Knowledge Development - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 7

Publications October 2014 Management Science Looking Across and Looking Beyond the Knowledge Frontier: Intellectual Distance and Resource Allocation in Science By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Eva Guinan, Karim Lakhani, and Christoph Riedl... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2007
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Security Chief

explains. “They were very entrepreneurial and had great niches. And now we have to pull all of them together to act as one company.” He reels off a trio of management challenges: retaining valued workers whose knowledge and... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

11 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."

“The short answer is that I wanted more,” he says. “I was in a field where there wasn’t a lot of advancement in the near term. I felt that I had leadership potential but didn’t have a clear path with how to develop it.” “HBS was always... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

17 Dec 2014
News

Facilitating an understanding of business and society in Turkey and the surrounding region

As executive director of HBS’s Istanbul Research Center, Esel Çekin (AMP 184, 2013) serves as a bridge between the business world in Turkey and, more frequently, the broader Middle East with HBS faculty, alumni, and students. The Istanbul native’s deep View Details

01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula

530,000-square-foot Allston Science Complex — four multistory buildings, due for completion in 2011 — the centerpiece of the initial phase of Harvard’s 300-acre development on the Boston side of the Charles River. Both in the scale and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Sep 2005
News

Have Ideas, Will Travel

With a growing body of knowledge supported by its global research centers, the School last May conducted its first research symposium abroad, hosting an all-day event in Rio de Janeiro for a select group of 45 Latin American business... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Sep 2014
News

Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple

better together than people who haven’t—and most organizations could do a far better job of exploiting this simple but powerful insight,” he says. Huckman’s research points to five factors that make team familiarity powerful: the ability to communicate effectively, an... View Details

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Lisa Cousins

management consulting, and wanted to move to a functional role in a company to deepen my industry knowledge and management skills. I knew that HBS, through its international reputation, strong alumni network, and high quality teaching... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entertainment / Media

May 2018
Case

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

he wants to “gain more satisfaction regarding connections made and knowledge gained in the development landscape of Detroit and cities like it. I was born and raised in Detroit. I see this a great jump-off... View Details

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About | Harvard Business School

City’s highest award, the St. Hallvard Medal, for his efforts to develop and promote Oslo as a city and a destination. His pioneering achievements in real estate and his expansive knowledge and passion for... View Details

2005
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Increasing Exploration: Evidence from International Expansion

By: Juan Alcacer, Heather Berry and Wilbur Chung

While firms balance exploitation and exploration to maximize profits, specifics of how firms pursue this balance are scarce. We focus on how firms increase their exploration after obtaining greater capabilities and experience via sequential international expansion.... View Details

Keywords: Price Bubble; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Industry Growth; Research and Development; Profit; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Disruptive Innovation; Five Forces Framework; SWOT Analysis; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Manufacturing Industry; Japan; United States

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Paul Sternhell

run one marathon a year, see Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, track down my family's roots in Germany, build my dream house on a wooded lake in New England. Yet I will always make time to pass on the skills that I have developed and... View Details

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Grace Kim | MBA

experience at the intersection of technology and business: Throughout high school, I led our Poolesville Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam, where we developed a patent pending device to help visually impaired individuals identify, sort, and handle... View Details

Making Sense of Capitalism

appreciate the opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities at Harvard. I gained valuable knowledge and new ideas through numerous research seminars, workshops, and conferences at Harvard Business School, as well as at other... View Details

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Dhilan Ramaprasad | MBA

Dhilan Ramaprasad Electrical Engineering (SB) Mather 2021 Cohort 2 It's hard to launch from mere tinkering on homemade creations to growing and developing innovations at scale which impact populations. I'm incredibly excited to join an... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Reducing Risk with Online... View Details

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

05 Jun 2017
News

Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement

Only, no one tells you,” says Frei. “This course tells you.” Martinez says she certainly came away with far more knowledge than she expected. “I left the program with a very clear understanding on how a board operates, the role of the... View Details

Keywords: Margaret Kelley

01 Sep 2012
News

Hierarchy's Last Stand

development rendering some knowledge obsolete and a global knowledge explosion democratizing access to the rest. Titles are losing their signaling value. Autocrats of the... View Details

Keywords: Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Corporate Services

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

sovereign wealth fund—indeed the world's largest institutional investor. But Abu Dhabi is not yet a "developed" economy. So, in 2002, the Mubadala Development Company was established as a government-owned investment vehicle.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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