Innovation Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2018
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Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

limits innovation and efficiency. Stay tuned to the political debate to see whether the USPS will be allowed to improve. What complementary businesses need to be built? Let the market drive the answer to that question, whether it’s new... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2002
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Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

America.” In addition to Reficco, HBS professor and ISE faculty chair James E. Austin, Senior Lecturer Diana Barrett, Professor Allen S. Grossman, and LARC executive director Gustavo Herrero provide support to partner faculty as they research and develop new cases.... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)

and in September 2013 was named Australia’s first female Minister for Foreign Affairs, both positions she continued to hold after a sudden leadership shift in September 2015. Bishop’s diplomacy and savviness in negotiating this change was... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma

01 Apr 2001
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Making A Difference: HBS Club of Puget Sound Reaches Out to Young Alumni

of membership and now as club president, Kwiker has worked to build a basic loyalty to the club and to foster connections to the extended HBS community. Her innovations have included more events targeted toward the entire alumni base,... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

Illustrations by the Voorhes Edited by Julia Hanna Complete and utter defeat was something Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) had never really experienced. Academically advanced and musically gifted, she attended Michigan’s Interlochen Arts Academy before earning a double... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

unveiled its Signature Crafted Menu, featuring three upscale sandwich accompaniments: pico guacamole, sweet BBQ bacon, and maple bacon Dijon, adorning either chicken or burger. “Our strategy is to innovate around our core quarter pound... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

01 Jun 1998
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Diversity and Community

first annual Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership to IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (MBA '65) and Levi Strauss CEO Robert D. Haas (MBA '68). The two chief executives received the newly established award on behalf of their companies'... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Oct 2000
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Books

a business landscape replete with possibilities, they select a single modern-day example -- the electronic computer -- as the focus of their study. Baldwin and Clark argue that the computer industry could not have experienced its unprecedented levels of View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Around the World

distribute products, this is how you price them, this is how you brand them, this is how leadership is optimized, this is how you design organizations, and this is how you motivate people. Take any subject, they were all grounded in... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

the papers of influential business leaders and the records of innovative companies in the late 20th- and 21st-century global business world,” says Laura Linard, Baker Library’s director of special collections. More recently, that focus... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

information systems tend to mirror the traditional, functionally oriented organizations that they are supposed to help transform. While purchasing the right technology is part of the answer, Coote declared, "There has to be something else, and that something else is... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Mar 2017
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How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Roger Frisch, a concert violinist with the Minnesota Orchestra, sees his instrument as an extension of himself—each time he pulls the bow across its strings, the vibrations seem to echo through him. So in June 2009,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

19 Apr 2017
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Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action

destroyed several square miles of the city feeds directly into the energy and vision required to start a new business, he said. (A hub for early-stage ventures located in the city’s Merchandise Mart is named 1871 for just that reason.) “We try to link universities,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Emmanuel

21 Jun 2022
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Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

leadership and his life story—which was super powerful, particularly for this group. He’s also a great example of giving back to the community. He went from an academic career to public service, and that’s very inspiring also.” Born and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

Let's take it in two buckets. One, the companies. I have even more profound respect for technology and innovation now. You know, I just think we live in such a golden age of innovation. And even though I was an advocate when I was at GE,... View Details

15 Oct 2019
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Understanding Challenges Across the Supply Chain

Alvarez has visited farms, slaughterhouses, packing plants, and supermarkets to explore issues of concern to managers working around the world and across the supply chain. “We try to get into the weeds of what’s happening and speak to the people who are doing the work... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Case Study: Farming It Out

I’ve been in the venture world for 20 years or so on the entrepreneurial side, and I’ve seen the second, third, or even fourth to market wind up in a much better position to take a leadership role, because the market is more proven by... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

09 Feb 2017
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Turning Disorder into Opportunity

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Australia (HPE), launched the Dandelion program in 2015, introducing people with autism spectrum disorders into the IT workforce. Dandelion—an innovative collaboration between HPE and the Department of Human... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990)

assets. “Our leadership understands that you can bring innovation from the private sector and capital markets to solve the world’s most difficult challenges,” says Oteh. She describes visiting World Bank... View Details