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  • 02 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

usually an engineering challenge that is tough enough to give the company an edge, resulting in several years lead or longer, if we're lucky. We look for a tough problem that hasn't been solved before. The solution can't be so... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Barley
  • Portrait Project

Alex Angelopoulos

I still remember the feeling of emptiness while evaluating my career prospects when I graduated college in 2015. With youth unemployment at 50%, I was entering the workforce in one of the worst job markets Greece had ever seen. I was an View Details
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

company. Business Track, 2013 Tauros Engineering Adrian Ross Alison Flatau David Flatau Tyler Flatau Business Track Winner Tauros Engineering is commercializing a revolutionary technology for the detection... View Details
  • Web

Your Alumni Community - Alumni

(MBA 2024) shares how reflective self-assessment through CareerLeader and coaching guided his transition from renewable energy engineering to consulting, combining technical expertise with business acumen to pursue mission-driven... View Details
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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

more effective at building and solidifying knowledge than some of the in-class courses I took in college. Ryan Dumlao Electrical Engineer in Pharmaceuticals, pursuing an MBA in the fall of 2016 BS, Electrical Engineering, University of... View Details
  • May 2017 (Revised September 2018)
  • Case

Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the construction industry by the premium power tools manufacturer Hilti in 2000. Following its customers’ needs, Hilti moved from selling power tools to leasing them as a service. The introduction of the new... View Details
Keywords: Hilti; Business Model Innovation; BMI; Fleet Management; Decision-making; Implementation; Power Tools Industry; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Customer Focus and Relationships; Construction; Innovation and Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Decision Making; Construction Industry; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Germany; Austria; Europe; United States; Asia; Brazil; China; Japan; Hong Kong
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  • 09 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

of what is possible. Engineers can reconfigure their systems to wring the best performance possible out of the available technology. Think about the computer industry. In its early days, you simply couldn't exist as a specialist provider.... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
  • 17 Jan 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Price Coherence and Adverse Intermediation

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Julian Wright; Consumer Products
  • June 2021
  • Case

Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani at avatarin (A) (Abridged)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2016, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani, aeronautical engineers at All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., began to wonder why, in a world of accelerating globalization and digital connectivity, those who lived in far-remote villages or impoverished urban areas could not... View Details
Keywords: Agility; Ecosystem; Innovation Ecosystems; Innovation; Crowdsourcing; XPRIZE; Open Innovation; Partnership; Government; Collaboration; Co-creation; Purpose; Impact; Social Impact; Movement; Organizational Behavior; Organizational Ambidexterity; Ambidexterity; Culture; Culture Change; Global Teams; Experimentation; Space; Space Industry; Airline Industry; Start-up; Platform Business; Platform Strategy; Platform; Digital; Robotics; Robots; Avatar; Telepresence; Innovation Lab; Mobility; COVID-19; Intrapreneurship; Public-private Partnership; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Partners and Partnerships; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Alignment; Leadership; Leading Change; Diversity; Organizational Culture; Change Management; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Digital Platforms; Transportation Industry; Aerospace Industry; Japan
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  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Quantum Leap

it,” he says. That intuition has served him well: Over the past three decades, Levy has founded and led several tech companies and played a role as an investor and board member at dozens more. Now he and his team of scientists and View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 27 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)

rich, dynamic, and representative of the world we live in. Coming to the program with an Engineering background I was ecstatic to flex my problem-solving skills in a different way through the program's rigorous case method style of... View Details
  • 20 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

would adopt, such as Word, Internet Explorer, and Windows Media Player. Even more importantly, such platforms would allow creative developers outside your organization to add their unique value. Grove faced a crucial decision regarding Intel's own platform when in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer
  • Web

Financial Aid - Alumni

business and engineering and catalyze HBS-SEAS collaborations, the couple endowed a fellowship for students in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program. Brittanie Bowman Brittanie endowed a fellowship in... View Details
  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

identification documentation, let alone a credit score. Loan officers often end up relying on qualitative information and intuition, all the while knowing that these loans may be vital to the nation's economy. "Small businesses in emerging markets are thought to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • August 1975 (Revised July 1983)
  • Case

Lincoln Electric Co.

By: Norman A. Berg
Covers the strategy and management practices of the world's largest manufacturer of welding equipment. Discusses the compensation system and company culture, and the leadership style of management. View Details
Keywords: Construction; Compensation and Benefits; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard

design and software engineering capabilities to enable faculty research, and administrative services to launch and run labs efficiently and to coordinate relationships with external partners. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS Harnessing... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • Profile

Bobby Tuohy

his choices. “I stumbled upon the joint degree program when I was at a crossroads,” he says about his discovery of the joint HBS/SEAS business and engineering program. “It appealed to me because it would allow me to deepen my tech skills... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2024

Photographed by Susan Young; Edited by Julia Hanna MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients. ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS SITE MORE ON THE RECIPIENTS Read more about the 2024 recipients, and learn about past recipients.... View Details
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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

managing— is essential to economic growth. The innovative capacity of a nation or region is heavily rooted in its microeconomic environment, in areas such as the intensity of scientists and engineers in the workforce, the degree of... View Details