by David J. Collis - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.

Illustration by Jose Ortega Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inauguration Day, 1933 Creativity, a quality more traditionally... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2018
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Lighting the Way

them.” —From Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women, by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas Symposium on Race, Work, and Leadership: Learning... View Details

25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

looks at how the company built a digital organization that leverages AI and other technologies to speed its operations, manage its processes, and ensure quality across research, testing, and manufacturing in its race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 (coauthored View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

Blackley (MBA 2007), Frank Williams (MBA 1995), and Harvard alumnus Tom Peterson with the backing of the UPMC Health Plan and The Advisory Board, a global research, technology, and consulting firm founded by View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

title of an article based on a talk by HBS professor J. Anton de Haas to the School's International Club. Declaring that "the international world is in a terrible condition," de Haas expressed "doubt as to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

Turkey. When the video ends, Janice McCormick, director of Academic Services, flicks on the lights and leads the group on its first foray into case method learning. Despite McCormick's encouragement, it is an awkward exercise, marked by... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Jun 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

satisfaction. The Raw Milk Answer Book: What You Really Need to Know about Our Most Controversial Food by David E. Gumpert (OPM 5, 1981) (Lauson Publishing Inc.) This book raises more than 200 of the most... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Letters to the Editor

the June Bulletin the article “M.I.A. Boards” by John Gillespie and David Zweig (both MBA ’83). During the last 13 years of my 49-year business career, I served on seven major corporate boards involving a... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

Christensen (MBA 1979, DBA 1992), Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon, and David S. Duncan (HarperBusiness) The long-held maxim that understanding the customer is the crux of innovation is wrong. Customers don't buy products or services; they “hire”... View Details

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