Peer Production Collectives - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2006
HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

rejections personally because their requests were merely a few among the thousands of pieces of mail that Harpo Productions received every week. The experience also taught them the value of teamwork and the necessity of not allowing each... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

large economies for the 2001 to 2005 period. We investigate reasons why Chinese firms are more diversified than companies elsewhere. Design/methodology/approach—We collect data on the number of business segments in which publicly traded... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

Working PapersProduct Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges Are the Benefits Authors:Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard Abstract The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Anil Doshi

services. We collected individual performance data and found tremendous potential in providing beneficial services to our users that required the aggregation of that data. I became more interested in understanding how the disclosure,... View Details

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Market Perspectives (previously Finance and Capitalism) - Course Catalog

media, sea level rise, employment of people with disabilities, and the like. We explore situations in which businesses’ pursuit of profits both positively and negatively affect their communities, including their employees, local physical and social environments. We use... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

01 Jun 2013
News

EnTRIPreneurs

also hosts a July music festival (Emmy Lou Harris, Merle Haggard, et al) to support its charitable foundation. "Unlike a start-up in a larger city, RAP, based in a community of 900 people, makes everything work without the advantage of incubators, or a large local... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing

Profile

Abby Falik

would enable me to have the greatest impact on the largest number of people.” After graduating from Stanford with both a bachelor’s and a M.Ed, Abby spent five years collecting experience in the non profit sector. Disillusioned by the... View Details

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Trade Cards - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising: Trade Cards National Markets Advertising View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO

progress." DiCamillo is seated before a tall cabinet displaying a collection of Polaroid cameras and equipment spanning six decades - including famed inventor-founder Edwin Land's "Land" camera and the all-time best-selling "One Step"... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Harvard Business School

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

11 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

are not talented and productive but see themselves solely as Yahoo! employees. In today's tight job market, some of the remote workers will comply with Mayer's new policy, but many of the productive ones in... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services

20 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All

collected over several years, examining millions of flights. Rage incidents are well known and especially well publicized thanks to social media. Flight attendants often suffer the brunt of hostile, sometimes abusive behavior from... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Air Transportation; Sports; Travel

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Gallery - The Art of American Advertising

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections Visual Resources More Exhibits Exhibition Gallery Research Links Site Credits The Art of American Advertising 1865 - 1910 National Markets Advertising View Details

10 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Cofounders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

targets and manage improvements in the same way as you would with financial performance,” said van Poecke. Schoonbeek and van Poecke pulled from their professional and academic experience to build a software offering that enables companies to not only View Details

01 Dec 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

appear to have been formed over a number of years? Or is all of this just an overreaction to phenomena that will recede in perceived importance to investors and money managers alike as other concerns crowd them out in our collective... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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About Baker Library | Baker Library

Items in Baker Library's Contemporary Collections $ 1 m+ Amount invested in search technology and artificial intelligence since 2020. We're dedicated to helping business scholars, researchers, and leaders at every level uncover the... View Details

23 Feb 2011
News

A Capitalist in China

MarketWatch commentary (February 1, 2011). “So by looking back at what worked for investors in the United States between the world wars, I believe I can peer into a time capsule to see what will work for investors today in China.” That... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2005
News

Ideas: Books

innovations in management practices and production technology in the Thyssen firms. Restoring Trust in American Business edited by Jay W. Lorsch, Leslie Berlowitz, and Andy Zelleke (MIT Press) HBS professor Lorsch, Zelleke (PHDOB ’03),... View Details

Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler

02 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses

products and services. Making the payrolls that support middle class families across the country. These are all things we rely on small businesses for, so we should look with more than just casual interest at how technology, and even... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

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