Ecosystems - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2012
News

What Industrial Policy?

Manufacturing is a critical component of the American ecosystem for innovation and can be an important part of the knowledge economy. To let it erode would be a grave mistake. —Gary P. Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing

28 May 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic

challenges, but there is also tremendous diversity and energy here,” Kamdani says. “We’re creating a new ecosystem for growth.” Knock, knock: “When I was 13 I had my first real job: selling Time-Life books door-to-door. The interesting... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Offices of Other Holding Companies; Management

May 2019 (Revised April 2021)
Background Note

Managing Talent Pipelines in the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr, Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman and Carl Kreitzberg

In the face of a rapidly-changing economy, organizations that wish to compete in the future of work must develop strategies for acquiring, retaining, and developing talent for their organizations. This primer reviews the major trends shaping jobs, workplaces, and... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Demographics; Labor; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Supply Chain

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20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations." Three panelists outlined some of those collaborations. Mary L. Fifield, president of Bunker Hill Community College, described that school's partnership with a consortium of local... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

01 Sep 2017
News

Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable

opportunity, it was really hard to get a new business off the ground. Today, publishers are trying to create better forms of advertising. The Times has T Brand Studios and our advertising team here that has created bigger, more beautiful ads and better native content.... View Details

Keywords: April White; New York Times; newspapers; Google; Wirecutter; social media; Facebook; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Management, Strategy Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Livia Alfonsi Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Tomomichi Amano IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem Strategy, Marketing January 2026 J 3.0 Innovation... View Details

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Tools & Services | Information Technology

network connectivity at HBS. Alumni & Advancement Explore the ecosystem of tools that supports a wide range of alumni-related services. Inspire We help you envision and build learning experiences, interactive spaces, and enabling... View Details

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Global Leadership Roundtables | Institute for Business in Global Society

Democratizing Development Inequality in Latin America, 2023 Why do we host Roundtables? Our mission at BiGS is to develop an intellectual hub that will highlight business's role in addressing societal challenges and to create a thriving View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Inbox: From Das’s Desk

we will work our hardest to harness all the resources in our ecosystem to reach you, to help you learn, and to make HBS relevant to you on a real-time, ongoing basis throughout your life. Your feedback on this model is vital. I look... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas; HBX; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2014
News

Feedback

Hunter (MBA 1981) via LinkedIn IN RESPONSE: David, I would go a step further. Yes, there is a lot that can be done to improve care delivery; your idea is a good one, though even that is just a Band-Aid on the bigger problem. When the larger View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman Abstract—Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

Administration. He is the author, with Roy Levien, of The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability. View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

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Lessons from the 2025 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Blog: RGE Report

economy has frequently relied on hope to exploit free or low-cost labor. Speaker Farnaz Ghaedipour’s study of digital content creators explores hope as a form of currency. She found that algorithmic unpredictability and the social View Details

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Healthcare Alumni Conference Marks 25 Years The HBS Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) hosted its 25th Annual Conference at the Charles Hotel in Cambridge on November 7, and once again offered an exclusive agenda that was jam-packed with industry thought leaders... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

work with them as a mentor and carry on the program’s mission to inspire first-time life science entrepreneurs as they enter the Boston biotech ecosystem as Blavatnik Fellows.” The 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows are: Narek Dshkhunyan (MBA... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin

security) so that it can become a globally accepted medium of exchange? —Joseph DiSorbo (OPM 41, 2011) So far the ecosystem has been working on creating the basic infrastructure for bitcoin to operate: exchanges allowing people to buy and... View Details

Keywords: alumni; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

20 Apr 2015
Blog Post

India Conference 2015

startup ecosystem in general in India, as one that is rapidly learning, adapting and surviving. He emphasized the need for a single-minded focus on execution and reacting deftly to succeed in such frontier and nascent businesses. Mr.... View Details

19 Apr 2017
News

Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

do that—game on.” “Chicago is a relevant story because it came from a point of relatively little entrepreneurial activity after the fallout from the dot-com crash and managed to develop a vibrant ecosystem,” Meyer said in a post-event interview. “I think there’s a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

29 Nov 2017
Blog Post

HBS, A Dream and Trey: How HBS Helped Me Launch My Social Enterprise

(VIP) and the Rock Accelerator, two programs that are providing us the mentorship and funding required to transform our idea into a market-ready product.HBS has turned out to be the entrepreneurial ecosystem I had hoped it would be. I’ve... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

On The Case

Professor Linda Hill first met Tom Mihaljevic (GMP 15, 2013) when he came to campus to participate in a fireside chat that Hill unexpectedly wound up facilitating. At that time, he was the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and the pair found they had a lot to talk... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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