Product Engineering - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Dec 2023
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My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their long-term viability within the park service. Before I started at HBS, I was a medical device View Details

Spring 2012
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Sustainability at Dow Chemical

By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen M. Perkins and Mark Weick

Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been committed to high-technology research and commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro-sciences. But if... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Corporate Strategy; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Strebulaev. John D. Macomber : Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity (Harvard University Press, 2020) with Joseph G. Allen is one of Fortune ’s Best Books of 2020. Kristin W. Mugford : Received the 2020... View Details

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

The Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy By: Derdenger, Timothy, and Vineet Kumar Abstract—Several key questions in bundling have not been empirically examined: Is mixed bundling more effective than pure bundling or pure... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

productivity from using the software by as much as 100 percent, when compared with free-riding competitors. "Companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in their own environment" The... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

never made twice. AT&T's Bell Laboratories conducted reviews of its own software engineers to determine why some were more productive than others with the goal of distilling their techniques into best... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

more and more grocery stores converted to self-service retailing, displaying products in the open so that consumers could choose for themselves. The rise of supermarkets spurred the trend, as did the availability of refrigerated shelves,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

product be engineered under current specifications to an acceptable cost of goods and retail price point? These decisions had to be made soon so that the product could be... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

12 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research

spearheaded by University of California, Berkeley, engineering and business professor Lee Fleming, and also included University of Connecticut law professor Hillary Greene, Guan-Cheng Li of Berkeley, and Boston University strategy... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Ranjay Gulati, and Ryan Raffaelli. Maria P. Roche : Winner of the 2019 Ashford Watson Stalnaker Memorial Award from the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech. Maria P. Roche : Winner of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Best Student Paper Award at the 19th Annual... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

matched in ambition by its goals, which include nothing less than creating an economic growth engine that can support the world’s youngest and fastest-growing continental population, says Mark Tatum (MBA 1998), the NBA’s deputy... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

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Industry Information - Alumni

the global personal care and household product market. Recently, it has added features on a variety of subjects, and expanded coverage in fast-growing markets in Asia and Latin America. CPG Matters A twice-monthly e-zine directed to the... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

numerous undertakings to roll out no- or low-emission products and processes in multiple sectors. Hence, the major auto producers, globally, have announced commitments to phase out production of new internal... View Details

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

investors, and engineers from companies such as Facebook, Bridgewater, Nutanix, Tenable and McKinsey. Goals and Charter of the Group As a new group, the team was focused on establishing a stable foundation upon which future generations of... View Details

07 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 7

survey a sampling of the research questions these data help to answer. Advertising Disclosures: Measuring Labeling Alternatives in Internet Search Engines Authors:Benjamin G. Edelman and Duncan S. Gilchrist Publication:Information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2018
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What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

engineering fixes to allow users easier control over sharing information on their Facebook pages. In fact, Zuckerberg reportedly was working with engineers for several days doing just that while the world... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

charismatic style of presentation along with Polaroid's inviting advertising literature and product packaging bolstered sales. The company's colorful, easy-to-read promotional kits for its glare-free desk lamps, crafted by industrial... View Details

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

Danaher, a conglomerate with brands in diagnostics, life sciences, and environmental and applied solutions. "Stars practice, and they keep practicing long after they become stars." Toyota employs a system known as the Toyota Production... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

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Harvard Business School

founded Biodrill Technical Solutions, a provider of sustainable energy-related products and services. Augustine has also served as CEO and president of Eltrex Industries at RCSB Financial Inc. since 1976. Augustine serves as director at... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

out of poverty, providing products and services that have improved people’s standards of living, and creating fulfilling jobs and careers. But the challenges facing the world today require business to do even more—to address persistent... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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