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Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Course Catalog
going on. In each class, we ask students to prepare by understanding what is happening and why. What are the proximate and root causes of why this company is facing the situations articulated in the case? What signals are appearing that... View Details
- 06 Nov 2014
- News
Building a Startup Community Beyond Commencement
The rent is relatively cheap ($200/month per person) compared to start-up sites in Kendall Square and South Boston’s Innovation District, its dedicated desks offer more permanence than most co-working spaces, and the access to the i-lab’s resources and View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
We Have Liftoff
proximity to the University community at very competitive rates. Here, a few of the HBS alums who have returned to Allston to launch their businesses. SplitNGo Steve Gorodetskiy (MBA 2014) Describe your company in fewer than 140... View Details
- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
areas. Our results suggest that matching between scientists may be subject to considerable frictions-even among those in relatively close geographic proximity and in the same organizational system. At the same time, even a brief and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
proximity to the critical design and engineering aspects of his ambitions. But it’s the school’s general management focus that he believes will prove most useful. “As a general manager, you’re someone who is ‘t-shaped’: deep in one field,... View Details
- 05 Oct 2016
- News
Harvard to Open Life Sciences Lab
sciences co-working communities. The proximity of the three innovation labs together provides access to the resources, programming and community necessary to help startups succeed. “We believe innovation in the life sciences is critically... View Details
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
every quarter. The creation of these clusters creates proximity as profit centers perform complementary activities, making it more beneficial for them to coordinate. Our findings suggest that self-centered choices by profit centers are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2006
- Op-Ed
India Needs to Encourage Trade with China
"sufficient" or even "respectable" volume of bilateral trade. There is a notion in international trade, called the gravity model, which suggests that, ceteris paribus, countries that are larger and more proximate tend... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking
highlighted existing partnerships, and explored ways to foster innovation even before two-thirds of SEAS moves to its new campus adjacent to HBS and the Harvard Innovation Labs in 2020. More than 100 HBS and SEAS faculty, doctoral students, and staff attended the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
in China, for example— and take advantage of it being closer to the customer.” It’s part of Eckert’s larger vision for the factory of the future that not only has a proximity advantage, but also is much nimbler—no longer a string of... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
really having proximity to wealth, and not really being able to tap into the thinking of high-net-worth investors and how they live their lives and what their values are,” Ramirez shared. “Having that View Details
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
effect that is strongest when recalls are in the same product area as innovation activity. A one standard deviation increase in the number of proximate focal firm recalls implies more than a one-year delay in minor innovation. However,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
The Benefits of Living in a Dorm at HBS
first time ever to HBS. Moving can be scary, and I hoped that living on campus would make it easier to make friends, adjust to Boston weather, and give me the flexibility I wanted. Socially, the proximity to classmates has helped me make... View Details
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
transferred to the squatters. With the remaining 4 lawsuits still pending, 62 percent of the squatters now hold title to their land, while 38 percent do not. As a result, squatters who enjoyed the security of property rights existed in View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Profile
Yazan Halwani
impact.” HBS became his top choice, in part because of its relative proximity to the New York art scene, but largely because of its “network of people for support, and to refine ideas,” and for the case method. “Case study provides a nice... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution
demand provides the means for maximizing profits. Lean retailing practices will continue to push suppliers in this direction." In a fast-paced environment where time-to-market and short-cycle production are powerful levers of competitive advantage, View Details
- 14 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation
volunteer reading tutors. The criteria for involvement are minimal, often hinging only on geographic proximity to a company site. The 600 school principals I surveyed said they are grateful for any help from the business sector. But what... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 28 Apr 2008
- HBS Case
Negotiating with Wal-Mart
encounter someone with a great deal of power, like Wal-Mart, who is also the ultimate non-negotiable partner?" The case details how P&G executive Tom Muccio pioneers a new supplier-retailer partnership between P&G and Wal-Mart. Built on View Details
- 15 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender
anecdotal learnings on the role of gender in social venture commercialization,” says Liza Mueller, director of operations and knowledge management at the New York–based organization. “The research findings on proximity and exposure to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
point system that takes into account a number of factors including the potential recipient's proximity to the available organ, blood type, life expectancy after a transplant, and various fairness criteria such as time waiting on the list.... View Details