Evolution - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

further investigation into the development of the consumer electronics and computer industries. Here is an excerpt.I have just completed an initial sketch of the evolution of two industries—Inventing the Electronic Century: The Epic Story... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

entertainment all on one device." Structural Evolution The path to the future that Law envisions will in fact be paved with many of the same advertising structures that have traditionally been integral parts of the ad industry.... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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Published Materials - Creating Emerging Markets

Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj 10 JUN 2021 Article Business History Review The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016 By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun... View Details

26 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How Cellophane Changed the Way We Shop for Food

spoil. Also vital to the adoption of self-service retailing: the invention of cellophane, and continual improvements to the product. As it turned out, the evolution of self-service retailing in the United States was directly tied to the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Retail; Advertising

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Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

the evolution of the process as brilliantly envisioned and developed by Edwin Land and his dedicated project team. It required successful outcomes in a number of arenas, all of which would need to coalesce into an interrelated,... View Details

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

01 Oct 2001
News

Guy de Chazal: Changing Focus

"but it needs the support of a solid management team at a fairly early stage in the company's evolution." Having reached the top echelon of a profession that has been both financially and personally rewarding, de Chazal is at a point in his own View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2024
News

The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

worked in consulting between Dubai and Paris where I helped utilities and infrastructure funds on their energy transition. I got to experience the evolution of Europe towards clean energy. After a few years, I decided it was time for a... View Details

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

in the field consistently learning and shaping the evolution of solutions. Kirt Matthews (MBA 2025) Where is your hometown? My hometown is Elkhart, Indiana. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? Before HBS, I worked in consulting as a... View Details

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

and dispensaries in six states using the new predictive credit-risk model. And as it had in early tests, the model for evaluating the loan application was a success, achieving a remarkable 100 percent repayment rate. “It was clearly time to take to the next step in... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

Profile

Mireya Iglesias Ayala

a masterful literary work, ensures that our experiences in the dynamic sections and moments of introspection contribute to our evolution as future leaders. Just as readers immerse themselves in the plot with curiosity, our journey at HBS... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Action Plan: To the Letter

anywhere, forever. But the business model is changing. Chacko likens it to the evolution of music sales, from analog purchases to digital purchases, to digital streaming platforms, in which you pay for access but not for perpetual... View Details

Keywords: April White; design; typography; change management; leadership; Special Design Services; Professional Services

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

leadership, it had transformed itself into the country’s most popular online platform, dominating the e-commerce , payments, and fintech sectors at the same time that Kazakhstan’s economy was seeing rapid growth. How would Lomtadze and his leadership team explain this... View Details

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

more than an economist. He was the most erudite economic scholar of his time, and perhaps of all times. Q: Today, what would Schumpeter tell us about the evolution of capitalism in the 21st century? A: Several economists, including Larry... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

process solutions has become clear. And it is driving new business creation, as well as traditional business adaptation, at far higher than previous rates. With the evolution of our great industrial and financial base, we may at last be... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Finance, Financial Innovation for Social Change Introduction: Ford Foundation, the Other 95% Show Hide Details Concepts Pay for Success Leveraging the Entire Institution for Change The Evolution of Capitalism Featured Exercises Assess... View Details

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship

important, an understanding of the process of how relationships evolve over time," he said. Buyer-seller Evolution To study how relationships evolve in mature industrial markets, Narayandas and HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan took an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Reinventing State Capitalism

In this book we study the evolution of corporate governance arrangements that governments have adopted for their state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the last 20 years. We show that the process of privatization and liberalization of the 1990s and early 2000s created... View Details

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