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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
which a drug is interacting, we can predict the basis for toxicity as well as efficacy," says Alan Crane of Millennium. "With the whole genome known, the process of drug discovery in the future will involve comprehensively identifying all... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
healthcare is rationed, the retirement age is 75, and exit permits are required to leave the country. Univer-Cities: Strategic View of the Future from Berkeley and Cambridge to Singapore and Rising Asia. Vol. II. edited by Tony Teo (MBA... View Details
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
work and get paid, and the growing role of design in management. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=607026 eDonkey-Deciding the Future of File Sharing Harvard Business School Case 707-482... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
citizens; in Afghanistan, the average annual income at the time was about $100. (Current estimates are more like $700.) Roshan, which translates from the Dari and Pashto languages to “light,” was a name chosen by the Afghan people through View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
put it mildly, this was an overly rich valuation—Parker’s entire investment up to that point had been an Apple II and 10 used diskettes. With Parker’s enthusiastic assent, Sahlman used the TDC business plan as the focus of his very first... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
These People Is Your Future CEO? Authors:Boris Groysberg, Andrew Hill, and Toby Johnson Publication:Business Review 88, no. 11 (November 2010) Abstract Americans have long believed that U.S. military officers—trained for high-stakes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
activities that seek only to benefit society and not as opportunities to create economic gain. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409042 The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
sacrifice long-term growth to boost short-term performance. We investigate 495 transactions with a focus on one form of long-term activities, namely investments in innovation as measured by patenting activity. We find no evidence that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male entrepreneurship. We find evidence of agglomeration economies in both sectors,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
On Credit
massive volumes highlights the importance of telling that story through the letters, memos, reports, books, and images that provide a lens for examining the past to better understand the present—a need that has become no less essential in an online, digitized world.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
established companies can also be a source of salvation: disruptive change. Applegate should know. Her current research and teaching focus on the challenges of building new ventures and leading radical business innovation in the face of... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
traditional endogenous growth theory and to new theoretical approaches that focus on variability in innovation outcomes within the firm size distribution. Using new data on 11,514 U.S. R&D firms active during the interwar and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
you and your coauthors of "Making Sense of Officership: Developing a Professional Identity for 21st Century Officers," a chapter in The Future of the Army Profession, decide to study professional identity as a part of leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
Self-expression," published in the March 2013 Administrative Science Quarterly, a research team finds that shifting the focus to an employee's personal identity leads to an increase in both employee retention and customer... View Details
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Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
informational conversations the need to focus on the content of conversations with candidates rather than a candidate’s physical location or any unavoidable background noise. Video conference sessions are now the norm in many industries,... View Details
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Policy - Business & Environment
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Judith Fletcher Judson HBS MBA 2000 Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources “Here in Massachusetts, the Department of Energy Resources’ mission is to create a clean, affordable, and resilient... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
founded a regional marketing effort to brand or market the area, but then shifted focus to building clusters. Examines the motivations of companies and company executives to get involved in regional competitiveness efforts and provides a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Comfort Zone
industry, most recently as CEO of the Swiss/Chilean company Aport SA. Airlines have since abandoned all aspirations of luxury to focus on reducing operational expenses. It’s the reason we’re seeing a bumper crop of low-cost carriers,... View Details
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Reunions: Accelerating Climate Solutions with Professor Jim Matheson (MBA 2001) - Blog - Business & Environment
inherent in this transition. HBS alumni, faculty and students are well positioned and will be critical in providing this leadership, but we must continue to focus intently to ensure Harvard leads the world forward on this transition. Here... View Details