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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
that would afford him greater freedom and control. In order to realize a variety of applications for his new invention, Land would need to produce reams of sheets of his synthetic polarizing material. "Exploring how View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Interests and the Effect of Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities” ( The Review of Financial Studies , 2022) with Shan Ge and Johnny Tang. Benjamin C. Esty : Winner of the 2023 Case Centre Award... View Details
- 30 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
What’s the Future of Corporate Governance?
Summing Up Future Corporate Governance: Different, But More Effective? Shann Turnbull suggests that the world of corporate governance will benefit from the establishment of "a new type of corporate information and View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
Should Entrepreneurs Get an MBA?
I’m happy to concede some territory here: I’m not convinced it’s essential to running the company that I can derive WACC or read Balance of Payments statements. This argument does, though, undervalue the soft stuff that is taught View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
since little of the upside tends to flow back onto corporate balance sheets. To that end, Nagle says, “Can we design systems and regulations to allow a company to get some of those benefits?” One model for... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Timing - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Feedback Sample Class Case method teaching involves a delicate balance between organization and guidance on the one hand, and flexibility and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 26 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India
dedicated to adaptation efforts, highlighting the need for a more balanced approach. Striking a balance between mitigation and adaptation is crucial for addressing the... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
knowledge, and expertise—the key resources required in the development and diffusion of innovation worldwide. So this increasingly important capability really is about using... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Zone Defense
beginning to change. That same year, the US Department of Defense established the Defense Innovation Unit in Silicon Valley to encourage early-stage companies in the sector. Tseng continued to work on Shield AI during his time at HBS,... View Details
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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online
Lecturer of Business Administration "Alternatives have become one of the most innovative and exciting parts of the investment landscape." Arthur Segel Alternative Investments Baker Foundation Professor of... View Details
- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
patent boosts a start-up’s subsequent growth and innovation by facilitating access to funding from VCs, banks, and public investors. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
belonging to the Lowell General Physician Hospital Organization (LGPHO). The case describes the LGPHO physicians' experience during their first two years under the AQC, allowing students to assess the group's performance as well as potential challenges in the remaining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
successful. The most successful competitors were those that commercialized products on either side of IBM's 360's price and performance standards; these included the much smaller Digital Equipment, with its stripped-down minicomputer,... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
organizations like Doctors Without Borders, responding to a disaster, will necessarily have more complex operational strategies. In order to provide shelter and food, they have to control an elaborate supply... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
seek diverse, young talent and to teach the next generation of leaders how to take control of their careers.” It is important to Freyre, a Latina herself, that she should provide guidance within a culture... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
catastrophe of the Cultural Revolution; today they are some of the most innovative educational centers in the world. Will China threaten American primacy? Participants will explore these questions through case studies View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech start-ups that reduce CO2 emissions by at least 2.5 Gt by 2050. The $110M fund focuses on early-stage companies commercializing novel technologies and View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
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Donald J. Chiofaro
projects in New York, Chicago, and other major cities. He dismisses predictions that real-estate investment trusts and other industry innovations may spell the end for... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
unusual application of an economic term delighted Christensen, a management professor known around HBS and the globe as both a brilliant business thinker and a deeply religious man. For more than a decade he... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel