by Laura Alfaro - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2007
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Power Trip

School’s Leadership Initiative. But there’s another way to assess business success, as found in the pages of Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Mayo (MBA ’88) is the book’s coauthor, with HBS professor Nitin Nohria and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 May 2014
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Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma

discussion of "The Capitalist's Dilemma"—the challenges of innovating for long-term growth and job creation—in the Harvard Business Review. The team of more than 150 people (see below) collaborated using the OI Engine platform developed View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

to explore.) PLUS: Alumni experts on what big ideas we’ll see in 2016. The experiment started with weather balloons attached to Styrofoam beer coolers, each with a wireless router inside. It was proof of concept for an ambitious endeavor called Project Loon, headed... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Sep 2009
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Read All About It!

less well-to-do, there were enclosed cars with large, glass windows and upholstered seats. Regardless of means, early train passengers were struck by the speed at which they moved. Laura Ingalls Wilder,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA

Edwards and Hicks Illustration by Dan Vasconcellos Deep in the heart of Texas, smack in the middle of President Bush’s staunchly Republican home district, an eight-term Democratic congressman battled a Republican newcomer for reelection.... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2016
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Case Study: Paper Chase

inscrutable that you can’t figure out what they’d like. This could be an interesting place to position the product. It’s more than a card (heck, it is $13), but it’s not yet another useless item that you’ll regift or send to Goodwill. You can show some level of... View Details

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