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- 12 May 2016
- News
What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk
claiming valuable new natural resources. It’s a modern set of economic motives that aren’t much different from those that set whalers sailing south more than a century ago. While Nohria sees promise in the commercialization of space, he... View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
"A Balance Between Autonomy and Resources to Help Me Learn."
different function.” Prior to business school, Jon had fulfilled two roles in clean energy: one at a service provider to commercial energy users in the efficiency and demand response space,” and as an associate at an energy analytics... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS
school in terms of the development and commercialization of the life sciences.” As for an HBS fundraising milestone recently achieved, Light observed, “The campaign really has served to energize and engage alumni around the world. See... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
will gain and hold advantage over rivals. Defining a business model to commercialize a new technology begins with articulating a value proposition inherent in the new technology. The model must also specify a group of customers or a... View Details
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
correctly report that they click fewer advertisements, controlling for the number of advertisements they actually click. Results are most pronounced for commercial searches and for users with low income, low education, and little online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Innovation has a New Home: The Harvard Innovation Lab
understanding of entrepreneurship and innovation. Teams enrolled in Commercializing Science, a course that draws students from across Harvard to pursue multidisciplinary projects directed at moving research from the lab to the... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
role as Product Manager Intern with responsibilities he describes as “a mix of technology development and business analysis. I work with a team focused on developing products aimed at lowering energy usage in commercial and residential... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
them from stealing I must go to the lawyers,” he said. By 2011, there were some 5,000 Bikram Yoga studios worldwide. Deshpandé notes that Bikram succeeded through the strategic use of branding and legal protections, and that he also started early in the United States... View Details
Alex Civetta
Alex advises companies on the intersection of law and business, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, technology transactions, and negotiation. He represents startup companies on all matters from formation through exit, and he regularly handles licensing agreements,... View Details
Keywords: Legal
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Oct 2014
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Can China Lead?
Can China sustain its remarkable emergence of the past 35 years? Surely No, for multiple reasons. China will be a leader, but not the leader. Professor McFarlan will talk about both the challenges and opportunities for those seeking to do business with and within China... View Details
- March 1990 (Revised June 1991)
- Case
IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (A)
By: Robert L. Simons
In 1987, IBM changed its strategy in an attempt to become a market-driven company rather than a product-driven company. The case begins with a description of the new strategy and the reasons for the change and then describes the top-down sales planning and quota system... View Details
Keywords: Commercialization; Competitive Advantage; Business Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Strategic Planning; Motivation and Incentives; Sales; Volatility; System; Information Technology Industry
Simons, Robert L. IBM Corp.: ""Make It Your Business"" (A). Harvard Business School Case 190-137, March 1990. (Revised June 1991.)
- November 1990 (Revised September 1991)
- Case
First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy
Lays out the business challenges facing First Chicago Corp. in 1986: the banking industry has been deregulated, many corporations are bypassing banks in their search for capital, and foreign competition has increased. Their traditional market--corporate banking--has... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Investment Banking; Corporate Strategy; Emerging Markets; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; United States
Friedman, Raymond A. "First Chicago Corp.: Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 491-056, November 1990. (Revised September 1991.)
- Profile
Hann Yew
do, it takes ten to fifteen years to commercialize a drug. Anything I could do to help correct that would be a life well lived." In her first year at HBS, Hann met like-minded Harvard colleagues at the i-lab: David Raiser, a PhD... View Details
- 05 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
District Heating in Denmark: How Fjernvarme Fyn fuels an integrated and sustainable future
the low-grade heat is upgraded with large commercial heat pumps, and the resulting high-grade heat is routed to the district heating system which serve a local hospital, nearby buildings, and numerous homes. The chilled water coming out... View Details
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Collection Highlights | Baker Library
Collection Highlights R.G. Dun & Co. Credit Report Volumes Credit reports created by America's first commercial reporting agency. This collection is an invaluable resource for understanding the business, social, and cultural world of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
A Safer, Smarter Future for Tech Trash
University of Auckland in New Zealand, graduating with honors in just three years and going on to complete her PhD in neurogenetics. After earning her MBA from Harvard, Bradoo led commercialization and business development at numerous... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience
India that provided supplementary education, support for marginalized farmers, and vocational training. He earned an engineering and economics degree in 2011, was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in India, and led commercial operations... View Details
- 16 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 16, 2007
and threats to Unilever's global business in 1978 based on the commercial and political challenges faced by three of its subsidiaries, Lever Brothers in the United States, Hindustan Lever in India, and United Africa Company in West... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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3 Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade - Course Catalog
Wilson This course examines 3 recently developed ‘godlike technologies’ - artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and synthetic biology- that have passed commercial viability and are on-track to change the foundations of business and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
productively at the intersection of business, science, and technology. His second-year elective, Commercializing Science and High Technology, is designed to attract business, science, engineering, law, and medical students from across the... View Details