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Peggy Mativo-Ochola

As the daughter of two pioneering civil engineers in Kenya, Peggy Mativo-Ochola learned to be ambitious. "I saw my mother as a woman who broke glass ceilings and my father as a man who strove for excellence in his field," Peggy... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit/Government/Education

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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

09 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 9

interdependent work is performed under conditions that make bounded stable teams infeasible, creating a need to understand factors that foster teaming in the absence of team stability. Teaming refers to coordination and mutual adjustment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2015
News

Warrior Spirit

day. At that point, Sityodtong learned he had been accepted to HBS. A 1994 econ grad from Tufts University with experience working as an equity associate at Fidelity, he fit the profile of an MBA student. But making the decision to come... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

30 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 30, 2008

and compare these with prior life cycle data for biopolymers as well as other fibers, and we find that nanoclay production results in lower energy use and greenhouse gas emissions than production of many common biopolymers and glass... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be

company's brand must preserve its aspirational quality while maintaining its relevance in people's daily lives. "Luxury goods are so wrapped up in the psyche and how they make us feel," he explains. "Any brand has the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

21 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics

economics is about how people understand information.” As an undergraduate at William & Mary, he interned at Google, where he gained an insider’s perspective on a new technology, Google Glass. Bracaglia wrote SQL for the Glass team,... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

initial survey of several thousand rural households in West Bengal, India, they discovered that people don’t wash their hands with soap for the same reason most of us don’t run three miles every morning or drink eight glasses of water... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism

and economic histories to illuminate Schumpeter's life and work. A central theme details how Schumpeter's insights help us understand how the forces of capitalism, innovation, and entrepreneurship continue to transform the world today. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

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

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

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

17 Dec 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

"Ted Levitt changed my life," wrote Barry Koh (HBS PMD 30, 1975). "In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer—the best attributes and the best... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail

23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

Abstract The study of leadership suffers intellectual neglect and has yet to be considered a serious academic discipline. And though the mission statements of most business schools profess to "develop leaders who make a difference in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

morale. Has flattening delivered on its promise to push decisions downward? In this article, I present evidence suggesting that while firms have delayered, flattened firms can exhibit more control and decision making at the top. Managers... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought

the book is a sequel to their 2009 work The Adventures of an IT Leader "We hope that this book inspires reflection and makes a contribution to developing our knowledge about CEO leadership in ways that can help us meet the needs of the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan & Shannon O'Donnell; Aerospace

01 Dec 2014
News

Creating the Shopping Experience of the Future

Ivy Ross uses the word “magic” more than once as she describes the changes that Google Glass could bring to the shopping experience. The woman in charge of Glass’s consumer launch is brainstorming potential uses for the $1,500 wearable... View Details

Keywords: Christine Lejeune; fashion; technology

Amory Houghton

Houghton diversified Corning Glass products and expanded, for the first time, into the field of consumer goods. He sharply reduced the prices for beakers, Pyrex ovenware, and electric light bulbs, making... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

01 Mar 2018
News

Case Study: On the Record

in revenue—as much as 18 percent of all physical music sales. Consumers covet vinyl as a piece of tangible art in a digital age, but for the indie bands selling those records, it’s not about nostalgia, says Caren Kelleher (MBA 2010). “For the average independent band... View Details

Keywords: April White

Frank C. Ball

In 1885, Ball Brothers Company, founded by Ball, his brother and uncle, began making glass fruit jars and caps. In 1887, they built a factory in Muncie, Indiana and converted the company into a corporation... View Details