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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship
before it went public. He then led Open Market's expansion into business-to-business applications. In 1999, he founded and ran PurchasingCenter.com, a "My Yahoo" portal for industrial purchasing agents who purchase $2-$10 million of... View Details
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
data to decipher traits belonging to toxic workers. The result was anonymized personal data of almost 60,000 workers from 11 firms, about 70 percent of which were based in the United States. The positions were similar front-line, customer service jobs like sales or... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
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Teele Hall | About
2000 in honor of Dean Stanley F. Teele (1906–1967), the modern brick, concrete, and glass structure was designed by Goody & Clancy and constructed in 1985. The 49,000-square-foot building has five floors and large windows that afford... View Details
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
online magazine and store to purchase full-size products. Palliative Care of America David Matly Michael Matly Business Track Runner-Up Palliative Care of America provides the best quality of life for seriously and terminally ill patients by providing View Details
- 08 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders
in reinforcing stereotypes, which conflate leadership with masculinity. When the industry or subject of the case is traditionally associated with men and masculinity, the leader-equals-male effect compounds. "A robust body of research has... View Details
Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
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Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V 2019 | About
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019 Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (British-Nigerian, born 1962), Wind Sculpture (SG) V , 2019, stainless steel armature with hand painted glass reinforced polyester cast, 275 1/2 × 100 × 78 5/8 in.... View Details
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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Corporation. All existing and pending patents were transferred to the new corporation. 17 Wheelwright left the company in the early 1940s, but stayed on as a member of the Board of Directors until 1948. In addition to Polaroid Day Glasses... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
later: "What business are you really in?" "An industry begins with the customer and his or her needs, not with a patent, a raw material, or a selling skill," wrote Levitt, citing the railroads as one example of a... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Industry Location and International Regulatory Variation Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Publication:Chap. 16 in Ways of Regulating: Therapeutic Agents between Plants, Shops, and Consulting Rooms. Vol. 363, 271-290. Berlin, Germany: Max Planck... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of doing good. I feel far more alive today than I’ve ever been in my whole life.” Industrial and sleek, Evolve academies feature plenty of glass and brushed steel. It’s a professional, we-mean-business sort... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Illustrations by Edmon DeHaro “Cheers!” As her father’s wedding toast comes to a close, Vanessa Royle (MBA 2022) raises her champagne flute into the evening air to clink glasses with the groom, Andy. She tilts her View Details
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
contrasts the tradition-bound Old World wine industry with the market-oriented New World producers in the battle for the Chinese wine market in 2015. China’s wine consumption growth presented a large and fast-growing export target that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
John Pitcairn
Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
WSA Conference Set for January
representing industries such as health care, manufacturing, retail, not-for-profit, venture capital, and financial services. Speakers will share their own experiences in becoming corporate leaders and their views on breaking the View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Barreling Ahead
Point Brewing and Spirits) The rise of American craft beer is worthy of a toast: According to the Brewers Association, the industry grew 16 percent from January to June 2015 alone—marking a 122 percent increase since June 2011. The bigger... View Details
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Partners - Managing the Future of Work
professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Case Study: On the Record
Above: photo by Sarah Frankie Linder Vinyl is back. The once-anachronistic segment of the music industry was on target for its seventh straight year of double-digit growth in 2017, according to a Deloitte Global forecast, selling an... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar... View Details