Idea Generation - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
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Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual

House. "She outranked me, and I thought that was good preparation for marriage," he says, flashing his signature grin. "I always knew that I would like to be a father, but I had no idea how wonderful the experience would be," adds Cox,... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver

When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2017
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Research Brief: Better Brainstorming

Sharique Hasan in a recent working paper. Their field research shows that the highest quality ideas are generated by people open to new experiences engaging with extroverted peers. In 2014, the researchers... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2006
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Second Acts

When Glen Meakem (MBA ’91) couldn’t persuade his employer, General Electric, that he was on to a hot idea to revamp corporate purchasing using the Internet, he quit and started his own firm, FreeMarkets,... View Details

Keywords: e-commerce; B2B; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

06 Nov 2009
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Health Reform Paths Not Taken

No issues in the ongoing Congressional health-care debate have generated more heat than the so-called public option and proposed taxes on “gold-plated” health insurance plans. Conservatives view a new government-run health insurance... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2024
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Advancing the Mission

and generate ideas that have the power to change the world. Far-Reaching Impact From the Classroom to Casablanca Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Fueling Innovation View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check

four of these teams are then aggregated into an industry. Team members study data and collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions concerning manufacturing and marketing. After each round, reports are View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Reinventing the Wheel

extracting carbon black from discarded models to create new ones. Cardozo first heard about the idea in 2013 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Dutch incubator YES!Delft. The idea of... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

25 Apr 2014
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A defining global experience before college can unlock a lifetime of potential

involved in projects in Asia, Latin America, and Africa and another 200 alumni already making a difference as leaders on college campuses nationwide. Falik conceived the idea for Global Citizen Year after high school, when she moved to... View Details

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

departments—with the goal of improving the health of honey bees in general and especially in production agriculture. Building trust is crucial to the relationships CollaborateUp fosters. Activists fear business executives will take... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

17 Mar 2011
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Make or Break for the USA?

with HBS professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, Pisano says, “One of our key messages is to get students to appreciate that manufacturing involves a lot of knowledge work. There has been almost a whole generation of MBA students and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead

teaching undergraduates, to longer-term projects and programs. I believe there’s additional work we might do that would benefit all the schools and faculties involved. HBS spends nearly $80 million a year on research. How do you view the impact of that investment? It’s... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Oct 1999
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New Releases

Leonard and Swap offer managers proven strategies for generating the group dynamics that lie at the heart of innovative thinking, including specific techniques for rechanneling the tension of conflicting points of view into new View Details

01 Dec 2002
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What You Know Depends on Where You Go

resources and risk within a parent company generally outweigh the possible inefficiencies created through administrative overhead or being sheltered from competition. Among the many other HBS faculty conducting international research, two... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

doors to many people who wished to enter the marketplace.”) It wasn’t until India nearly went bankrupt in 1991 that the idea of “an open and competitive society was embraced by the people,” who, Chidambaram observed, brushed aside... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

09 Apr 2020
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“Raise the Line”

born. Today, Osmosis features thousands of engaging animated videos that explain complex ideas in under 20 minutes and is working with more than 60 institutions, including the University of Illinois, New York University, and the... View Details

01 Sep 2016
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Advancing the Vision for HBS

opportunities for alumni engagement with the School and with each other. At Campaign events around the globe, many of you have heard about the vision for HBS in the 21st century and the School’s commitment to educating leaders and View Details

24 Oct 2013
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Engineering a More Secure World

says Anthony Harris (MBA 1979), president and CEO of the Fiberscope's maker, Campbell/Harris Security Equipment Company (CSECO). "If you catch vehicles going southbound, you generally interdict cash." This truck was going south: In the... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2020
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Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

challenge the way things have traditionally worked. Vincent Pons: In populist discourse you often have this idea that a country has been governed by a political and economic elite hurting the interests of the people. If you systematically... View Details