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  • 01 May 2020
  • Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

lived in New York City prior to HBS, where he was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting. He is passionate about commercial aviation and looks to pursue a career in the space after HBS. Ryan’s undergraduate degree is in Chemical Engineering... View Details
  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

outwardly the situation smells of economic anarchy. Where are the market forces, when thousands of talented programmers—and even many commercial firms—spend inordinate amounts of time writing and sharing computer source code: an activity... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology
  • Web

Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

and become a more effective attorney, CPA, or overall colleague. "HBS Online doesn't teach you knowledge or prescribe to any cookie-cutter solutions to problems. Rather, it teaches you how to think about business problems and arrive at a solution yourself." Sichao Ni... View Details
  • 09 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

help competing firms avoid the perils of cutthroat competition on one hand and price-fixing collusion on the other. The government can thus help them achieve the balance of healthy competition that is vital to sustained prosperity. Consider the View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Influence: Medium 30 1930 s 19 Advances in aviation Nylon Fiberglass Instant photography Air-conditioning begins to realize commercial potential Influence: High 40 1940 s 19 Planes and ships built in less than a day for the war effort... View Details
  • Web

Research Design - Impact Investments

impact investing, our team has drawn upon several established resources, including: the Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA), ImpactAssets, ImpactBase, and Preqin’s alternative assets database. We have further used View Details
  • Web

Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

filters that would reduce glare. The following year, Land-Wheelwright Laboratories entered a contract with the American Optical Company, a major manufacturer, to produce sunglasses, marketed as Polaroid Day Glasses—another critical milestone towards View Details
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

innovative new products and services, new commercial ventures, or new approaches that create social impact. These are also the kinds of problems rising leaders care about: climate change, race and gender inequities, education shortfalls,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

    Political Standards

    The University of Chicago Press November 2015.

    Prudent, verifiable, and timely corporate accounting is a bedrock of our modern capitalist system. In recent years, however, the rules that govern corporate accounting have been subtly changed in... View Details

    • 04 Sep 2019
    • Blog Post

    A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

    made an offer. Stan started in June with an official role as Product Manager Intern with responsibilities he describes as “a mix of technology development and business analysis. I work with a team focused on developing products aimed at lowering energy usage in View Details
    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    Corporate Sponsorship in Culture—A Case of Partnership in Relationship Building and Collaborative Marketing by a Global Financial Institution and a Major Art Museum

    By: Ragnar Lund and Stephen A. Greyser
    Purpose: This paper examines cultural sponsorship from a partnership and relationship marketing perspective. It studies a case of how a partnership between two international institutions, a bank and a museum, adds value to both in terms of interaction with... View Details
    Keywords: Value Creation; Partners and Partnerships; Marketing Strategy; Culture; Banks and Banking
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    • 14 Mar 2014
    • HBS Seminar

    Jeremy M. Levin, former President and CEO, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis

    By: Alan D. MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin
    A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that this organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details
    Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Information Technology Industry
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    • 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
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate
    • 31 Jul 2023
    • News

    Striving for Imperfection

    smart enough to let him do that experimentation. Eight years elapsed before that became a commercial product. It’s amazing that Nestle, that had two big existing franchises in coffee—instant and stove top—was willing to risk those... View Details
    Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
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    Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

    philosophical principles underlying policy choices. Recently, he has launched a set of research projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications, viewable at www.economicsofspace.com . He has... View Details
    • February 2024
    • Case

    Compass Pathways: Pioneering Psychedelic Treatment

    By: Tiona Zuzul, Kisha Lashley and Gamze Yucaoglu
    This case follows Compass Pathways, a pioneering company developing treatment for depression based on psilocybin, the compound found in ‘magic mushrooms.’ Psilocybin was a federally illegal substance in the U.S., and a “Schedule I” drug, defined as a drug “with no... View Details
    Keywords: Commercialization; Corporate Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Product Launch; Health Testing and Trials; Research and Development; Laws and Statutes; Pharmaceutical Industry; Europe; United States; United Kingdom
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    • 06 Oct 2020
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

    Cash. The most obvious commercial C of the 7 Cs is Cash. Whatever you can do to conserve cash is going to be critical, because that’s what’s going to determine whether your employees are going to be paid next week. To learn more, read 7... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Jan 2022
    • News

    Making Peace with Anger

    Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Willy Walker (MBA 1995) is the chairman and CEO of Walker and Dunlop, a commercial real estate finance firm founded in 1937 by his grandfather and his great... View Details