Emerging Industries - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

on a systematic selection and analysis of articles, the paper outlines an emerging consensus on the definition and process of institutional entrepreneurship. It also presents the previously identified enabling conditions for, and reviews... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

"You have to be absolutely conscious of standards. The reason Bill Gates is the richest man in the world after the Sultan of Brunei is because he captured the standards. Are we subject to the emergence of new standards?" he... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

across business, finance, tech, entrepreneurship, and policy joined panels spanning an array of topics from energy policy and circular economy to breakthrough innovations and investing. Industry expert Ted Wiley, Co-Founder, President,... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

mobilizing change through strong leadership. The Strategy-Focused Organization also introduces a new framework called the strategy map. By analyzing hundreds of scorecards over the last decade, Kaplan and Norton have mapped the patterns that have repeatedly View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

Waugh (MBA 2024) - SUMS accelerates adoption of sustainable materials in the fashion industry by pooling demand for those materials, unlocking economies of scale. VoltLink - Lucienne Oyer (MBA 2024) - VoltLink is a platform that... View Details

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Polaroid Camera Demo, ca. 1950s EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A... View Details

24 Oct 2018
News

Exploring the Future of Work for Women

and presentations by HBS faculty, industry leaders and scholars. “We wanted to explore the idea at the highest levels,” Viswanathan said. “The whole idea of what changes in work mean for women is still unexplored. We invited business... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2008
News

Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, by David Mamet “My penchant is for building brands that find a place in the customer’s mind and for developing businesses that live or die by how well they connect with the consumer.” Anand Mahindra considered going... View Details

30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

collective operational capabilities that underpin new product and process development in the U.S. industrial sector. As a result, America has lost not only the ability to develop and manufacture high-tech products like televisions, memory... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

change, numerous devils emerged in the legislative details before passage was ultimately achieved in 2006. Looking back, Pozen observes, “It’s important to consider a few things we did well — and one we did not — in determining whether... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

research-based company. He fostered an environment in which his employees could think and create, believing that "a continuum between pure science in the university and pure science in industry should stimulate and enrich our social... View Details

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

PublicationsBroadening Focus: Spillovers, Complementarities and Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract The long-standing argument... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2011
News

Race to the Finish?

batteries can be quickly inserted. He further notes that emissions created by charging an electric car’s batteries are less than the emissions produced by powering an internal combustion engine to cover the same amount of miles. With tens of millions of newly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2005
News

Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

estate. Others call it a sea change. Whatever the choice of words, there’s broad agreement that the industry’s transformation has drained considerable risk out of a once notoriously unstable market. A new industry View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

07 Sep 2021
News

September 2021 Alumni Books

leapfrog and adapt to climate change, ensuring that Africa can feed itself and even the world. The book is for aspiring and emerging agribusiness entrepreneurs across Africa as well as agribusiness students globally. It will also inspire... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

for Social Impact Social Entrepreneurship More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame... View Details

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On Course | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn... An Emerging... View Details

01 Aug 2002
News

HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

along with classmate Lucas Klein and Jason Green, a 2002 graduate of Penn's Wharton School of Business. The runner-up in the social enterprise track was The Unison Project, a group designed to mobilize the talents of artists and music View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Martin Gonzalez - Quiet Courage

member of Chile's national volleyball team, the trilingual Gonzalez had traveled widely, graduated from Catholic University in Santiago with a degree in industrial engineering, weathered a failed entrepreneurial venture, and worked in... View Details