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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

while the SX-70 group made the final push to complete the design of a camera that would make the complex process of one-step photography possible and the act of taking the picture amazingly simple. EXPLORE... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Breaking News

this platform so that other papers can come in? Maybe that means bringing in local investors and building a cap pooled fund at the state level so we can make other acquisitions. Maybe that means... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

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Industry Information - Alumni

entrepreneurs building edtech products; investors, policy makers and others involved with education. The Chronicle of Higher Education Primary news source dedicated to covering colleges and universities. The... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

commutes. Dlodlo plans to set rents below market rate; yet the building, with its modern design and elegant aesthetic touches (the façade will evoke the patterns of traditional West African fabrics), will be... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

right thing. Mayank Dubey Manager, Marketing Communications Sustainable Business Strategy The course content is well designed and helps investors get a basic understanding of what sustainable finance is, its... View Details

17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

30 Mar 2018
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What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

outcry from users, legislators, and the general public, to force the company to do a better job of protecting private information. In an initial response, Facebook informed its blog readers that it had... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

business ideas, why experimentation is vital to finding product-market fit, and how to raise venture capital successfully. This course features access to an AI course assistant bot, in beta release, to facilitate your successful... View Details

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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

faculty members and students are responsible for understanding and complying with this policy. Faculty members and students are encouraged to seek advice from the Dean or a... View Details

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Preference Signaling in Matching Markets

Many labor markets share three stylized facts: employers cannot give full attention to all candidates, candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this... View Details

Keywords: Signaling; Matching; Cheap Talk; Congestion; Market Design; Marketplace Matching; Communication; Job Search

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12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

levels of stress. In the words of John Kenneth Galbraith, renowned economist and diplomat, “All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

05 Jul 2021
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Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

position: the chief experience officer or CXO." A knowledge of customer experiences can be invaluable in the design and distribution of a product or service. We were convinced of that by Joseph Pine View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 May 2017
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Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

categories, including those served by Walmart. Amazon’s success raises questions about the future of retailing. Is an “Amazon 2.0” even now in the early stages of design and introduction? Is the wheel of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

27 Feb 2006
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Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have. As corporations have broken down work into manageable activities View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves

01 Mar 2021
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What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

the faster, smoother, more responsive, cross-functional process design that characterized Michael Hammer’s and James Champy’s pathbreaking work in the early 1990s. However, one could also make the argument... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2019
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What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

Bergen titled “YouTube Executives Ignored Warnings, Letting Toxic Videos Run Rampant.” The article noted recommendations from current and former employees about ways to alter policies designed to increase... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

charismatic style of presentation along with Polaroid's inviting advertising literature and product packaging bolstered sales. The company's colorful, easy-to-read promotional kits for its glare-free desk lamps, crafted by industrial... View Details

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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

and password. Educational Information such as student identification number, courses taken and currently registered for, course progress, and course grade. Employment... View Details

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

getting the help they need.” To that end, Simons created a free online job design optimization tool. Try it out to see if your job is offering a healthy mix of responsibility... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

06 Jul 2009
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Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

those on the receiving end. However, our data do suggest a high level of psychological engagement that we did not anticipate based on conventional wisdom and our reading of prior academic literature. When we... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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