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- 28 May 2021
- Blog Post
Taking Measure on Memorial Day
“to educate leaders who make a difference in the world.” And I believe that’s a good thing. Every day I’m humbled and inspired by my classmates’ incredible intellect, charisma, and drive. It’s nice to know that there are good people who are prepared to make a View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
his classmates’ FIELD Global Immersion (FGI) projects. But in retrospect, he says, conducting field research in Mexico and developing and presenting innovative product ideas to senior executives at Colgate’s Consumer Innovation Center... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
neighborhood was a product of Detroit’s controversial 1960s urban renewal efforts. “But the way people live today, they want to be close to the action. They want to be close to their jobs. They want to ride their bikes; they want to take... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
fully in control of it because that dynamic is the product of the interaction between you and the other party, and sometimes more than one party…And since things are changing, then you can have an impact whatever your View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
important buying episodes. JCR has had a significant effect on the teaching and research directions of marketing departments and on the marketing strategies of major consumer product firms. My vision of consumer research is that it should... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
leather that is produced through sustainable, non-polluting practices. Many years later, it’s gratifying to see the positive results of that project.” As CEO of Competitiveness.com until 2012, Duch personally led more than 120 of the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
will soon move from HTML programming language to XML. Ballmer stated that this shift would alter the current Internet balance of power in which consumers are in a reactive position as they relate to company (or "publisher's") Web sites.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
industrial wage workers; and the production of knowledge, including the idea of the economy, among other topics. Together, they suggest emerging themes in the field: a fascination with capitalism as it is made by political authority, how... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
overthrow the product division structure. Would-be regionalists have to work within it. Jan Oosterveld, who served as CEO of Asia Pacific from 2003 to 2004—a position created after Philips announced the... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply design to get closer to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
enormous impact on the very big problems we're facing in the world today: natural resource scarcity, social inequality, and poverty, as well as on governance issues like product safety and corruption. More and more CEOs are leading their... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 08 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School
firms such as Bain Capital, Bessemer, and Greylock, and startups such as Allbirds, Thumbtack, and Patreon. WesTrek attendees were a diverse group with varied backgrounds and professional interests, including sales, operations, product... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
leadership position in the Northeast through the strategic use of new technology, marketing savvy, and a management style that encouraged staff to invest themselves in their work. In 1996, BayBanks merged with Bank of Boston to form... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
population doubled from 500 million to 1 billion. There was and is—in terms of quality of property—still some catch-up to do. It’s said that China is in a better position than the developed world to elongate the business cycle using... View Details
- 19 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book
this integrated reporting initiative, business can show its commitment in that direction and in the process restore society's confidence and trust. Perhaps that will return us to a productive cycle in which business and society have a... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
short-term business loans to the self-employed poor. Chu, a native of China, grew up in Montevideo, Uruguay. After graduating from Dartmouth and HBS, he held senior management positions with several firms, including The Boston Consulting... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
leading Goldman Sachs's new, in-house environmental efforts. Three years later, he applied for the CEO position at the Washington, D.C.-based TNC. "At first, I was viewed as an odd candidate; but to the board's credit, they thought my... View Details
- 15 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Prepare for Your Interview with Research
the most recent products or services launched by the company? ABI/Proquest and Nexis are two article databases with powerful search interfaces that allow you to dig deeply into a company’s activities and events. Key Players in the... View Details
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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
companies. 26 As head of the Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II, Bush enlisted Polaroid in the cause, and the company entered into a contract with the National Defense Research Committee to create a range of View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
costs fell by more than 60 percent. We've seen change of a similar magnitude in civilian industries as well. Less than 2 percent of the US population/workforce now works on the land, but agricultural production has only continued to... View Details