Publications

25 Jul 2013
News

An Engine of Education Innovation

organization functions as an "an engine of innovation," working to define the nature of good teaching, determine the role of technology in education, and influence change in the country's graduate schools of... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

12 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS

Today, we’re catching up with Andrea Coravos (HBS ‘17). Before coming to HBS, Andrea worked in private equity at KKR Capstone. She also spent three years at McKinsey in the Houston and then DC offices. This summer, she interned as a... View Details

05 May 2014

HBS Engineers in Industry Webinar

This online event will feature a panel of students who have engineering degrees and have spent time working in industry prior to joining the MBA Program at HBS. The panelists will share their perspectives on... View Details

17 Jul 2017
Blog Post

Podcast: Should You Consider the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program?

Last month, HBS and SEAS announced the launch of a new MS/MBA joint degree. As a prospective student, you might be wondering what the benefit is of pursuing both degrees. The founding professors of the MS/MBA: View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Construction Begins on New Exec Ed Building

Visual Appeal: The lower two floors of Tata Hall will be wrapped in glass, opening views into and through the building and establishing a visual connection between HBS and the... View Details

Keywords: Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

August 2023
Teaching Note

Newlab: Scaling an Innovation Engine

By: Tarun Khanna and Felicia Belostecinic

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 723-364. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Social and Collaborative Networks; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Networks; Growth and Development Strategy; Opportunities; Brooklyn

There comes a time in every scaling tech start-up’s life when an engineering team begins to show signs of needing help. The symptoms can include lost velocity in releasing new products/features, attrition or morale issues, fragile code or lack of innovation. I... View Details

June 1996 (Revised March 1997)
Teaching Note

Romeo Engine Plant TN

By: V.G. Narayanan and Amy P. Hutton

Teaching Note for (9-194-032). View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing Industry

November 2011 (Revised September 2012)
Case

Underwater Engineer at Intel Corporation

By: E. Scott Mayfield

Molly Miller, an Intel employee and shareholder, must decide whether to vote FOR or AGAINST Intel's proposed 2009 option exchange program. Given recent declines in Intel's stock price, more than 99% of Intel's outstanding employee stock options are "underwater," and... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Semiconductor Industry

Educators

December 2022
Article

'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback

By: Nicole Abi-Esber, Jennifer E. Abel, Juliana Schroeder and Francesca Gino

People often avoid giving feedback to others even when it would help fix a problem immediately. Indeed, in a pilot field study (N=155), only 2.6% of individuals provided feedback to survey administrators that the administrators had food or marker on their faces.... View Details

Keywords: Feedback; Helping; Prosocial Behavior; Misprediction; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication; Perspective

June 2018
Supplement

Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction (Video Supplement)

By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley

August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Veraguas (B): Engine of Change

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; Panama

1996
Book

Staying Afloat in the Construction Industry: Economic and Political Trends for the 1990s

By: D. Q. Mills

Keywords: Construction; Business History; Construction Industry

25 Mar 2011
HBS Seminar

David Weitz, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

2019
Flash Talks

Constructing a Counternormative Identity within Your Own Community

March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
Teaching Note

Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation, Teaching Note

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

Teaching Note for (9-692-027). View Details

Keywords: Electronics Industry; Technology Industry

13 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Video: Introduction to the Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences

View Video TRANSCRIPT Robert D. Howe: The MS/MBA program is a dual degree program. So in two years, you'll earn an MBA from Harvard's Business School and a Master of Science in engineering from Harvard's... View Details

04 Jan 2021
Blog Post

The First Alumni of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

In May 2020, the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program graduated its first cohort of students, growing the program’s alumni base from 0 to 28. These alumni joined the program’s existing 32 Alumni Advisors - a group of entrepreneurs, VCs,... View Details

December 1985 (Revised January 1989)
Case

Cummins Engine Co.: Black Friday

A new regional manager for Cummins Venezuela faces Black Friday, Venezuela's massive currency devaluation and a weak distribution system. The manager must find a way to collect $1.4 million in receivables due from distributors and reestablish a viable distribution... View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Venezuela