Open Source Communities - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2014
News

When being a good neighbor means economic development

retail, offices, and more than eight acres of open space to a 27-acre site adjacent to the team’s ballpark, which opened in 2000. “Our future, we believe, now with the ballpark a decade old, is to create... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Starting Lineup: Power Plays

Grana (MBA 2009) and Paul Gibbs (MBA 2011); Founded 2011 Its HelioScope software simplifies design and sales for solar systems—an energy source whose US installations doubled between 2015 and 2016. The software produced by the San... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

24 Apr 2014
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Working to improve California's public education system

communities survive that they never unite. So our idea is to have an authentic voice in Sacramento whose only special interest is students. “I think my experience at HBS—and to be quite frank, just the degree—has given me more confidence... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Powering on wireless electricity

award underlines the fact that our technology is capable of enormous positive economic and environmental impact,” says Giler, whose entrepreneurial spirit extends to other areas of interest. He is the cofounder of Scratch Wireless, which is developing the nation’s... View Details

12 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?

The same will follow for the next five years, only more so, with more people connected for communication and collaboration. No one had mentioned financial markets, observed Robert Glaser, founder and CEO of RealNetworks. His view of 2008... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne & Martha Lagace; Communications; Communications; Communications

01 Dec 2018
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Raising the Barrio

vocational schools are scheduled to open in the barrio. They will be the first public schools in a community where only about 60 percent of adults have finished secondary school. A massive construction... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2011
News

Faculty Books

navigate your company’s complex political environment); and manage a team (forge a high-performing “we” out of all the “I”s who report to you). The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development by... View Details

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

01 Oct 2000
News

A Message from Dean Clark

initiatives in Europe and Japan, the Latin America center is part of the School's continuing strategy to deepen the international content of our curriculum and research while opening new opportunities for cooperation with business and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

2012
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IP Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture

By: Josef Waltl, Joachim Henkel and Carliss Y. Baldwin

Keywords: Business Model; Digital Platforms; Open Source Distribution; Complexity; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property

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18 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

understanding about how certain industries work. For example, I work with The Engine and that connection opened my eyes to how the world of tough tech venture capital works. The community of climate founders... View Details

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

making big real estate bets that could shape the city’s future. He’s all in on Detroit. You could say Cummings married into Detroit: His father-in-law was Max Fisher, a pillar of the business and philanthropic communities known as “Mr.... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Dec 2020
News

A New Approach to Contact Tracing

of the country’s residents—downloaded on their phones. Shortly after, the government announced plans to open source the app’s code, and more than 50 governments expressed interest in using TraceTogether in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Government

October 2015
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Facebook: The First Ten Years

By: Shane Greenstein, Marco Iansiti and Christine Snively

Facebook celebrated its ten year anniversary in February 2014. Over the past decade it has grown into the largest social network in the world with one billion users. After filing an IPO in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation (the third largest IPO in U.S. history), the... View Details

Keywords: Social Networks; Technology; Facebook; Entrepreneurship; Profit; Open Source Distribution; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Social Media; Information Technology Industry

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Lily Wu

on your internship, what did the Whitney Museum do well to set you up for a successful summer? Open and constant communication is key to establishing trust and setting expectations. I was very pleased with... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

14 Feb 2023
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Recruiting During Uncertainty: How to Meet Students Where They Are

will I hear back? The key to managing this uncertainty is transparency. Including hiring timelines within job postings, sharing information about the number of open positions with Career & Professional Development, and keeping View Details

Keywords: All Industries

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

world through television and print publications, as they had for decades. There was, however, one big media game changer: the Fox News Channel (FNC). Founded in 1996 by Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch, FNC was an unusual newcomer to the US media. While most... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

20 Jan 2016
News

Water for the World

started the company, to make a difference, to make sure that we would start the company from day one as a green company. “We were the first beverage company in the world to be certified carbon neutral, and we have a 100 percent sustainable View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Employees crave meaningful progress in their work and find joy in making an impact

of hundreds of managers around the world, Amabile found “progress” ranked dead last as a perceived source of employee motivation. Her book, The Progress Principle, details the research and addresses important questions about how our inner... View Details

30 Mar 2018
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Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

“Academic achievement opens opportunities for success, but you can’t expect schools to consistently outperform the health of their neighborhoods,” says John Majors (MBA 2000). “The reality is that some employers and educators... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Entrepreneurship flourishes in the Bayou

entrepreneurs. “It is a very easy city in which to adopt new approaches. It's a very open city in which to take a risk,” says Wilkins. “After Katrina, everyone needed to become an entrepreneur. Everyone needed to start over. Everyone had... View Details

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