CORe - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2003 (Revised October 2003)
Case

Versity.com

Versity.com has grown from four college students working out of a dorm to a $125 million venture capital-backed company. The young founders and new professional managers struggle to create a company vision and grapple with the question of whether to acquire another... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Organizational Design; Mission and Purpose; Strategic Planning; Conflict and Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Management Teams; Core Relationships

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02 May 2016
News

Motivating Middle-Schoolers to Get up to Speed with Math

Cares, and Big Picture Learning, Math Hoops is a fast-paced board game that challenges student teams to solve math problem on a 24-second clock. Now in use in schools across the country and tied to Common Core state standards, the game is... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Having a Ball

founder and CEO of a Virginia technology company, snapped it up through his Stafford Foundation. “We’ve gotten away from the core values that made America great,” Stafford told the Washington Post (December 4, 2008). “We just need to get... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

18 Aug 2014
News

Fighting income inequality with early education reform

economics to solve the problems of education resonated with me,” says Dias Griffin, who gave CHECC $13 million through the family foundation named for her and her husband, Ken. At the core of the program is a carefully curated curriculum... View Details

23 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

maintained, the power of self-policing organizations, the question of whether the service is drifting from its core principles, and whether a Wikipedia-like concept can work in a business setting. (See related story below.) The Wisdom Of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

01 Dec 2009
News

Taking the Plunge

innovation adopted as well as inward-facing company concerns such as launching innovative products while managing an existing core business. “The second half of the course focuses in part on how a company’s identity can serve as a source... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Jul 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

The Evolution of Apple

success as it continues to expand its product line into handheld devices like the iPod and, now, the iPhone? The Apple case originally appeared in 1992 and has been rewritten 5 times since. "The company always looks a little different, yet many of the View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer; Technology

01 Jun 2007
News

A Juicy Story

to expand its product line into handheld devices like the iPod and, now, the iPhone? The Apple case originally appeared in 1992 and has been rewritten five times since then. “The company always looks a little different, yet many of the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

has Apple had such a difficult job growing beyond the Mac? A: Apple is a computer company, and Jobs has always understood that his core franchise was very closely connected to the core computer franchise.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2016
News

@Soldiers Field

professionals and graduates of HBX CORe is planned for early next year. (photos courtesy of Courtesy Jonathan Coslet and Sadhguru) (photos courtesy of Courtesy Jonathan Coslet and Sadhguru) For “West Meets East: A Conversation on... View Details

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM EST, 11 Jan 2017
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Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided

Five years of research from Harvard Business School's US Competitiveness Project, as well as the findings from the 2016 surveys on US competitiveness, present a sobering picture of the deep structural challenges facing the United States. The US needs a national... View Details

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Introduction - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating Business Administrators Core... View Details

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Litsa Kapsalis | MBA

innovative power of bridging the gap between the lab and the clinic and the importance of centering patient need and access at the core of biomedical entrepreneurship. Professional goals: Passionate about biopharmaceutical development,... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Fostering a synergy at work that benefits associates as well as customers

Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), CEO of Zensar Technologies, is cultivating a collaborative management philosophy and innovative HR policies to ensure its 7,000 associates help customers achieve their business needs. At the core of the... View Details

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

pairwise-monotonicity. We show that for the class of solvable one-sided assignment problems (i.e., the subset of one-sided assignment problems with a non-empty core), if a subsolution of the core satisfies (indifference with respect to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 1997
News

New Releases

three core capabilities that distinguish what they call "the individualized corporation": the ability to inspire individual creativity and initiative; the ability to link pockets of expertise and entrepreneurial activity to embed learning... View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

11 Apr 2018
News

Pushing the Next Generation Forward

the difference for me,” says Owusu-Kesse, who earned a degree in economics at Harvard College and spent three years at Morgan Stanley before starting his graduate work at Harvard. “HCZ’s core focus on education is near and dear to my... View Details

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

many brands have hits and misses when they extend beyond their core franchise. Richard Branson, for example, has done very well with Virgin airlines but other Virgin ventures, such as Virgin Money and Virgin trains, have performed poorly.... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

creating new forms of value capture (NFT’s for example) and, most of all, moving the provision of trust from institutions and governments to network protocols that have no central authority. They challenge the core notions of brand value,... View Details

Portrait Project

Missy Blakeley

intellectually satiated. I will see the world – not just look, but see. I will choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong. I will embrace the opportunities I never truly believed I would have. Yet, at my very core I will enjoy... View Details

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