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- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
Do MBA Programs Face “The Innovator’s Dilemma”?
of education. This is particularly true of those with "strong brands." Describing the new virtual schools as "intermediaries," Ilyas Naibov-Aylisli suggests that schools with highly regarded and recognized names (or... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
of potential funding sources to solve social problems, much of it stemming from an intergenerational transfer of wealth and new wealth from financial and high-tech entrepreneurs. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?
place—China. In 2001, the country transitioned to independent boards and passed a unique law requiring board members of publicly traded firms to reveal when they dissent from the majority opinion, along with an explanation for their... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Jul 2001
- What Do You Think?
Built to Last or Bought to Sell?
trade with a high degree of market mediated objectivity—as the model for a future where managers struggle hopelessly to keep up with investor-perceived value shifts. They seem to directly challenge the precepts of Built to Last, a widely... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Riding the Internet Fast Track
are malleable among new Web users; Winner-take-all dynamics apply; Competitive risks are reasonable; The company is capable of managing significant growing pains; and Capital markets will reward first movers. Winner-take-all dynamics are... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
producing companies became larger and more autonomous. Even producers, if they happened to be small operators of oil refineries, iron works, and cigarette factories, could not begin to compete with the new giants. So they often faced the... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
Aisha Fatima Dozie is Igniting Confidence as the Founder of Bossy Cosmetics
news of her life,” and everything changed. From Burning Out to Being the Boss “By 2017, I was burnt out. I had all of these things that I’d worked really hard for, but I wasn't happy,” Dozie explained. “I didn't like what I was doing and... View Details
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Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery | About
committee has painstakingly and methodically researched a painful truth: “During the 17th and 18th centuries, the sale and trafficking of human beings—in slavery—and the industries rooted in the labor of enslaved women, men, and children were pervasive around the... View Details
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web
new digital economy, coupled with the growing size of the EC and IT sectors within the overall economy, we can no longer afford to further postpone attention to efficient business process interfaces between supply-chain View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 26 Oct 2017
- News
Can Farming Save the Planet?
organic practices. SFP provides the land and contributes to paying expenses; operators provide the labor, equipment, and fuel. The program is designed to deliver a stable income to investors in the fastest-growing segment of the food industry––organic foods. According... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
noteworthy. In a plenary session titled "The Economic Crisis in Asia," Sugisaki urged Asian authorities to lower barriers to trade and investment and to close insolvent financial institutions and restructure those that are weak. "The key... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
agricultural innovation, Ibrahim Mustapha is at the vanguard of what could be a green revolution. He belongs to a new farming program called Babban Gona, the brainchild of Kola Masha (MBA 2006) that is aggressively transforming Nigerian... View Details
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
In recent years, I have been inside nearly two dozen turnaround situations, in various stages of progress, in which new leaders were bringing distressed organizations back from the brink of failure and setting them on a healthier course.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
impact of stronger intellectual property rights was reaching a boiling point as the World Trade Organization included the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in its charter. Opponents of stronger IPR were... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
the New York Giants, the New England Patriots, and the New York Jets. The Cowboys franchise—winner of five Super Bowls—had fallen on hard times. In the previous three years,... View Details
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
himself and coauthors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Mariko Sakakibara in their new book, Can Japan Compete?, before leading a discussion on approaches to Japan's economic recovery. The conversation sparked considerable debate around his own... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
Lauren Love (MBA '95) and Rena Clark (MBA '90). Harvard University professor Cornel West, author Les Brown, and David Steward, CEO of St. Louis based Worldwide Technologies, were featured speakers. A new element of this year's conference... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
countries and annual revenues in excess of $126 million. The privately financed organization has nearly 5 million members. Under his leadership, the WWF has launched an ambitious new strategy to focus its efforts on protecting nineteen of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson