Institutional Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2005
News

Ideas: Books

innovations in management practices and production technology in the Thyssen firms. Restoring Trust in American Business edited by Jay W. Lorsch, Leslie Berlowitz, and Andy Zelleke (MIT Press) HBS professor Lorsch, Zelleke (PHDOB ’03),... View Details

Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler

01 Sep 2012
News

Results and Recognition

institutions that were formative in shaping who we are,” says Joe, and, second, “we want to support organizations that make a difference in the lives of others.” Given that HBS meets both criteria, the O’Briens are committed not only to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

small way they can. In addition, the existing microfinance institutions tend to focus on short-term loans targeted at income-generating activities. Q: Are there any similar programs in other developing countries? An View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

01 Oct 2001
News

Making a World of Difference

in the midtown Manhattan headquarters of Halcyon/Alan B. Slifka Management Company. In discussing the success of his investment firm, he points out that his traders are not only innovative and individualistic but also cooperative. When... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

07 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 7

Building the Water Cube Robert Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Dilyana KaradzhovaHarvard Business School Case 410-054 Arup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

institutions to leverage their procurement power to support entrepreneurs of color. As part of our work, we were able to triple our private institutions’ annual spend with local Black and Brown-owned companies, shifting over $15 million... View Details

09 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices

underlie pricing algorithms require revisiting as conditions change. To ensure that institutional knowledge is embedded in pricing algorithms, managers can also consider hybrid solutions that offer suggested prices, enabling quicker... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

01 Dec 1996
News

Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

A faculty symposium, "Breaking New Ground: Initiatives in Management Education, 1980 - 1995," was held October 9-11 at HBS to honor former Dean John H. McArthur for the many initiatives in research and course development he instituted... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

Smartphone Industry By: Paik, Yongwook, and Feng Zhu Abstract—Strategy scholars have documented in various empirical settings that firms seek and leverage stronger institutions to mitigate hazards and gain competitive advantage. In this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

the workers’ allegiance. She does so in part by meeting one-on-one with every employee and introducing innovations such as pairing a shift worker with a manager in coleadership roles. “This is an unusual case because it’s about an MBA in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2011
News

Faculty Books

Mortgage Finance edited by Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky (Brookings Institution Press) This book explores what caused the mortgage crisis and focuses on the future. The challenge remains the same: protect consumers, ensure... View Details

Keywords: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

that egalitarianism distance has a negative causal impact on FDI flows. This effect is robust to a broad set of competing accounts, including the effects of other cultural dimensions, various features of the prevailing legal and regulatory regimes, other features of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2007
News

How Business Schools Lost Their Way

through the efforts of a vanguard of institutional entrepreneurs, both academics and managers, who saw the need for creating a managerial class that would run America’s large corporations in a way that served the broader interests of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 1999
News

New Releases

landscape, established companies find themselves more pressured than ever to innovate and redefine their own business models. In this highly uncertain time, thinking entrepreneurially is an essential part of any manager's job - whether... View Details

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

strength or weakness of local entrepreneurship in host countries, Huang argued. The institutional quality of an economy, which affects the efficiency of capital allocation and the security of property rights of productive and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Feb 2016
News

Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

– My HBS and The Case for the Future – highlighted the impact of the School and its faculty and alumni on the major challenges facing business and society today. In addition, participants viewed a video about HBX, the School’s innovative... View Details

08 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

the value of shareholder proxy access. We find that firms that would have been most vulnerable to proxy access, as measured by institutional ownership and activist institutional ownership in particular, lost... View Details