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- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
about trends over time, as far back as we have data, to the 1860s when the Mormon pioneers first came here,” says Maughan. “And you could see how the water levels have fluctuated over the years. But the clear trend has been a decline. The way to help View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
ecorepel, which biomimics the protective function found in waterfowl feathers.” Other innovations include “functional ones like a reversible laptop sleeve, and a QR code that tells the full story of the... View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
Summing Up Does Social Equality Improve Productivity? Inequality in our society is an important and growing issue. It prompted a debate among respondents to this month's column about the causes, specifically the role played by innovation... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
game, highly profitable Toyota has announced it will produce 9.06 million cars worldwide this year, while money-losing GM will cut production (after manufacturing an estimated 9.08 million vehicles in 2005). Increasingly, the glory days seem a thing of the past. How... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
responsibility of individual firms. The authors call for business to be both innovator and activist in protecting and strengthening market capitalism. Instead of seeing themselves as narrowly self-interested players in a system that is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
this or this,” she says, flipping between the two orientations. The technology to make this happen seamlessly is one that they’ve patented and among a half-dozen tech-based innovations they’re hoping will transform mobile storytelling. At... View Details
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
practices creating a learning and innovative organization; and tracking results in terms of the "four Rs" of retention, referrals, returns to labor, and relationships with customers. It shows "the culture cycle" at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
manufacturing an estimated 9.08 million vehicles in 2005). Increasingly, the glory days seem a thing of the past. How could such a reversal have occurred? Can it be corrected, and does it matter if it can’t? Car Trouble Every novice... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
One is a very scientific mission and the other is a commercial mission. On the scientific side, our objective is literally to reverse engineer the human neocortex. Figure out how the brain works. That is the core of who we are and why... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
enters a kind of death spiral. Reversing that downward trend requires deliberate efforts by the CEO to address each of the pathologies. ... Sparking Collaboration Turnaround leaders know that problem solving requires collaboration across... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
on California and Silicon Valley, we exploit Michigan's inadvertent reversal of its non-compete enforcement legislation as a natural experiment to investigate the impact of non-competes on mobility. Using the U.S. patent database and a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
twenty years of experience at J.P. Morgan & Company, where he headed global investment banking and global equities. The regulatory structure did not keep pace with two decades of deregulation and product innovation on Wall Street, Rose... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
company's long-term viability. The strategy paid off, with sales jumping well over 50 percent in the first year alone. Under intense scrutiny, Gerstner then reversed a plan to split IBM into independently operated "Baby Blues," choosing... View Details
- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
increased assertion activity nearing patent expiration, and forum shopping. We find, moreover, that NPE litigation has a real negative impact on innovation at targeted firms: firms substantially reduce their View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
one order and return them in the reverse order when should DVDs (e.g., documentaries) are rented before want DVDs (e.g., action films). This effect is sizeable in magnitude, with a one standard deviation change in the difference between... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Firm Survival, Employment Growth, and Innovative Performance Authors:Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018
collateral consequences of idle time; when workers expect idle time following a task, their work pace declines and their task completion time increases. This decline reverses the well-documented deadline effect, producing a dead-time... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
Global Activities 2021 REPORT In a year shaped by the pandemic, Harvard Business School’s global presence has enabled the School to be at the forefront of the study of emerging trends. Faculty members draw on the resources and expertise of the School’s 15 global... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
forthcoming Abstract In this essay, we review the key features of the literature on innovation and organizational structure. We highlight the key areas where work has been undertaken, as well as the limitations of the literature to date.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace