Industrial Organization, Industrial Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2019
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Meet the Latino Student Organization

passionate about advancing the Latino community. Before business school, I was working as a Latina in tech, an industry where Latinos only make up 3% of employees. As a result, I started several community outreach and business View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students

the foundation of HBS’s entrepreneurial management program. Since then, students interested in developing their own for-profit or nonprofit startups have come to the School to gain the skills, insight, and practical experience necessary... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

27 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Alumni: Where Are They Now? Featuring Claire Friedman...

development. Now I'm combining my business and creative skill sets in my role as the COO of Casey Patterson Entertainment (CPE), an entertainment company with a focus on premium live and talent-driven series and specials. As COO, I'm helping to build and View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

16 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Seeing Everyday as a New Adventure: Reflections for Father's Day

remember taking a class with my dad at the tech center in my small hometown. When I picked up tennis in middle school, he started playing as well. I am trying to follow this pattern with my own children and am loving developing new... View Details

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Business Track | New Venture Competition

Venture Competition Winner, Business Track: Argus Systems Argus Systems accelerates AI model development for physical AI. Team: Lisa Yan (MBA 2025), Drew Borinstein (MBA 2025) Play Video duration: 1:32 2025 New Venture Competition... View Details

22 Apr 2022
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Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

engineer at Tesla, where I worked in manufacturing and design engineering. I loved my time there and am proud that I played a small role in helping drive the automotive industry towards electrification. Most importantly, I learned about... View Details

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John Smith-Ricco

experience got me thinking about the role of industrialization in economic development. The viability of South Africa depends on that development and the equitable distribution of resources." Eager to... View Details

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

if nothing else, has fostered a sense of entrepreneurship and opportunity in the renewable energy sectors." And Chip Levy suggests that "This is a great time to leap into a growth industry ...We View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

small open economy, final goods production is carried out by foreign and domestic firms, which compete for skilled labor, unskilled labor, and intermediate products. To operate a firm in the intermediate goods sector, entrepreneurs must View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1999
News

Newman's Own Brand of Charity

Sector, details the 1982 launch and subsequent development of Newman's Own. Based in Westport, Connecticut, the company began as "something of a lark," according to Newman, with two thousand bottles of vinaigrette salad dressing made from... View Details

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

across business, finance, tech, entrepreneurship, and policy joined panels spanning an array of topics from energy policy and circular economy to breakthrough innovations and investing. Industry expert Ted Wiley, Co-Founder, President,... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

compromising their way of life? The author provides surprising answers and helps readers develop a new understanding of the full ramifications of climate change, including the discovery that they have far more control over the impacts of... View Details

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

Swiss Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This study examines how influential institutional leaders in the Swiss watch industry responded to its precipitous decline after the introduction of quartz technology.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2000
News

After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

industrial model to the new information economy, said CEOs of incumbent (pre-Internet) companies are trying to compete with dot-coms, "but they get dot-com vertigo. They trust their senses, even after realizing they're wrong, and they get... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

21 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

that provides underrepresented minorities in finance with the resources and guidance needed to develop into industry leaders. As a Toigo Fellow, I was able to meet with top investment management firms before... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

07 Jun 2016
First Look

June 7, 2016

data are often voluminous and unstructured, presenting analytical challenges for traditional tools that were designed for well-structured, quantitative data. We adapt methods from natural language processing and machine learning to illustrate how the hotel View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

Wildlife to Winetasting "The driving force behind the region's growth is South Africa," says HBS professor Richard H.K. Vietor, the faculty chairman of the conference and the author of a 1997 comprehensive case study that looks at the country's recent View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2007
News

Exhibit at Baker Library Marks HBS Centennial

Elton Mayo (ca. 1946): Supervision attuned to a worker’s psychological needs rather than based on fear or coercion would produce, Mayo believed, “a major revolution in industrial method” and “an almost incredible human advance.” Fritz J.... View Details

Keywords: Elton Mayo; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Telecommunications; Information

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

and goals, allocating the appropriate resources, and monitoring progress in a transparent fashion are vital. Engaging the entire organization, starting with a needs assessment, serves a crucial function in empowering managers and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

13 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

regularly change what you make and sell, and probably how you make and sell it. You must be nimble and, as certain lines of business wane, be able to identify growth opportunities in and out of the core industry and pursue them in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts

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