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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Center Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Boston Redevelopment Authority Boston Symphony Orchestra BRAC USA Bridges Outcomes Partnerships Calvert Foundation The Children's Investment Fund... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
while others will realize entrepreneurship is not for them. And so, we’ve evolved our mission so that it’s not just about people founding a venture, but also about developing the skill set View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
polarized light and mirages and Wood's own way of doing things. . . . I decided that the world needed a synthetic polarizer, an extensive sheet of polarizing material, in order to be able to carry out on a... View Details
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How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage
By: Ranjay Gulati
What leads people to speak truth to power, share bold new ideas, or put their lives on the line? Most of us chalk it up to personality, presuming that our heroes are naturally fearless. But what if courage isn’t simply a matter of personality? What if it’s something... View Details
Gulati, Ranjay. How to Be Bold: The Surprising Science of Everyday Courage. HarperCollins, forthcoming.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Collaborative Architectures for Innovation
By: Gary P. Pisano and Roberto Verganti
Collaborative innovation has become a hot topic in innovation today. Scholars, consultants, and the business press all urge companies seeking to boost innovative performance to become more "collaborative." Too often, however, companies fail to distinguish among the... View Details
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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
sales would fall, and Land would have to let go of hundreds of employees. Land's patent attorney Donald Brown explained, "Before the end of the War Dr. Land had decided that the expansion of the company's business could most readily be... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
(PhDOB 2019) has studied the issues facing local papers from multiple angles. Now, as cofounder and CEO of the National Trust for Local News, she has developed a first-of-its-kind model to preserve local... View Details
- 01 Oct 2014
- What Do You Think?
Is Too Much Focus a Problem?
between focus and a broader vision? What are the antidotes to too much focus? What do you think? Original Article Focus is good, right? For years we have been admonished as managers to maintain focus: design View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
limit climate change now while more comprehensive solutions are developed and implemented. Reducing and removing GHG emissions now is critical, as climate change caused by... View Details
- 15 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Strategy track. Introduction to Economics for Managers ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today! Economics for Managers $1,850 Next 8-week session starts October... View Details
- April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
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The Auction for Travelport (A)
By: Andrei Hagiu and Misha Sanwal
A senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs),... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Product Positioning; Cost vs Benefits; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Competitive Advantage; Auctions; Industry Structures; Travel Industry
Hagiu, Andrei, and Misha Sanwal. "The Auction for Travelport (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-474, April 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
is ready for audiences, making them risky and expensive propositions. “Each one is a huge project, and the success rate is quite low,” says Hong Luo, the James Dinan and... View Details
- May 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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Together for Sustainability
This case documents the origin and development of Together for Sustainability (TfS), a chemical industry initiative dedicated to raising sustainability standards throughout the industry’s supply chains. In 2011, six Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) from some of the... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Accountability; Chemical Industry
Gulati, Ranjay, David Shin, and Emily Tedards. "Together for Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 424-062, May 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 20 Aug 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy By: Simons, Robert Abstract—This study focuses on the relationship between business strategy, organization structure, View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
interdisciplinary problem, and we need large networks of people both within and outside of our direct industry to address it. Paul McDonald, Senior Director, Opower Product View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3
We develop a model of the productive opportunity space for SEOs as a basis and an inspiration for further scholarly inquiry. Order the book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
Reapplying to HBS
introduced a line of products in a new geography, and launched a new product development process in the company’s highest growth business unit. Surely, my perspective—both what... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Module 2 Experiments to Achieve Product-Market Fit Explore the discovery phase of tech startup development that occurs before achieving product-market fit. Assess different go-to-market strategies View Details