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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
Management Innovation Take Us? Management could change a lot in the coming years, says HBS professor emeritus Jim Heskett. A few reasons: continued development of the Internet and the transparency and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Collective Wisdom
innovation task of designing can be crowdsourced. Local Motors has a community of over 25,000 designers and engineers that is continually innovating for the firm. Who could... View Details
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
innovation is coming from everywhere and it's getting improved as it scales. And Silicon Valley will continue to be a great hub for innovation, but the best businesses here will see increased competition... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- News
The Play Alchemist
As a student at Harvard College, Matthews continued her experimentation, signing up for a class called Affecting Change through Art and Science. “I took the course because people said, ‘You can create cool stuff and they give you money to... View Details
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- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
quickly. This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible. Can we really engineer a climate fix? But first, we're... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Taking the Lead in Support of HBS
"When it comes to innovative business education, HBS leads the way. I contribute on a regular basis because it's important to me that the School continues on that path." —Andrew Hauptman (MBA 1995) Chairman,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
again with respect to some of the issues raised by China.” Innovation and continuous improvement are the keys to moving to a stronger competitive position, he says. “We changed more than the Japanese did.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Two Decades of Social Progress
The Social Enterprise Initiative began in 1993 with a pioneering mission: develop new insights and innovative approaches to contribute to the well-being of society. Driven by the vision of John Whitehead (MBA 1947) and the leadership of... View Details
- 01 Jul 2018
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
and business in the world; to engage with the University in mutually beneficial ways; and to increase flexible funding to support innovation at the School. We made real progress on all these dimensions, and we are extremely proud of what... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
company’s name. Clearly, all signs point to your firm’s continued success. Right? Not necessarily, says HBS assistant professor Donald Sull in Revival of the Fittest: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them. Based on... View Details
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
are a great asset in continuing follow-on discussions.” If your club has ideas for a specific topic that may fit with BEI’s The Role of Business Leadership in the Age of Climate Change series, please reach out to the HBS Clubs Team at... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Reinventing Radio Days
Kennedy Main article: Where Innovation Rules As a kid, Joe Kennedy (MBA 1985) got hooked early on the magic of radio, listening in bed at night to a crystal set he had built himself. Radio returned to his life in 2004 when—after an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Changing Nature of Research
and are now conducting field work using data mining, people analytics, crowdsourced solutions, and longitudinal studies, among other approaches, to address business and society’s greatest challenges. “We continually aspire to be both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
continuing flow of detailed monthly earnings reports, and many directors engage in weekly and often daily conversations with management. The idea is to pursue a candid, informal, and continuing dialogue with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
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Hope for Reform Dims
THAIN: Regulations failed to keep up with innovations in financial markets. A year after the federal government rushed to rescue Wall Street from its own nearly fatal excesses, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain (MBA ’79) worries “that... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
unique vantage points to evaluate what is happening in the industry today. “First and foremost, what we see is an incredible amount of innovation throughout the energy sector. We see the unit price of delivered energy View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
demonstrate how they can be more innovative and successful by fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Coleman, who previously was managing director of the Nobel Peace Prize–nominated Feminist Majority Foundation, believes diversity... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The interest and willingness to View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
don’t have a clue. “What kills me is that there are all these companies using buzzwords like ‘innovation’ in their annual reports. And I believe that 98 percent of them don’t know what innovation really means,” says Ross. “It’s not as... View Details