Continuous Improvement - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

genetic engineering, we can not only make these microalgae orders of magnitude faster growing and more resource efficient than traditional crops, but also expand the range of materials and products these microalgae can produce, improving... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Swedish Schumpeter Lecture at the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum. 2019 Lynda M. Applegate : Received the 2019 Robert F. Greenhill Service Award for continued outstanding contributions to the HBS community. Lynda M. Applegate : Recipient... View Details

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

continued outstanding contributions to the HBS community. Robin J. Ely : Winner of the 2021 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research from the Boston College Center for Work and Family and Purdue University Center... View Details

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

distribution strategy for Glass, a wearable computer that projected information on a display viewable with an upward glance. Options, which were not mutually exclusive, included 1) continuing to sell Glass directly through online... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

which continues to dominate the market. "Ted had an intense desire for people to think, capital 'T' think," observes Berolzheimer. "He was tough on students who didn't use their imagination, and for that reason I didn't... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

new book, Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads. Employing a wealth of interviews and quantitative data, their book takes the first comprehensive approach in decades to examine the evolving MBA marketplace and its threats as well as possibilities for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

expedient work around? The nurses overwhelmingly chose to work around a problem, because that is what allows them to get their very demanding jobs done in the most efficient way. Tucker's future research will continue focus on how human... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2014
News

Cutting Edge

"We're reemerging as a high-margin, health-and-wellness company," says Silk, speaking from Smith Brothers headquarters in Chicago. "We'll continue to make our traditional cough drops, but we've also introduced a variety of... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

Louis F. Swift

Capitalizing on his father’s success, Louis Swift continued to expand the meat packing company even further. During his tenure the family company became the largest meat packer in the United States and was also one of the most efficient,... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Philip K. Wrigley

In addition to continuing the success of the chewing gum products, PK Wrigley greatly improved labor relations at the firm, instituting an “income insurance” plan, a gradual retirement program, and an... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

01 Mar 2010
News

A Helping Hand for Health Care

The HBS Buffalo Club continued its tradition of sponsoring community leaders for HBS Executive Education courses by sending senior management teams from two of the area’s health-care providers to the School’s new Managing Health- care... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Louis W. Hill

Hill continued his father’s mission as a railroad builder. While an officer for the company, he expanded the railroad’s mileage from 6,489 to 8,387 miles and made many improvements in operations. View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Portrait Project

Jared Simon

Industrial Revolution and the Green Revolution were predicated on eliminating mankind's age-old struggle with nature. Starvation, exhaustion, succumbing to the elements; all were to be tragedies of the past. In many ways, mankind succeeded. View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

session information, such as pages visited or duration of visit, which will help us continue to improve our format and content. You may be able to set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when one... View Details

Portrait Project

Kristen Forecki

kindness, I have realized the best in myself and, I hope, inspired the best in others. In my life, I will show kindness to others and will confront the myths that suppress it. I hope that my kindness will improve others' lives. I know... View Details

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Brendan Sullivan

ourselves. They inspired us to work to improve the lives of others even, and perhaps especially, when to do so is daunting. Twenty-five years later, I continue to care for the elderly. But now they are my... View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Minding The Gap

leadership and managerial skills at the district level is critical to improving public education," explains Senior Lecturer and William Henry Bloomberg Fellow John Kim, who will take over as PELP's cochair when HBS professor Allen... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Blagg, Deborah; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas Jr. inherited was largely a mix of loosely organized divisions that competed with one another for resources. After an intensive restructuring, which View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

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