Open Source Distribution - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

decline"? Growth at the organizational level opens up opportunities for new customers, new hiring, acquisitions, increased profitability, and generally more liberal policies as a result of the removal of constraints associated with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

typically need to be transplanted within 36 to 48 hours, otherwise they begin to deteriorate, so recipients who live close to the source of the donated organ often are logistically preferable. Another difficulty: waiting lists can be much... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

21 Dec 2018
Blog Post

In My Humble Opinion: Mr. Coffee

enjoying incredible coffee in the cafés of Milan, I came back to the United States and began looking around, trying to figure out what I was going to drink,” he says. “And a friend of mine told me about Peet’s.” Known for its flavorful roasts, responsibly View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Circularity in Denmark

proposing this tax on their own sector of ~$150 USD per ton of carbon emitted to incentivize the shipping industry to move forward. The role of culture Our week in Denmark opened our eyes to how integrated sustainability is in both... View Details

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

disentangling the underlying factors that impact the success of venture-capital-backed start-ups. The data that lies at the heart of our performance persistence papers was gathered from multiple sources over a three- or four-year period.... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

(“Rocky”) Aoki fell in love with New York City. The son of a restaurateur in Japan, Aoki eventually opened his own four-table unit in Manhattan in 1964 and called it Benihana (after a Japanese flower), the name of his father’s first... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2007
News

HBS Issues Upbeat 2006 Annual Report

million. These and many more details are laid out in charts, tables, and narrative in the recently released HBS 2006 Annual Report. Revenue from all sources for fiscal 2006, which ended last June 30, topped $368 million. HBS is unique in... View Details

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

19 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

governments need most are internal sources of revenue that can then finance their public goods and services – which means a strong local private sector that creates jobs and generates tax revenue. This interest in private sector... View Details

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

source of potential investment. “We want to democratize investment,” Aditya says of Republic’s mission. “This is about leveling the playing field. From the founders’ perspective, it means greater access to capital, and from the investors’... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

will I hear back? The key to managing this uncertainty is transparency. Including hiring timelines within job postings, sharing information about the number of open positions with Career & Professional Development, and keeping View Details

Keywords: All Industries

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

to promote new behaviors and monitor symptoms. They man quarantine control points 24/7 and attend to patients that need to be isolated at village health stations. Many operate without light at night and lose communications when they cannot charge their phones. HSSI is... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Apr 2021
Blog Post

2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders

and the first Black woman in 1969. That’s quite a gap. By highlighting Black women we’re hoping to celebrate their successes and push the school forward on its journey towards equality.” The opening keynote session was a candid... View Details

15 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: January 15

circumscribe citizen-employees, and they engage in production and trade. But individual corporations are no longer adequate to serve as the primary unit of analysis. Over the years, systems of distributed innovation-so-called business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

talks about "open innovation" and his new book. Silverthorne: What's the one take-away you would like your business reader to walk away with from the book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

strategy and organizational management. Products are being developed through open innovation, with input from people connected to each other and the company only through a common interest—and electronic media. Virtually every company on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective

corporate web site and all of the technology distributed inside the organization. While the web site is essentially the open door to the business, you still have to build the other capabilities using the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

22 Oct 2013
News

Pulling the Plug

Even now, Giler keeps his hand in cellular communications—"an industry ripe for substantial disruption"—by cofounding and chairing Scratch Wireless, which this year is slated to release the nation's first free cellphone service (it will run on View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution

28 May 2013
First Look

First Look: May 28

and the Roots of Sustained Competitive Advantage This note focuses on organizational "competencies" or "capabilities" as a potential source of sustained competitive advantage. Research in this area hypothesizes that... View Details