would incur a one-grade penalty (e.g., from Satisfactory to Low Pass). Gordon... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

26 Oct 2020
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A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

in partnership with HBS Alumni Programs, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), and the Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), the virtual event was held on two different dates to accommodate a combined global audience of close to 1,400 alumni. HBS Professor... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

or sell. Payatas and the orderly, verdant Harvard Business School campus—nearly equals, as it happens, in terms of the acreage they occupy—are separated by a gulf far greater than any measure of miles or statistics. Yet as HBS professor Kash Rangan hurries past View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique

bulletin@hbs.edu From Baker Library: From step counting to remote patient monitoring, Rock Health reports on the emerging world of wearable biosensors. Curious to see where the broader consumer wearables market is headed? Check out growth... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

04 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

moment of crisis the delegates could have chosen either of two of the most accomplished politicians in America, William Henry Seward or Salmon P. Chase. Both had been United States senators and governors of major states. Both were... View Details

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Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

core of the sitter's personality. The ability to understand the subject in such depth is what gave Karsh his skill and artistry George Washington Bridge , ca. 1930. Margaret Bourke-White Photograph Collection, 1928-1931 VIS 1 15... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues

Healthy Buildings John Macomber and the Harvard Chan School’s Joe Allen published a new book, Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity, and gave a virtual talk sponsored by Baker Library in April. The... View Details

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

http://people.hbs.edu/reccles/2011SU_Features_EcclesSaltzman.pdf Deprival Value' vs. 'Fair Value' Measurement for Contract Liabilities: How to Resolve the 'Revenue Recognition' Conundrum? Authors:Joanne Horton, Richard H. Macve, and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2016
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Creating Common Ground in Communities of Conflict

Photography by Gary Laufman “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Umaimah Mendhro (MBA 2009) was visiting her native Pakistan, working for a microfinance education nonprofit, when she was tasked with photographing students in a school. Peering through her camera... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jun 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

Father of Modern Management by Bob Buford (OPM 2, 1977) (Worthy Publishing) Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care by Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) and Stephen Baker (Portfolio) Bush, the cofounder and CEO of... View Details

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

Advantage Authors:Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton Publication:Harvard Business School Press, forthcoming Abstract In a world of stiffening competition, business strategy is more crucial than ever. Yet most organizations struggle in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2020
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Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5

Goldfields April 8, 2020: Kenya April 15, 2020: Economic Inequality April 22, 2020: US Mass Incarceration April 29, 2020: Detroit: on the Right Track? May 2020: Murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery These are cases... View Details

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

Dominique Strauss-Kahn is just the latest in a string of high-profile leaders making the perp walk. What went wrong, and how can we learn from it? Professor Bill George discusses how powerful people lose their moral bearings. To stay... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Oct 2020
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Finance in the Time of COVID-19

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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Arthur P. Brief Arthur P. Brief is a... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Clark Bids Farewell to HBS

and enhancement of the student residential experience, and a successful $500 million capital campaign that included the opening of the Spangler and Rock Centers, the construction of Hawes Hall, and the renovation of Baker Library. Shortly... View Details

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

01 Sep 2013
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The First Scrum

and style and meeting deadlines, six days a week, three cases a day. By 6 p.m. on Saturday, your Written Analysis of Cases paper had to go down the chute [at Baker Library]. If it was 6:01, that chute just discarded your work. I needed an... View Details

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