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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
war of the handhelds,” Dubinsky is well aware of the challenges facing Handspring. “This is an explosive market,” she says. “We need to create outstanding products, build a great company to deliver those products, and get some lucky... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
ever be persuaded to seriously consider a scientist’s point of view. In a later discussion of the war on cancer, he communicated the scientist’s point of view so effectively that I had MBAs coming up to me after class saying that he had... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
commensurate with military goals. Can the U.S. economy grow if the war on terrorism is prolonged and inconclusive? Because the American economy rides on the back of the American consumer, the fundamental issue is whether we can restore... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
view focusing on pieces he found interesting and attractive. Representing many different tribes and regions, the collection includes textiles, leather pouches, war shirts, dresses, vests, cradleboards, beadwork, weaponry, pottery, toys,... View Details
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
humanity in the products he invented and in the endeavors of those who created them. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
Interbrew and today the largest brewer in the world. He has served as chairman there since 2006. Peter Harf was born in 1946 in Cologne, Germany. He grew up an only child living right after the Second World War in the completely destroyed... View Details
- 16 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Delivering Solutions During a Crisis with Hans Kristian Furuseth (MBA 2019)
manage through the pandemic, Furuseth tapped into lessons learned at HBS and led his team in setting up war rooms before Norway went into lockdown. It was these strategic conversations that allowed the Farmasiet.no team to communicate... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
feels really hard, and it’s OK to unfollow anyone whose social media makes you feel like you are. Good luck. It may suck, and it may suck for a while, but I promise it will get better. Hi, I'm Dave Foster, a member of the HBS war class of... View Details
- 12 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 12
external risks, companies can call on tools such as war gaming and scenario analysis. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/06/managing-risks-a-new-framework/ar/1 Working PapersDid Bank Distress Stifle Innovation During the Great... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
Climate Stories Episode #9 – Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design In our first few months, Climate Stories have focused on cars, buildings, electricity, solar farms, green jobs, war and peace. In this post, we look... View Details
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
strategy on artificial intelligence research and development ” As he put it, “DARPA is a government agency responsible for developing and deploying weapons for war fighters of the future. We need CARPA—the Cyberhealth Advanced Research... View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
modern consumer society: agriculture, retail, pharmaceuticals, and the credit industry in post-World War II Germany, France, Britain, and the United States. In postwar Europe and the United States, the consumer protection idea "emerged... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Brewster, MA REASON FOR SERVING: I chose the SEAL teams because regardless of whether our nation is at war or not, you’ll be on the front lines making an impact. REFLECTION ON SERVICE: I remember never being able to... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
instrumental variables approach exploiting an historical shift in innovation activity during World War II to show that this relationship could be causal. Finally, we document a U-shaped relationship between top income inequality and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized science labs that put few... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library
business, and Lehman, Durr & Co. soon ranked among the top cotton firms in the area. When the Civil War broke out, President Lincoln imposed a blockade preventing the shipment of cotton from the South to textile manufacturers in the... View Details
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
about what would come next. “I didn’t think I needed business school at first,” he recalls. “But, you know, there are two ways to learn things. One is experience, where you do things. And the other is through war stories. So when I heard... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
workplace. Who is likely to become a leader — and why? Legendary leadership expert Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas's Geeks & Geezers: How Era, Values, and Defining Moments Shape Leaders studies today's young leaders and those of the World View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria
it evokes emotional memories that touch on all of our drives. Memories of a hot day when all you wanted to acquire was an ice-cold Coke; memories of your first date when you shared a Coke; memories of World War II when Coca-Cola became a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne