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  • July 2020
  • Case

Super 30: Educating the Elite Poor

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Shreya Ramachandran
In the summer of 2019 in New Delhi, S K Shahi and his daughter, Meenakshi, faced a difficult problem. India had 19 centers of their non-profit, the Center for Social Responsibility and Leadership. Also called the 'Super 30' program, this offered free training for... View Details
Keywords: Non-profit; Inclusive Growth; Education; Higher Education; Diversity; Nonprofit Organizations; Operations; Expansion; Geographic Location; Strategy; Decision Making; India
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  • August 2013 (Revised November 2013)
  • Supplement

Ford vs. GM: The Evolution of Mass Production (B)

By: Willy Shih

This case explores the very different paths taken by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors Corporation in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Henry Ford's Model T was a car for the masses. After considerable experimentation, Ford Motor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Exploration; Dominant Design; Business Growth and Maturation; Business History; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Positioning; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Michigan
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  • April 2011
  • Supplement

Daniel Kim's Dilemma (B)

By: Bill George and Natalie Kindred
Daniel Kim was considering "blowing the whistle" on his friend, the CEO of a fast-growing startup where Kim had spent most of his professional career. When Kim joined the company, called Cardio-Metric, in 2002, it consisted of seven young engineers (including its two... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Venture Capital; Revenue; Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Style; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Behavior
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  • 07 Apr 2022
  • Blog Post

Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

Weston Ruths is enrolled in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program Class of 2022, and is a member of HBS Section D. After graduating from Rice University in 2016 with a degree in Computer Science, he joined the Marine Corps and served... View Details
  • 21 Jan 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention

Keywords: by William R. Kerr & William F. Lincoln
  • Profile

Yaoxin Ding

Yaoxin Ding was born in a small, underdeveloped town in southeast China. Attracted to mobility technology and driven by a desire to “build out the infrastructure” of towns like his own, he studied traffic and transportation engineering as... View Details
  • 10 Jan 2018
  • Blog Post

8 Tips to Help You Prepare for the Case Method

Ninad Kulkarni just wrapped up the fall semester at HBS and wanted to share what he learned about the case method after his first few months in the classroom.  About NinadI grew up in a suburb outside of Mumbai. After earning my View Details
  • 20 Aug 2020
  • Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Mar 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers

negatively associated with their departments’ performance. Implications beyond retail and gender While Feldberg’s research focused on a bricks-and-mortar grocery chain, its findings apply to other fields. Women engineering managers,... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Retail; Consumer Products
  • December 2023 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad
In 2005, Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone was a sensation. After its launch in 1999, the groundbreaking BlackBerry had captured the hearts and minds of corporate America through its secure wireless email service. The device was so addictive and... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Management Style; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; United States; Canada
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  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

C. “Tosh” Barron MBA 1972 Former President, Engineering Systems; Former President, Office Products Division, Xerox Corporation Salman A. Khan MBA 2003 Founder and CEO, Khan Academy Naina Lal Kidwai MBA 1982 Former Executive Director,... View Details
  • 17 May 2024
  • Blog Post

Blending Heritage and Innovation: Lisa Yan (MBA 2025)

name, I ventured into the traditionally male-dominated tech industry. In high school, I joined the FIRST robotics team. In college, I chose to study Electrical and Computer Engineering, even though my dad, an engineer himself, had... View Details
  • Web

About - Business & Environment

for the consequences that climate change is likely to bring. Spencer earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University, where he focused on the history of urbanization... View Details
  • Web

Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

His research has received numerous awards, and he is the most cited scholar today in economics and business. While Michael Porter is at the core a scholar, his work has achieved remarkable acceptance by practitioners across multiple fields. Dr. Porter’s initial... View Details
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

This blog is a repost from the HBS Recruiting blog. An engineer by training, Stan Chang, MS/MBA 2020 candidate in the SEAS/HBS joint degree program, came to Harvard to “balance a business curriculum with an advanced View Details

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    Keywords: federal government; real estate
    • 22 May 2024
    • HBS Case

    Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

    recommendation engine steers up to 95 percent of TikTok’s content to the user. It also presents choices the user may not have sought out in the first place to lengthen the time someone might be on the platform and the breadth of what they... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology
    • 01 Mar 2024
    • News

    Game On

    It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment
    • 29 Jan 2018
    • Book

    How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

    possible.” Duncan brought experience with long space ights to help solve concerns related to the miners’ physical and psychological survival in their small quarters. NASA engineers played a crucial role in the design of the escape capsule... View Details
    Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining
    • 19 Jul 2023

    Diversity and Inclusion with the Harvard MS/MBA Program

    Join current students and alumni to learn more about the diverse and inclusive community within the Harvard MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program. View Details