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- 01 Jun 2000
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The Business of Biotech
insurance? Some would counter that such personal information is, in a sense, already available, pointing to the fact that many companies require physicals for their employees as part of the hiring process. And if medical advancements keep... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
competitors' anticipated actions. Using new entrants into the United States from 1985 to 1994, we find that firms favor locations with academic innovative activity. Other results highlight differences in firms' location strategies... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
operating effectiveness and efficiency, ensure high levels of employee engagement, and improve their overall global competitiveness. After a successful career as an executive with Fortune 500 companies Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
Kola Masha's innovative franchise model. It's a revolution that can't come soon enough for Nigeria. The country was once the breadbasket of West Africa until Royal Dutch Shell discovered vast oil reserves in 1958, and the agriculture... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
of companies that are helping create the conditions for the industry’s growth by amassing knowledge about best practices, influencing the development of regulations, exploring new uses for drones, developing a professional workforce, and so forth. The argument is that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
without an easily identifiable response. As Jim spotted an increasing number of red flags during his hectic summer in Tanzania, he had to consider not only his US employer and his HBS position, but also his local client, his client's View Details
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Artist Support | Baker Library
for a gallery to exhibit the collection. “The Polaroid Collection was a reflection of the heart and soul of the company behind it,” Hitchcock writes, and it “document[ed] cultural shifts and innovative ideas through art, as presciently... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
innovation and governance could have useful perspectives to help modernize the system. You’re a diverse group. How do you decide where to direct your support? Since there are quite a few organizations working on ranked choice voting,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
How to Survive Past Start-up
Art by Craig Frazier Related Links Alumni New Venture Contest Opens Webinar series (ongoing) Entrepreneurship at HBS (video) Harvard Launches Innovation Incubator Why is it that even when smart, educated, well-networked people launch new... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
your own business but been too scared to move beyond your comfort zone? Have any of your innovative ideas been ruled out by your boss due to a lack of vision or risk-taking culture? If so, you are not alone. The Entrepreneurial Guide is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
Many Dumb Things and What You Can Do About It by Steven A. Stanton (MBA 1984) (FCB Partners) Stanton argues that organizational transformation is needed when organizations are trapped in the status quo and employees are frantically busy... View Details
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
that dividend payers are less likely to report losses and those losses that they do report tend to be transitory losses driven by special items. Overall, the evidence shows that dividends are consistently informative with respect to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
value of its philanthropic giving. The foundation recently raised a $120 million Growth Capital Aggregation Pilot fund that is investing in only three social sector organizations, including Youth Villages. The Decade Ahead IDEAS RULE: With 170 View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
up. With firsthand experience both in a world of no competition and in one of intense competition, he is decidedly in favor of the latter. A strong, innovative competitor "makes you more efficient in operations and more creative in... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
seasons, and as an activity essential to their society. New Jersey . Arbuckle Bros. Trade Card. Advertising Ephemera Collection. Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School, olvwork81662 Driven by the development of color... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
with families and responsibilities." Looking back, she says she's grateful for the ministry's supportive culture. "We were all focused and intellectually driven to address the areas that were our responsibility," she recalls, "but... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
Floor hand Ray Gerrish works to make repairs on a drilling rig outside Watford City. Employees work around the clock at Raven Rig No. 1, one of more than 150 oil rigs in the Bakken. (photos by Jim Gehrz/Minneapolis Star Tribune/ZUMA Press... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
institution to donate funds and expertise to build a half-way house for homeless teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the bank has a major presence, and to link up schoolchildren in New England and Latin America over the Internet. "What we're doing boosts View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Professors at Harvard University, a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a fellow of both the British Academy and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is an expert on innovation and organizational... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
16 million internet properties pass through the company’s network, which acts like a neighborhood watch for the internet—spotting potential threats but also helping websites run faster and better. It was named one of the world’s most View Details