High Technology - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

is. When competition becomes less intense, firms place emphasis on the strategic orientation that matches the dominant environmental condition (e.g., technology orientation when technology turbulence is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

19 Feb 2008
Research & Ideas

Radical Design, Radical Results

addresses this shortfall as part of a larger research agenda investigating how companies manage to succeed in this particular arena. Verganti coauthored the article with Claudio Dell'Era, his colleague at Italy's Politecnico di Milano. "Researchers have been... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products

13 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside

pension plan but want to go out and do something exciting," said Saluja. "The core businesses themselves are bleeding the talent out at a pretty high rate. "Almost everybody is looking at how do you really get something... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

10 Apr 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing

hydroponic system helps farmers maximize nutritional value from limited land resources, while solar-powered spraying drones save time, water, and pesticide use on small farms. The drone is an example of financially sustainable solutions, as community groups pool... View Details

20 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

post-treatment, undermining the benefits of advanced facilities. Energy Intensity: High energy consumption in sewage treatment facilities raises costs and environmental impacts, highlighting the need for renewable energy integration.... View Details

01 Jan 2007
News

Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

market share. In all her endeavors, Dubinsky has compiled an extraordinary record by introducing practical applications of cutting-edge technology into our daily lives. Growing up in a small town in Michigan, Donna Dubinsky had her first... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

constantly changing environment, companies must deploy talent in new ways to remain competitive. The authors provide leaders with a new playbook for acquiring, managing, and deploying talent for today’s agile, digital, analytical, View Details

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

the biggest challenges for organizations are to have the necessary competencies and resources to act upon inputs." Sowmia Gopinathan echoed this comment: " (the) downside is only where expectations of the customers are made high... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

generations of oil." David Hirsch seconds this notion, saying, "There is nothing our technology (including revisiting our ‘revulsion toward nuclear power') cannot achieve." There is a great deal of support as well for the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Novo Nordisk

bioavailability. When asked if Novo Nordisk thinks there could be developments to advance NovoNorm to a point of overtaking all direct injection delivery methods to eliminate the syringes that become waste after being used, our site host responded that the View Details

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Digital Exhibits | Baker Library

printing technologies and marketing strategies. Through Baker's collections, the role these inventive forms played in marketing mass-produced products to the evolving American consumer is explored. Railroads and the Transformation of... View Details

24 Jun 2014
News

The First Five Years: Beau D'Arcy (MBA 2010)

start a business that's not technology based." What do you think will happen first—a Breakwater Chicago concert on Lake Michigan featuring Chicago's own Smashing Pumpkins or a Cubs World Series win? "As somebody who hates taking... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

agency logic, they produce pessimistic recommendations for firms with high CSR ratings. Moreover, we theorize that over time, the emergence of a stakeholder focus, and the gradual weakening of the agency logic, shifts the analysts'... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 12

asymmetric information concerning the value of a new technology affect the strategies of the platforms and the market outcome. We find that the incumbent dominates the market by setting the welfare-maximizing quantity when the difference... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53636 Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology: Evidence from the Farm Tractor By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Using the farm tractor as a case study, I show that lags in View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Dec 2014
News

Front-Row Seat

external. “The complaint was that we were violating people’s expectations of what the Atlantic was supposed to be,” he says. “But David insisted on discipline, a high degree of intellectual honesty, and staying true to the magazine’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; digital media; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

and 1,004 students receiving their MBA degrees. Fifty-three students earned their diplomas with high distinction and were named Baker Scholars. Eighty-seven students earned their diplomas with distinction, and 205 earned second-year... View Details

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

Economy”. The virtual symposium attracted over 500 professionals across academia and industry, from investors to policy makers, to engage in discussion, debate, and share ideas about the future of energy in a new economy shaped by COVID, recession, and the climate... View Details

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

for Linear Air, but for the industry to get off the ground, is an interesting creative challenge for the entrepreneur." The ability to respond quickly to changing market conditions also demands high levels of creativity, whether the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

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