Ecosystem - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Feb 2012
News

Sustainability Is Good Business

be an environmental good citizen,” said Tercek, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he played a key role in developing the firm’s environmental strategy. “So the question is, how do you avoid damaging the ecosystem while... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

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Sustainability in Manufacturing Industry

adoption in production from proof of concept to industrial scale and how governments and civil society can best support the development of a favorable ecosystem for adopting and diffusing technology across industry sectors. Sustainable... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

The Camel and the Unicorn

Silicon Valley. Over these next few episodes, we’ll explore the ideas at the heart of Alex’s book, detailing how entrepreneurs and ecosystems across the globe are challenging the Silicon Valley model—and explaining what these global... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

Singapore, offering an in-depth exploration of the country's ecosystem with particular focus on the government’s efforts to facilitate an innovation hub that is durable and relevant. The course is specifically designed to expose and... View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

decade have been (1) the rise of business ecosystems caused by falling transaction costs; and (2) the empowerment of users caused by the global spread of communication technologies. A business ecosystem is a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Nov 2014
News

Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe

in-person standardized exam). Those who successfully complete the program receive an HBX credential. “CORe represents a unique digital ecosystem for the passionate learner,” says Jana Pompadur Kierstead, executive director of HBX. “It... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Driving economic growth and job creation

"Our focus was first on stabilizing the economy for small business, and then on creating an ecosystem that fosters entrepreneurship and allows small businesses to do what they do best—grow and create jobs," said Mills, a long-time venture... View Details

06 Oct 2022
News

Untapped Potential

water entrepreneurship ecosystem is lagging behind other sectors that are on focused climate and sustainability—led Ferguson to found Burnt Island Ventures in 2020. The company invests exclusively in entrepreneurs building technologies... View Details

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Collective Impact: An Innovative Approach to Improving Public Education

In this webinar, Professor Grossman will describe an innovative approach to improving public education Collective Impact and how you can get involved to help transform public education in the communities you care about. View Details

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IT Strategy: HBS IT Website Provides Easier Access to News and Support | Information Technology

to share their services and stories with the HBS community – and the world. The team set out create an easy-to-navigate ecosystem of sites that would not only provide the community with clear access to IT support but also enable them to... View Details

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Rhea Acharya | MBA

to daily calls with founders and formal investment committee meetings painted a holistic picture of the entrepreneurial ecosystem — and the synergy between technology and business necessary to solve tangible problems. In fact, the fund... View Details

14 Sep 2015
News

Helping Investors Have an Impact

understand who are the other players across the social ecosystem [who] are doing similar things and how they might be able to collaborate with each other. What I found by doing that is that I met so many different people who, in their... View Details

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

increasingly used as a key input by firms, understanding its impact on productivity becomes critical. This study measures the firm-level productivity impact of nonpecuniary (free) OSS and finds a positive and significant value-added return for firms that have an View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

2020
Working Paper

Inventing the Endless Frontier: The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on Post-War Innovation

By: Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat

During World War II, the U.S. government launched an unprecedented effort to mobilize science for war: a newly-established Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) entered thousands of R&D contracts with industrial and academic contractors, spending one to... View Details

Keywords: World War II; Vannevar Bush; OSRD; Mission-oriented R＆D; Direction Of Innovation; Geography Of Innovation; Technology Clusters; U.S. Innovation System; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Problems and Challenges; War; History; Government Administration; United States

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13 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?

could be described as insecure overachievers, it is understandable that one may expect a competitive nature to brew. However, in my experience, that has never been the case. The classroom and the greater HBS ecosystem are supportive and... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Clean Slate

airlines’ transition to sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), for example, and incentivizing greener options for airport transport, whether that’s an Uber, HOV, or a Logan Express bus. “We think about our airport as an ecosystem, where the health and success of any... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Floor It

research ecosystem have delayed the delivery of lifesaving advances. Think of it as a plumbing problem: The third-floor shower in an old house doesn’t have enough water pressure. The problem may be with the third-floor pipe, but it’s far... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li

January 2020 (Revised January 2025)
Case

Freelancer, Ltd.

By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jennifer L. Hoffman, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes

Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500... View Details

Keywords: Freelancers; Platforms; Digital Labor; Labor; Human Resources; Management; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Industry; Australia; United States; Philippines