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24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

by the 1980s, that number had fallen to 18, and by 2015, it was just four. “Vaccines went out of fashion,” says HBS professor Gary Pisano, who studies the intersection of business and science. “There was a sense among investors that they were boring.” (Pisano View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

March 2019
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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details

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01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

because the founders were born entrepreneurs. You might assume that these folks had technical or finance degrees, or worked at fancy consulting firms, or had some other specialized knowledge. Yet that isn’t the case. Entrepreneurship is... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

18 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

and consumer lifestyle products? Philips sent teams of designers, engineers, and consultants into hospitals and clinics to interview patients and a range of providers, from clinicians to administrators and other staff. These teams... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2007
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How Business Schools Lost Their Way

granted. But 100 years ago, they were fresh recruits in the inexorable march of industrial capitalism. In a grand experiment to turn management into a legitimate profession, universities invented the modern business school. Questions... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Abraham Zaleznik; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

expand internationally with a regional focus on East Asia or, alternatively, a focus on the U.S. and other Western markets. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708479 HNA Group: Moving China's Air... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

the area. Marietta also had an ideal mix of skills and experience. In addition to launching Giant Otter at HGSE, he founded a consultancy that helped schools across the country improve labor, management, and community relations; so he... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

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orientation Analytical thinking Comfort with ambiguity Applied expertise Measurement-focused What makes it challenging to work in Baker Library? Constant evolution in the information industry and scholarly publishing A shift to a more... View Details

18 Jul 2014
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Team Players

only worked in Boston, it was an eye-opening experience," Blumkin recalls. "Every day, we discussed a case in a different industry." Her studies led to a career in marketing, first at big companies such as American Express and Walt Disney, and later through View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

Communication: Cases for Analysis, Appreciation and Application, edited by Laura W. Black, 143-148. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2010 Abstract Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

loss of control and precision of information). Before the 1920s at least, most German industrial firms did not have an extensive middle management staff. Large German firms remained much more diversified and decentralized than unitary,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

changes in government technology policy that favor OSS can have a positive impact on both global social value and domestic national competitiveness. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55905 Harvard Business School Case 819-043... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Dec 2001
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September 11: A Community Reflects

morning of September 11. Prior to joining CSFB earlier this year, Glick was a senior partner at Greenwich Associates, where he led the global fixed income, foreign exchange, and derivatives consulting practice. He was a graduate of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg

March 2020
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Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details

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08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

for positions of international leadership in research and education. Bargains-then-ripoffs: Innovation, Pricing and Lock-in in Enterprise Software Author:Ian Larkin Periodical:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2008). Abstract In View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

my goals. The financial services industry was just opening up to women, and I was on a mission to be one of the first to participate. I loved being a pioneer. I had my goals and was determined to achieve them. They were, and still are, to... View Details

29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29

business units and improving their leadership skills. The CDC has adopted an innovative pricing structure. Rather than charging direct fees for these consulting services, it proposed to the client that it contract with the firm for five... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

insight from behavioral economists and organizational consultants is also included. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52264 December 2016 Journal of Business and Policy Research Corporate Sponsorship in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Jun 2010
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Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

institutional voids—in service of businesses or as stand-alone projects. Microsoft's investments in the development of China's software industry facilitated the development of its own business in the country. The job creation and tax... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

time, Enan asked Habib out for coffee whenever she came back to Cairo. Habib was consulting after exiting Fawry—a vocation Enan doubted was a good fit. She continued to check in with her. "Magda kept joking, saying, ‘What is it? What do... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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