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- 13 Jul 2016
- News
From Money to Ministry
though he didn’t realize it at the time, leading those services would signal the beginning of a shift in his career path. The banker and Naval officer would ultimately become an ordained Episcopal priest. On his second tour of duty, Quainton served in Japan as View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
This is partly because the relationship between infrastructure spending and economic growth, if focused only on the United States, has been hard to update. The US Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, after all, was signed into law through the Federal View Details
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
creative ideas from their generation through future use by others. We test the hypothesis that brokered ideas are less likely to be used in future creative efforts. The results illustrate how collaborative brokerage can aid in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
around. So it was really a mixed feeling, between euphoria and great apprehension about the country that we were inheriting. You survived two assassination attempts, and six of your aides were killed. Yet, you chose not to live in the... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
products. This case exercise provides a hands-on way to experience the design process and offers a structured approach for incorporating key considerations that can aid in effective design. Students are asked to generate ideas for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
thousand large retailers, primarily in the U.S. and Europe. It basically does the supply-chain job faster and more accurately with the aid of a sophisticated information system than anyone else. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
Not-for-profits like Water Aid and the Bill Gates Foundation, others in the country. The idea of starting the India Sanitation Coalition emerged from that. Because what was needed was a platform where everyone could share their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
fiftysomething flatlander with urban sensibilities, and his wife move to a ratty weekend cabin in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. It is crudely built and lacks running water and electricity. Another problem is the local land baron, who aspires to build a giant sand... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
state policing powers rather than intrastate trade. Aided by the Great Depression The Fair Trade Act brought businesses to California and led to other states enacting similar legislation. The Great Depression, with its widespread price... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
they also aid in the diffusion of creative knowledge to other firms through personnel and knowledge transfer. The trick, then, is to manage innovation in ways that exploit the opportunities while minimizing the risks. Purchase article:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
access higher education, and have a steadier, more diversified diet, among other benefits. As I began to understand it, the gift of a cow could change lives, as it would work across families and help, in some small way, to aid in... View Details
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
designing soft robotic gloves that aid with upper extremity issues. A patient with a spinal cord injury may use the glove to pinch fingers together, making lifting a glass easier. Future work will focus on using sensors that respond to a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jan 2021
- News
A Message from Dean Srikant Datar
committed to doing it. Across the School I'm already seeing wonderful momentum. Everything from going to the market to recruit a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, to rethinking how we calculate financial aid for MBA students whose... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
on positive duties to engage in specific actions, including rescue (e.g., aiding victims of natural disaster), beneficence (e.g., donating medicines), and justice (e.g., strengthening weak legal regimes). The aims of the chapter are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
selected innovation, the proposed business model to commercialize the innovation, and the predicted competitor response. In addition, the business case should highlight the key unknowns that need to be addressed while the selected opportunity is honed. These... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
information to aid officials in improving urban quality of life. “You could know street by street how people are doing,” says Luca. “Then operations could step in and say, ‘How could we do things better?’” View Details
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
former teaching assistant, served as Doriot's chief assistant throughout the war. Henry W. Hoagland (HBS MBA '39), another student of Doriot's, also worked as an aide to Doriot in the Military Planning Division. In an early assignment for... View Details
- 20 Aug 2014
- News
With No Time to Lose
the fact so many of them came to my aid is a testimonial to the rapport, humanity, and cohesiveness of the HBS community.” Professor Josh Margolis helped to write and now teaches a case on Prize4Life in his LEAD class, ensuring that... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
be cancelled. The case allows discussion of important concepts like what conditions aid an effective team dynamic, how an entrepreneurial company can scale in size while retaining the “power of small,” how companies can create value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
perspectives of bank regulators, founders, investors, and other stakeholders of the newly founded bank. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412060-PDF-ENG Pakistan: Is Foreign Aid Helping or Hindering Development?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne