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- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
framework for understanding the links between manufacturing and innovation that will enable them to make better outsourcing decisions. They also detail how government must change its support of basic and applied scientific research and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
people often don’t have the financial wherewithal and broad general skills to leave behind a job where they are intimidated. Working in fear is a terrible way to live, and a secret ballot can ameliorate much of that fear. Michael A. Petronino (MBA ’64) Stratford, CT... View Details
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
Working PapersScale Without Mass: Business Process Replication and Industry Dynamics Authors:Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, Michael Sorell, and Feng Zhu Abstract Since the mid-1990s, productivity growth has accelerated in the U.S. economy. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
mentality” (an insurgent's clear mission and purpose, an unambiguous owner mindset, and a relentless obsession with the front line) can resolve the predictable crises of growth. Leading Strategic Change in an Era of Healthcare... View Details
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
trace the theory’s evolution from a technology-change framework—essentially descriptive and relatively limited in scope—to a more broadly explanatory causal theory of innovation and competitive response. This assessment reveals that our understanding of the phenomenon... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
become the hubs of the network. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-043.pdf Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes (revised) Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Ben Steiner
consultants involved in business-process outsourcing to India. Ben gained experience in health care and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. “My interests became focused on affecting change through for-profit ventures,” says Ben.... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Business of Animal Protection Club
limited concentration at Harvard Business School? That issue is animal protection. The change in attitude towards animals is undeniable. Animal welfare ballot initiatives receive bipartisan support across red and blue states. Roughly... View Details
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Schlesinger Library Archives Collections - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School
well as volunteer activities; explore the impact of world events (the Depression and World War II); remark on social change (civil rights and affirmative action); and describe the obstacles and discrimination encountered in their careers.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
monolith in the 1970s and ’80s. (For his part, Chidambaram confessed that when he arrived at HBS in the mid-1960s, he too was a “confirmed Socialist” and still was when he graduated. His views changed over time, he explained, when he... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Releases
Smart Choices by John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa (Harvard Business School Press) Decision-making is a major part of life for every human being. Where should you live? Which house should you buy? Is it time to change... View Details
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A Marketing Revolution - The Art of American Advertising
salesmen went door to door distributing trade cards, trade catalogs, and souvenir publications. A change in advertising occurred at the turn of the century when the reduction in postal rates for periodicals resulted in the emergence of... View Details
- 13 May 2021
- Blog Post
Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech leader turned healer
catalyzing major changes in her identity and her life. As she put it: “The things I learned and how I’ve changed wouldn’t have happened without the sabbatical. I was in the rat race so much that I didn’t... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
James Heppelmann looked at how this shift is changing the structure of industries and forcing firms to rethink their strategies. In this companion article, the authors look at the effects inside firms, examining the impact that smart,... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
new fintech entrepreneurs, and banks—small and large—vying for a position. Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
can’t solve this problem, she says, adding that some public policy initiatives need to be implemented, along with paid childcare and more flexible workplaces. Ackerley is passionate about closing the gender pension gap and furthering... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
change the structure, processes, and behavior of an organization while at the same time developing commitment that ensures execution. SFP is also a research method. By applying SFP iteratively to new and challenging situations,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2014
- Op-Ed
The Alibaba Effect
guessing among them and probably an eventual change in policies and views. Losing Alibaba really stung.) Alibaba was founded in 1999 in the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang province in eastern China. In those... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
down from 17.7 million in 1983—there has been a surge in pro-labor activity among low-wage workers as of late. Damon Silvers (MBA 1995, JD 1996), policy director for the AFL-CIO, says he’s heartened by these grassroots organizing efforts.... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
Working PapersEquity-Debtholder Conflicts and Capital Structure Authors:Bo Becker and Per Strömberg Abstract We use an important legal event as a natural experiment to examine equity-debt conflicts in the vicinity of financial distress. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace