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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
collaborated with doctors and college students to produce information on sexual and mental health topics that was both accurate and interesting to young women. But as the Confi team talked with students about subjects such as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
ago, to research the “new, but untested, financial system,” unregulated as all get-out, filled with “trust me” and “I don’t really understand the math.” Light and his experts seem to understand it now. What new information did they get... View Details
- July 2019
- Teaching Note
AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow
By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
A Teaching Note for the "AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow" case study (HBS#820-017). The case describes how AT&T designed and implemented a program to retrain 100,000 of its workers. The case first reviews the technological forces that compelled AT&T to... View Details
Keywords: AT＆T; Workforce; Future Of Work; Telecommunications; Unions; Technological Change; Layoffs; MOOCS; Strategic Planning; Employees; Training; Labor; Learning; Labor Unions; Technology Adoption; Talent and Talent Management; Transformation; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; United States
- Article
Modes of Technology Transfer as a Function of Position in the Research-Development-Technical Service Spectrum
By: Michael Tushman and T. J. Allen
Tushman, Michael, and T. J. Allen. "Modes of Technology Transfer as a Function of Position in the Research-Development-Technical Service Spectrum." Academy of Management Journal 22, no. 4 (December 1979): 694–708.
- 30 Apr 2015
- News
Sir Cyril Taylor: Making A Difference
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Raising the bar to provide quality education
After cofounding a nonprofit to establish academy schools for low-income children in London, England, Jennifer Moses (MBA 1989) is working to provide quality education for disadvantaged children in California. She and her husband, Ron Beller, cofounded the nonprofit... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leaders must be strategists first
Cynthia Montgomery believes strategy should be a habit of mind, not a document; a continuous process, not a destination. Leaders need to use strategy as a dynamic tool for guiding the development of a business over time. “It takes courage for a leader to ask and answer... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Delivering HBS-style training for teachers
Inspired by an HBS lecturer who asked why there wasn’t a service academy for teachers, Tony Klemmer (MBA 1983) founded the National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education (NAATE) in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2010. The academy’s mission is to enhance, leverage, and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Driven
innovative framework for understanding the human experience and offers intriguing insights into individual and organizational behavior with practical applications for government, business, and community leaders. Noted experts on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
intelligence community doing on that score? Intelligence issues are enormously complex, and I should say right at the outset that Mike and I are only beginning to learn about these matters. And by the way, we don’t have security... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
Even as a preteen, Jennifer Porter Anderson (MBA 2013) was convinced there could be a better, more compassionate alternative for criminal justice than locking people up in large, violent prisons. What began as a family dinner-table conversation about the concept of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life
workforce, benefiting the community while also getting closer to its customer base and spurring innovation. But idealized win-win solutions such as these are both difficult and relatively uncommon. Many purpose-driven companies chase an... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
managers' time to educate them, communicate with them, and develop informal relationships with them so those owners will have a better understanding of what the company is trying to do." Who Gets the Credit... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
The last few months have been exciting ones at the School. We have witnessed the announcement of a new Harvard president, sponsored another dynamic Global Alumni Conference, welcomed club officers along with current and emeriti board members for their annual meetings,... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Building a career one stage at a time
Deborah Denenberg (MBA 1983) talks about her career as a Broadway theater producer, business educator, and working parent. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
government and social entrepreneurship,” said Gergen. He noted that Obama has pledged to open an office of social innovation, is an advocate of community service, and has proposed $650 million for the Department of Education to work with... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
club has new energy, new leadership, and a new urgency to connect, share, and support each other,” says Adams. “This is content you’re not going to get elsewhere. We have speakers you may not hear in other venues. We want to provide an edge for our alumni members with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- May 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (A)
By: Willy C. Shih and Gregory Dieterich
This case examines the early history of the color television receiver market and the global consequences of an historic 1958 consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice that opened RCA's patents to licensing by domestic competitors royalty-free. This externality... View Details
Keywords: Intellectual Property; Patents; Rights; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Business History; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; Communications Industry; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy C., and Gregory Dieterich. "RCA: Color Television and the Department of Justice (A)." Harvard Business School Case 614-072, May 2014. (Revised July 2016.)
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Let’s Celebrate! HBS is 100 Years Young
Center, was taught across the campus; it cast students, staff, and faculty in the role of Dean Light as he pondered the future of HBS. Afterward, at a mammoth luncheon in Harvard’s indoor tennis facility, Dean Light told the community he... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Starting Off on the Right Foot
sounding stupid. “Acknowledging areas of ignorance helps you gather information and provides good modeling for others,” Waldroop notes. “Be up front with people. Let them know that you will be relying heavily on their input at first. And... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg