Materiality - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

partners to build her fashion business and legendary luxury brand based on understated elegance. Chanel’s famous “little black dress” was accompanied by many other innovations including the use of jersey as material for daytime clothing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

catch-up-with-the-buddies lunch, meetings now span a day and a half and they happen up to six times a year. While reviewing relevant materials used to mean flipping through the annual report on the plane ride to the annual meeting, it now... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Use and Permissions | Baker Library

Use and Permissions Publishing Materials from Special Collections & Archives We want to know about your research. Special Collections & Archives is interested in learning more about the impact of our collections. Please complete our Use... View Details

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

the world about the problems they thought might constitute material threats to the sustainability of market capitalism. As part of Harvard Business School's centennial celebration a few years ago, we convened groups of business leaders in... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

environment in which it exists and develop materials which generate discussion about a variety of issues which, though of critical importance, are often not susceptible to proof. The Leadership and Organizational Behavior course succeeds... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

03 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

characterize business in developed market economies. CEM has reached a worldwide audience consisting both of practitioners and consultants, as well as university professors and students who have incorporated the materials into their... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Carving a Niche

years more typical at larger ski manufacturers. “We don’t look at a manufacturing plant as a hole to fill every year,” says Hoye. “It’s more a question of observing what people are trying to do when they ski, and figuring out how to make it better and more fun using... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Jeremy Lipstein

how collegial and open-minded people are with each other here. The case method is highly conducive to people sharing their experiences. In fact, when I think about what stands out from my classes, it's not the material per se, but what... View Details

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Closings - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Teaching by the Case Method Closings Preparing to Teach Leading in the Classroom Pre-Class Arrival Diversity and Inclusion Openings Cold Calling Questioning, Listening & Responding Transitions Closings Timing Participation Engagement Board Use Teaching Quantitative... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New Releases

experts have developed over the past 25 years. Jensen and his contributing authors reconceptualize organizations as equilibrium systems that exist in a larger system of markets - such as financial, product, labor, and materials markets.... View Details

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Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

account will be the single source of communication and repository for materials throughout the application process.Indicate your interest in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program by checking the appropriate box on the application.... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Tracking a Turnaround

perspective. “Paul Levy: Taking Charge of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center” includes written case materials as well as extensive video footage of interviews with Levy; e-mail correspondence; internal memoranda; and newspaper... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Discovery Process

all, most students don’t go on to become historians. My classes attracted lots of students interested in business, finance, and entrepreneurship, and watching how MBAs engaged with historical material gave me more strategies for... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Ink

present tangible ways in which it can do so (and why).” What I’m Reading “A brilliant materials scientist takes us through the remarkable histories and properties of the world around us, from self-healing concrete to the molecular... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

tools that strengthen teaching and learning. Online courses, for example, allow students to learn at their own pace, while electronic case studies introduce rich, multidimensional material into classroom discussions. The HBS experience... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Democratizing development: Inequality in Latin America | Institute for Business in Global Society

explore actionable measures that Latin American enterprises can take to drive inclusive prosperity and upward mobility. Learning resources At BiGS, we want to make resources and learning materials accessible regardless of your location.... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Consumer Finance Makes HBS Debut

also bring in concepts from behavioral economics, psychology more broadly, and sociology. We have cases and materials that are at the household level, because we think that before you can discuss business practice or public policy, you... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

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South Sea Bubble - Bancroft Collection | Baker Library

Access. The collection can also be explored through the publication The South Sea Company: A Checklist of Materials in Baker Library, Harvard Business School , commemorating the 300th anniversary of the South Sea Bubble of 1720. Learn... View Details

05 Sep 2000
What Do You Think?

Whither the Information Economy?

Harlan Cleveland's piece, "Information as a Resource" that appeared in 1982 in The Futurist. In it, Cleveland, a scholar and former Undersecretary of State, argued that a society based on information would look very different than one based on raw View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

materials they contain. “The first thing that naturally comes to mind is cannibalization of sales—that people may not buy the primary products,” says Serafeim. “The way you overcome that is by realizing the likely customer is not the... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

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