Industry Dynamics - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2021
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Trends in Consumer Products

Assess each company for how agile they’ve been, and their strategy to deal with the changes ahead, as well as where consumer need indicates new opportunities. That is the work of keen marketers and makes the industry View Details

01 Feb 1999
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New Releases

industry leaders, Competing on Internet Time details the strategies, policies, and products that contributed to Netscape's breathtaking growth and success. The book further reveals, through candid quotations and thoughtful analysis, the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Dec 2002
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HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power

conferences, held in a different U.S. city each year, have provided access to an impressive roster of corporate executives and public-sector officials, often drawn from the host city's leading industries and institutions. Observed HBSAAA... View Details

28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28

are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities, especially in industries in which stock prices are most sensitive to earnings news. These findings are consistent with the notion that short-termist pressures distort investment... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

04 Sep 2019
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

Products in the 21st Century by Gábor Rekettye (ETP, 1992) Transnational Press London The cyber age—Industry 4.0—represents radical changes in many industrial sectors, in value creation and customers’ value judgments. Value Creation 4.0... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

Robert H. Hayes An expert on industrial management and competition, Robert Hayes, the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, joined the HBS faculty in 1966. He has taught numerous courses and thousands of students... View Details

06 Dec 2012
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New Thinking on Healthcare Reform

and leading thinkers to wrestle with the Gordian knot of healthcare reform. The approach to reforming healthcare has been "hung up in static rather than dynamic thinking," said Christensen, who moderated a panel on "Improving the Patient... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2020
News

Kill Groupthink

or former college lacrosse teammates, you are limiting the likelihood of out-of-the-box ideas, Bouygues says. “What you want to think about is best-practice crossover across industries.” For a retail board, for example, the CEO would be expected to have the necessary... View Details

20 Sep 2021
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Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

durations, and dispatch it as electricity on demand. Cal's role prior to HBS was an Aerospace Industry Application Engineer at Mathworks. Aditya Desai (MBA 2022, Section J), Summer Internship: MBA Summer Intern at Natron Energy Natron... View Details

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Israel - Global Activities 2020

banks, the answer provides leadership lessons in organizational change, modernization, and having the courage and wherewithal to disrupt the banking industry from within. Pictured: Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, former CEO of Bank Leumi A... View Details

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Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 15 Jan 2025 Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners Ousmane Sacko Author MBA Students tag All Industries All Locations Student & Alumni Stories Summer Internships The summer between my... View Details

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Creighton Taylor

2 experience in Accra, Ghana. There, Creighton’s team worked with the country’s largest entertainment company, Multimedia, to develop a mobile app for its media site. “I was both new to the industry and new to the continent,” Creighton... View Details

14 Feb 2023
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Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

students about their goals and being open to discussing those goals also changes the dynamics of the hiring process. During times of economic uncertainty, student stress around the job search understandably increases. Turning an interview... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

developed a clutch system and mounted our lawnmower engine onto my 3-speed bike. My top speed was 53 mph!” he says. With an engineering degree earned at Brigham Young University, Frey worked in the defense industry during the 1980s. When... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

23 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power

in state industries—became a closed caste, an industrial elite with hereditary jobs, and with privileges and security far above that of their rural cousins. If anything, the gap between urban and rural identities became greater. And the... View Details

Keywords: by William C. Kirby

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Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog

to a real-world public-market investment setting. Students will partner with an investment firm to work directly and deeply on an investment theme or question. In conjunction with their sponsor, students will develop a process and plan and execute it during the 14-week... View Details

25 Aug 2015
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First Look Tuesday

Publications Forthcoming Management Science How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics By: Chung, Doug J. Abstract—Intercollegiate athletics in the United States have become a multibillion-dollar industry over... View Details

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Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

conference has grown in sophistication with the state of the social enterprise field. Originally, much of SECON's programming revolved around questions exploring the nature of the social problems we face. Today, we understand not just the View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

horizontal integration," Silk explains. To better understand the dynamics that mold the media industry from within, Silk and his coauthors adapted the "five forces" model of competitiveness... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

14 Jun 2016
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June 14, 2016

Wicked Problem Solvers: Lessons from Successful Cross-industry Teams By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—Companies today increasingly rely on teams that span many industries for radical innovation, especially to solve “wicked problems.” So... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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