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- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
sequencing and a sustained effort, you don't make progress. Our single-issue focus lately works against us. There's also a tremendous mismatch between the time horizons of politics and of competitiveness.... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
with an ultralight day pack (1 pound, 5 ounces), a surprisingly comfortable trail hiking skirt with attached shorts (5 ounces), a zip-top base layer (8 ounces), a wind shirt (3 ounces), and the most... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
access to yoga in their communities and online. Despite the adrenaline rush that comes from launching a new venture, however, Tecco is enjoying her bird's-eye view. "We're working with companies at such an early stage that we're seeing... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
general. Much has been written on Japanese management. Japanese companies pioneered lean production, "total quality management," and "just-in-time manufacturing." However, these practices have been widely imitated.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Case Study: Bionic Banking
new to the firm: A majority of the team are computer programmers and developers, employing sophisticated algorithms to manage more than $275 million in assets. This active model would pit Alpha Architect... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
the world that the towering peaks that had loomed over him throughout the climb now looked like white dots against View Details
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
In her first 18 months, the company worked to reduce the cost of the growing units from $560,000 to $43,000. To boost production, they leaned... View Details
- Web
Contemporary Black Artists at Harvard Business School | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
their own, everything that is prestigious and beautiful. I cannot but repeat that beauty is our business.” In this photograph, a boy named Francis pretends to lean against a painted image of a wooden... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Class Notes Extra
Elaine will head to the West Indies on a two-year mission with the Mormon Church, leaving their business in the hands of a partner and their 3,000-square-foot organic garden... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
product should have been, says HBS entrepreneurial management professor Thomas R. Eisenmann. In his new MBA course, Launching Technology Ventures, Eisenmann introduces students to the idea of the View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Prognosis
the Toyota production system and lean manufacturing, we also discuss the complementary need for pooling inventory across sites and even firms. Right now, we are seeing... View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
the Uyuni salt flats, the largest salt flats in the world. And I got into an exceptionally deep, sandy area and I'm very skilled in all conditions, but this sand was quite... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
as much as 50% of its carbon emissions. The process is reliable and can generate more electricity where blackouts occur. The process can also be a hedge against inflation when... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
talk about toilets and sanitation. This was like, my gosh. I mean, the last thing I would’ve expected of a first speech by the Prime Minister on his first Independence Day speech. And so, there was no... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
only is he trying to make this breakthrough technology accessible, but he’s also competing against the likes of IBM and Google for market share. The story, “Quantum Leap”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
step by step, before you sign your first member, all the way through to selling your profitable business or winding it down. If you’re someone who doesn’t want to reinvent the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
follow. “The Long and Winding Road” In 1968, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor, where Andy Grove was employed as assistant head of R&D, to start their own company. Grove’s response when Moore told him View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
social change campaigns to the rest, Crutchfield reveals powerful lessons for change-makers who seek to affect society and the planet for the better. Corporate Diversification:... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2025 Commencement Remarks | About
correct—mistakes we have made. This has not been easy. I will always be deeply grateful for how you worked with us in a spirit of partnership to preserve the ties that bind our community together. In the... View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
Free Trade Agreement, went about securing buy-in: "News might arrive that a representative who had been leaning toward yes had come out as a no…. When he heard the bad news, [Daley went into... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius