Filter Results:
(146)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(146)
- News (44)
- Research (64)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (34)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(146)
- News (44)
- Research (64)
- Multimedia (7)
- Faculty Publications (34)
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Come Clean
manufacturing plant in Rochester, New York. (His grandfather and a partner invented the plastic watch crystal in the early 1900s.) What he discovered: “I learned what ‘real work’ is and that there are many noble ways to earn a living. I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
courage to be bad at something. As an executive director, I am often tempted to create an organization that does all things for all people really well. While that is a noble attitude, Professor Frei helped me understand that such an... View Details
- 27 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere
Swiss man who met a tragic end—but died with noble intentions. "In a letter to Romero he wrote that he just wanted to be remembered for having contributed something to this place," Lurtz says. "It was a lovely sentiment. He ended up being... View Details
- Web
Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY Harvard Business School and Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID FILMS RESEARCH LINKS Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS 78.... View Details
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Reconstruction efforts in former Confederacy 1869 Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor and Colored National Labor Union formed 1870 15th Amendment to the Constitution adopted; the right to vote may not be abrogated by color 1873... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
employees is "a competitive world, in which you come to work every day just a little bit scared." Making The Pie Bigger If you're an independent operator and an industry giant like Wal-Mart or Barnes & Noble enters your... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- Web
Commencement 2011 Address | About
if you are experienced as being driven not by a desire to enhance your own self-worth but by your passion to advance a broader, and more noble purpose. Society loses trust when leaders are seen as self-centered — when they are seen to... View Details
- 17 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility
responsible activities is not what companies do best and, according to critics, is thus a poor allocation of corporate resources. The third criticism has to do with due process and democratic institutions. Even laudable and noble actions... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
great, to be inspired by what is great and noble in business. We can do more to tap into this desire. Palepu: We could keep going for several more hours, but unfortunately, we're out of time. I'd just like to observe that, over the last... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Web
Working with Spaces, Files & Folders - Research Computing Services
the following advices on storage Organization and other Best Practices: Two well written papers, Gentzkow & Shapiro (2014) and Noble (2009) , discuss strategies for organizing research project involving computational components and are... View Details
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
even those with the most noble intent of upholding their NDAs will "inevitably disclose" what they know in the course of everyday work. As I noted earlier, states differ in their enforcement of noncompetes. California has quite... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’
matter how hard you and your people work, no matter how wonderful your culture, no matter how good your products, or how noble your motives, if you don't get strategy right, everything else you do is at risk. My goal in this book is to... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
to refine the concept, inviting friends over to test and retest the game. The two colaunched the game, Cranium, in 1998 and found an unlikely initial partner — Starbucks — to help market and distribute it. Two more unconventional game distributors then joined in:... View Details
- Web
Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY Harvard Business School and Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID FILMS RESEARCH LINKS Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
at risk? Alvarez: In the worst shape are the stores that said: I can fix that. Maybe it's not fixable—maybe 80 percent of your products are now going to be sold online or in a digital format, like books. Barnes & Noble and Staples are... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
and Noble in books, Best Buy in electronics—offer similar rewards. Boots, the UK-based pharmacy and beauty supply retailer, offers a substantial reward of 4 percent, but that rate is more exception than rule. This type of reward is... View Details
- Web
A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
The authors propose a practical and sustainable approach to one of the greatest challenges facing leaders today: transforming a business in the face of imminent disruption. They build upon the lessons of Xerox, Apple, and Barnes & Noble... View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
publisher), Barnes & Noble (the largest bricks-&-mortar retailer), Apple and Sony (as manufacturers of competing devices), Google (as a major provider of free e-content), and Adobe (as a competitor in creating an e-book standard).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
One-Year Action Plan Update - Advancing Racial Equity
is a truly noble and inspiring aspiration. So I think through our And this is a great example, Brian, where we are bringing together our research, our case writing, and our teaching in ways that I think will create leaders who will be... View Details