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Research Resources | Baker Library

1905–2000 (Series III) Records of Polaroid scientists documenting the manufacture of innovative products during World War II and the creation and development of instant black-and-white and color photography. Photographs and Correspondence... View Details

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

to accomplish the following: mine your sales data to identify "homerun" products you're missing; reinvent your forecasting and pricing strategies; build end-to-end agility into your supply chain; establish incentives that align... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2002
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Orin C. Smith (MBA '67)

and Budget, 1977-80, 1985-87 Northern Air Freight and Danzas Corporation, 1987-90 Why HBS? "I took a year off from college to work at Boeing. There were rows of engineers sitting at desks. After about six months, I decided I'd rather... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

It's the set of processes that transforms either materials or information into a product or service. EE: How has this definition evolved over the past decade? Upton: There have been some exciting changes in recent years. First, operations... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Jun 2000
What Do You Think?

What’s Happening to Our Patience?

our spare time so we kill it." I assume he means that we engineer our lives so that we are always busy, thereby avoiding spare time. Aurin Bhattacharjee admonishes us to "moderate our ways and appreciate the passage of time for... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

engineering methods to plan, design, develop, build, and test a complex technology-based product/service, integrating knowledge across diverse engineering disciplines. And Business Knowledge: The use of lean... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

companies. Those who will join early-stage startups (typically in a product manager, business development, sales, marketing, or growth role). Those who will work at growth stage technology firms (in a similar range of roles) that try to... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Adapting to Meet Changing Needs

Collaboration that Anticipates New Business Needs The inaugural MS/MBA cohort of students arrived at Harvard in early August. 6 Joint degree programs offered between HBS and other Harvard schools In the spring of 2018, faculty from HBS, the Harvard John A. Paulson... View Details

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Christopher S. Yeh

Chris Yeh figures that in a more traditional era, he might have become a product design engineer or perhaps even a writer. But by the time he finished college, he says, "the Internet was just too hot"... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

16 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?

37 states participate in the development and production program. The empty weight of the aircraft is 31,670 pounds and the wing area is 840 square feet. The aircraft has two engines generating 35,000 pounds... View Details

Keywords: by J. Ronald Fox; Service

01 Sep 2006
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Strange Bedfellows

situation of being able to characterize their income separately depending on the audience. Something as simple as interest expense can be engineered to be an expense for tax authorities and a dividend for capital markets. This confusing... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Government

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and funding model to ensure their long-term viability within the park service. Before I started at HBS, I was a medical device View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

Chairman, Synthes, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1959 M.S., Civil & Structural Engineering LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "I learned so much in C. Roland... View Details

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Tyler Teykl (MBA 2017)

figure.left { float:left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; } figcaption.text { text-align: center; font-size: 12px; } What was your undergraduate university and major? I received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University prior to... View Details

January 1994
Article

Foreign Multinationals in British Manufacturing, 1850-1962

By: G. Jones and Frances Bostock

This article draws on a new database to describe the dimensions and characteristics of 685 foreign companies which established British manufacturing subsidiaries between 1850 and 1962. The numbers of foreign companies grew from the 1890s, expanded rapidly in the... View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Business Subsidiaries; Expansion; Chemicals; Metals and Minerals; Food; Mergers and Acquisitions; Market Entry and Exit; Research and Development; Trade; Investment; Production; United Kingdom; United States; Scotland; Wales

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01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

brand management that avoids traditional brand tenets of control and competition, largely adopted from the private sector, in favor of a strategic approach centered on the mission and based on participation, shared values, and the development of key partnerships. From... View Details

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Amanda Pratt

were very analytical and process oriented," she says. But there's another side to Amanda, one that wants to explore options and is willing to embrace novelty. Instead of going to a traditional engineering school, she chose a new... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

ELY: Drilling down for valuable perspectives on how gender issues affect efficiency, safety, and productivity in the workplace. Field-based research can take HBS faculty members to some unusual places. Professor Robin Ely’s recent working... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Jun 2022
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Case Study: Glass Half Full

Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

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