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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

toward the war effort included the production of quinine. Natural quinine was derived from the bark of tropical tree in Java, but this source was cut off by the Japanese occupation. Polaroid sponsored the work of MIT graduate Dr. Robert... View Details

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

At General Motors' Car Assembly Plant in Wilmington, DE, there is a film that managers like to show when times get tough. Dating to 1991, the film opens with a GM executive saying that the plant will be closed in three years. There is no... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

06 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

broaden our sample beyond HBS alumni to enable us to differentiate between those who graduated with and without an MBA, and to assess confidence in raising capital and financial management and a wide variety of other skills View Details

Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

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Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Railroads Finance Management Business Analysts Mass Distribution Mergers & Syndicates Research Links Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads Through comparative analysis of railroads in the United States and... View Details

11 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

crucial, especially for managers trying to lead widely dispersed teams during difficult times, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Julian Zlatev. Many managers... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

24 Oct 2023
HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

What makes a leader great? A dose of luck, for sure. But specific leadership traits mark extraordinary individuals time and time again and help elevate the standouts from the vast middle. That’s the overarching takeaway from an extensive and growing collection of... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53161 forthcoming European Accounting Review The Role of Overbilling in Hospitals' Earnings Management Decisions By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—This paper examines the role of overbilling in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2017
Supplement

Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice

By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra

The (B) case provides an update to the (A) case by illustrating how charter school management organization Uncommon Schools responded to the disparity in its students’ 2013 standardized test results. In 2015, CEO Brett Peiser and his management team decided to align... View Details

Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Teaching; Talent And Talent Management; Innovation; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry

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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

museum trustee Raymond J. McGuire (MBA 1983) View Video Thaddeus Mosley, Illusory Progression , 2020, bronze. 94 × 34 × 20 in., and Rhizogenic Rhythms , 2020. Bronze, 82 × 32 × 35 in. Installation view, Harvard Business School. Exhibition... View Details

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

automation, and radiation. Georges F. Doriot Research Collection, 1928-1952 This small collection of research materials kept by Georges F. Doriot while teaching at Harvard Business School includes... View Details

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf writes in Selling Free Enterprise , “was inculcating teachers and students in the values of business.” 41 "Steel at War" photographic exhibit. U.S. Steel Annual Report, 1944. Corporate Reports Collection, Baker Library, View Details

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Impact on Research & Curriculum | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

fostered new areas of inquiry in ways that have deepened students’ and faculty understanding of complex business and management issues. In 1959, for example, HBS Professor Kenneth R. Andrews reported on his extensive study in Switzerland... View Details

27 Sep 2021
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Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

Online—was coauthored by Nancy P. Rothbard, David Pottruck Professor of Management of the Wharton School of Business; Lakshmi Ramarajan, the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

19 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

choices, resulting in more efficient organizations. “It’s about how we think about talent and resource allocation,” Paik says. You Might Also Like: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Sep 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Lady Gaga

Searched-For Female," as recorded by Google, and made international headlines for donning a dress made of red meat, which Time Magazine called the top fashion statement of 2010. “Gaga is a marketing phenomenon” So it's almost... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Entertainment & Recreation; Music

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

Companies often manage strategy in fits and starts. Though executives may formulate an excellent strategy, it easily fades from memory as the organization tackles day-to-day operations issues, doing what HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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