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Skydeck - Alumni

Project Real estate developer and author Jennifer Raiser (MBA 1990) goes behind the scenes of the annual Burning Man gathering A Personal Perspective on Competing Against Luck Professor Clay View Details

22 Sep 2023
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Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Business Administration, Emeritus George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management John D. Macomber Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Anthony Mayo Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration C. Roland View Details

19 Dec 2023
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15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Inflation Reduction Act This bonus episode features the Harvard Law School Environmental and Energy Law Program’s CleanLaw podcast, where professors Jody Freeman (Harvard) and Greg Dotson (University of Oregon) talk about the US Inflation... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Jun 2014
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Meeting of the minds

October 1990 (Revised November 1992)
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Ceramics Process Systems Corp. (A)

By: Clayton M. Christensen

A small ceramics company started by a group of MIT professors struggles with some basic technology strategy issues. A plan to take "one commercializable step" at a time in order to get a foothold in the market goes awry because of incompatibility between the company's... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Technology; Problems and Challenges; Market Entry and Exit; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Production; Manufacturing Industry; Cambridge

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16 Feb 2023
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The Rituals of Case Method Teaching

physiological necessity, more than a ritual. Professor Rivkin's board plan. A self-professed obsessive over-preparer, Jan Rivkin, the C. Roland Christensen Professor of... View Details

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The General Shoe Company, 1921 | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

is as relevant today as it was in 1921. Jan W. Rivkin , C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, in “Celebrating General Shoe Company, the Inaugural HBS Case,” 2019. 6 The Bureau of... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors - MBA

MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Faculty & Advisors Faculty Robert D. Howe Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering at SEAS; Faculty Co-Chair of the Harvard MS/MBA Program; Director, Harvard Biorobotics Lab; cofounder, RightHand... View Details

26 Mar 2014
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Revisiting how Christensen’s “disruption innovation” in healthcare means decentralization

09 Nov 2015
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The World's Most Influential Business Thinkers 2015

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs... View Details

21 Jul 2021
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What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Loeb House | About

the world’s leading authority on case-method teaching. The Christensen Center was permanently endowed by gifts from a large group of dedicated alumni in tribute to Professor Christensen. About the Name Loeb... View Details

29 Mar 2010
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Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

key is to be ruthlessly realistic with oneself. As I hope the book makes clear, this is one of the greatest challenges for any CEO. Q: The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS professor Clayton Christensen illustrated... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

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Past Issues - Alumni

diversity of backgrounds and experiences but share a few outstanding traits: fearless curiosity, a clear sense of self, and a powerful commitment to community. Conducting Business Remembering the captivating classroom orchestration of View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Jan W. Rivkin C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration Jan Rivkin is a professor at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Senior Associate... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator Crypto/Web 3.0 Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Marvin Bower Associate Professor John Wu (MBA 2000), Chair Avalabs... View Details

16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

a firm's headquarters—for the presence of large, non-managerial individual shareholders in firms. These shareholders have a large impact on firms, controlling for selection effects. Course Research: Using the Case Method to Build and Teach Management Theory... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2009
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GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

opportunities missed. Why I Don't Want to Own General Motors June 1, 2009 - Harvard Business Publishing Rosabeth Moss Kanter comments on the bankruptcy of GM, calling it a "dangerous precedent." The Past and Future of General Motors April 9, 2009 - Huffington... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

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