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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
For the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the pandemic opened up the rare opportunity to rethink “everything we do and how we do it,” says CEO Lisa Wieland (MBA 2001). The independent public authority that owns and operates the... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Founders Forum The HBS New Venture Competition Social Enterprise Track or President’s Innovation Challenge HBS Elective Curriculum courses: Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change, Public Entrepreneurship, or Transforming Education... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In doing so, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
Business Review You Need an Innovation Strategy By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Social Enterprise Track | New Venture Competition
an opportunity for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive environment. Social Enterprise Track entries may include... View Details
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Driving Profitable Growth - Course Catalog
preserved, and which should be changed. Module 3: Growth Through Expanding Scope: Finding New Sources of Demand Expanding the scope of the enterprise into new line of business (diversification) is the other common strategy for growth. In... View Details
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
restaurateur in Japan, Aoki eventually opened his own four-table unit in Manhattan in 1964 and called it Benihana (after a Japanese flower), the name of his father's first establishment. Watching Americans dine out, Aoki had concluded... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Courting the Poor
while reading the New York Times. An article on the front page of the Business section about an innovative Brazilian retailer prompted an immediate e-mail to Gustavo Herrero (MBA ’76), executive director of the School’s Latin America... View Details
- 09 Apr 2016
- News
Introducing Panera 2.0
As Panera Bread opens its 2,000 location, founder and CEO Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is preparing to launch Panera 2.0, the company’s ambitious plan to use technology to speed up the ordering process and enhance delivery options. Shaich tells... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics
Harvard Life Lab when the facility opened in November 2016, appreciates the state-of-the-art lab space and the community of innovators who are tackling important life science problems. “The question is... View Details
- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B9): Nashville Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
bigger challenge today is sourcing these vital products in the face of inflation and snags in the supply chain. Today, Hope and Comfort is still one of the few nonprofits distributing hygiene products, says Feingold, who retired from his... View Details
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Working PapersCapitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan (revised October 2009) Authors:Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of industry organization, which are increasingly inadequate in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
refreshing their product lines and extending their brand to more affordable items. Pressure to innovate is intense, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers’ Trust... View Details
- 13 Oct 2016
- News
Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease
about the perseverance his father showed in restarting life in the US as “the source of my resolve to do something meaningfully good, not only professionally but also personally.” The concept of tikkun olam—Hebrew for “repair the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 26 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19
for this scenario: take one little piece of information or advice from a variety of different sources to piece together your own conclusion on what works best for you. I will point to a few comments that were consistent across a variety... View Details
- January 2013
- Supplement
Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (B)
By: Willy Shih and Ying Zhou
Managers at Cabot Corporation are faced with deciding the future of its fuel cell program. The (A) case recounts the view of the business manager and the technical project lead, and the (B) case describes the perspective of a senior manager who is the head of the New... View Details
Keywords: Technical Decision-making; Decision Making Process; Fuel Cells; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Business Plan; Business Exit or Shutdown; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Massachusetts
Shih, Willy, and Ying Zhou. "Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-067, January 2013.
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
There are no long-term commitments, although reservations are required, especially during the busiest times. The centers are open later in the evening than most centers in the area (9 p.m. Monday–Thursday, 11 p.m. Friday) and on Saturdays... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nejo.12003/abstract Working PapersInvestment Incentives in Open-Source and Proprietary Two-Sided Platforms Authors:Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Gaston Llanes Abstract We study incentives to invest in platform quality in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Greater Than the Sum of its Parts
large-scale challenges such as health care, global poverty, and climate change. In addition, cross-registration and joint degree programs are on the rise. The Harvard Innovation Lab, which has engaged nearly 20 percent of the overall... View Details