Open And User Innovation Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2017
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Alumni New Venture Competition Finalists Named

social enterprise teams. The winner and runner-up in each category will receive $75,000 and $25,000 prizes respectively. The crowd favorite will receive $5,000. The annual alumni New Venture Competition... View Details

01 Dec 2014
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@Soldiers Field

arm might lift a barbell.” The 229 RCs who signed up for lunch roulette were connected with three perfectly randomized HBS classmates. Hosted by the Student Association and the Digital Initiative, the project used an View Details

Keywords: John Shad (MBA 1949); Educational Services

19 Apr 2018
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One Last Pitch

app allows the user to participate in random drugs tests using a thumbprint, or breath or saliva tests via video. “No more degrading urine tests,” Gastfriend says. Patients are rewarded for meeting goals and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

base. As a result, they get cost savings, and we get sales.” Welcome to the new reality in U.S. manufacturing, where, more than ever, intense foreign competition is driving product and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

data mining to coding. Eventually, there will be industries that are fully automated and certain jobs will go away, but new ones will be created in that process. From Baker Library: Not surprisingly, high tech View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2009
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Your Taxi Is Waiting

Davin Chow, Adam Prewett, and Kevin Yttre (all MBA ’08). Tripsas, who teaches the Linear case in the elective Leading Innovative Ventures, sees the instructive qualities of flexibility, experimentation,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2025
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Patch Work

one, though, the innovations that seemed to open up new ways of reaching voters by phone lost their effectiveness—falling victim to caller ID, do-not-call lists, and voter... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; Illustrations by Dan Bejar

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

the workers’ allegiance. She does so in part by meeting one-on-one with every employee and introducing innovations such as pairing a shift worker with a manager in coleadership roles. “This is an unusual... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies

wireless, software, and semiconductors, to name a few - has put us in a very strong position. We are also fortunate to be able to draw on innovations from Bell Labs to find total solutions to meet our... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

As a young man, Tim Brier was so smitten with flying that he used to take dates to watch planes land and take off when he was growing up in Staten Island, New York. It's not surprising, therefore, that he would later embark on a career in... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

and respond more quickly to emerging issues in the business world. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES The launch of the Institute in July marked the View Details

01 Sep 2011
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Green Day

out of Imperial College London that uses magnesium silicates as its base. The silicates don’t contain carbon, and are heated at half the temperature of limestone, using biofuels; in addition, carbon is absorbed through the production... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna;Sarah Auerbach; Agriculture; Manufacturing; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2013
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Plugged In

have a notion of what an electric car should be, and they are open to new technologies." And even if the youth market isn't ready for high-end wheels, changing the perception... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

the state. Another Boston charter and middle school in Lawrence will open this fall. UP students wear uniforms, have longer school days, attend a Saturday math academy, and... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

09 Mar 2021
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Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

cross-disciplinary expertise of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Harvard Business School, and Harvard Business School Online. “With these courses, you’re examining ‘How can I shift the way people think?’” explains Mills.... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

12 May 2016
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Food Rescue Is on a Mission

“Being open to different ideas is one of my strengths. I tend to see what’s possible,” Carson says. “A lot of people see the 50 steps to get somewhere. I see the goal and say, ‘We’re going there.’” He points... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Aug 1998
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A Roaring Success in the Windy City

Johnson Publishing Company, Johnson was an ideal choice as the opening speaker at the Chicago conference. Titled "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership," the event attracted alumni from... View Details

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

fuel and lost business included—to be $124 billion annually, or about $2,000 per commuter. Mistele and INRIX aren’t in the business of delivering bad news, however. They have been trying to do something... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged

planning and strategy at Ford’s Asia Pacific operations in Shanghai and a panelist at HBS’s “Moving the Future” transportation conference this past February. Just as... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

accelerated flow of creative talent into the United States, primarily New York, reinforcing that city’s status as a hub of talent, fashion, and retailing to match Paris. Helena Rubinstein took advantage of the American citizenship of her... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores; Health and Personal Care Stores

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