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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

1936, a demonstration of how polarizers work featured Wheelwright holding two discs of polarizing material and rotating them to the degree that a portion of his face no longer appeared. The converging discs, with their simple, delicate... View Details

03 May 2010
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What Is the Future of MBA Education?

entitled "The Future of MBA Education," and Srikant and I were responsible for preparing and leading it. Our initial goal was simply to gather enough material to conduct a day-long conversation with our faculty drawing on interviews with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Sustainability and Integrated Reporting

A sustainable strategy for a company is one that enables it to create value for shareholders over the long term while contributing to a sustainable society. In doing so, it must balance the needs of different types of providers of financial capital (e.g.,... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Sustainability Reporting

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Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

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By: Debora L. Spar

I'll have a girl, please

American Public Media [Marketplace], 12 September 2006

DR. DEBORAH SPAR: "The ability to choose gender is really only the first... View Details

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

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AOM Ethno PDW 2009-2014

AOM PDW 2014: Being There/Being Them: Entry, Exit, and In-Between in Organization Ethnography

Co-Organizers: Michel Anteby, Harvard; Curtis K. Chan, Harvard; Julia DiBenigno,... View Details

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Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

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Teach with Special Collections | Baker Library

materials in the HBS classroom to illuminate an HBS case Hands-on Special Collections experience - Class sessions in Special Collections & Archives or in the classroom with faculty- or archivist-selected collection View Details

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Takedown Policy | Baker Library

Takedown Policy Digitized, born-digital, and/or ingested content (hereafter Digital Collections) is made accessible online for purposes of education and research. Because special collections consist of materials generated or collected by... View Details

16 Jan 2012
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Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any time a publicly traded company... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

involved with, including ARD, Canadian Enterprise Development Corporation, European Enterprise Development Company, and North Atlantic Capital Corporation. Additional materials include information on the French Library in Boston, a book... View Details

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Collecting Strategy | Baker Library

future have access to original materials that support their research and teaching. Our emphasis is on the content of materials, not the format. We strive to collect comprehensively including born-digital View Details

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Use of Electronic Resources | Baker Library

materials in pursuit of research, teaching and private study Use quotes or excerpts of licensed materials in academic work with proper citation and in accordance with fair use Under our license agreements,... View Details

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Workshops & Technical Talks - Research Computing Services

Training Training Workshops & Technical Talks 2ms See below for trainings, reference materials, and resources at Harvard and beyond. R R workshop materials (e.g., Intro to R; R Regression models) from Harvard's Institute for Quantitative... View Details

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Search for Special Collections | Baker Library

Search for Special Collections We have numerous tools to assist you with locating and requesting books, serials, archival and manuscript collections, and other materials in our holdings. Catalogs & Databases The HOLLIS catalog searches... View Details

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Use and Permissions | Baker Library

Use and Permissions Publishing Materials from Special Collections & Archives We want to know about your research. Special Collections & Archives is interested in learning more about the impact of our collections. Please complete our Use... View Details

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

account will be the single source of communication and repository for materials throughout the application process.Indicate your interest in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program by checking the appropriate box on the application.... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Tracking a Turnaround

perspective. “Paul Levy: Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center” includes written case materials as well as extensive video footage of interviews with Levy; e-mail correspondence; internal memoranda; and newspaper... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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South Sea Bubble - Bancroft Collection | Baker Library

Access. The collection can also be explored through the publication The South Sea Company: A Checklist of Materials in Baker Library, Harvard Business School , commemorating the 300th anniversary of the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Learn... View Details

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