Scientific Community - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone

wildlife in Africa and other continents, broadening her knowledge by studying scientific articles on her subjects. But the dissonance of spending summers in the open plains and the rest of the year in the jungles of New York slowly grew.... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

21 Aug 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study

What is it really like to be the subject of a case study? According to top executives of four Latin American enterprises that have been held under the magnifying glass, the case study process can hasten a valuable journey of reflection and revitalized View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

New Venture Competition Winner, Social Enterprise Track: Lexi Lexi is an AI-powered medical interpretation platform that enables instant, accurate, and HIPAA-compliant communication between providers and patients across the care... View Details

30 May 2025
News

Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

20 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 20

telegraphs. Telegraphs are usually analyzed in the context of railway expansion, and the literature has somewhat neglected the role of telegraphic communication for the development of steamship navigation. Telegraphs meant that the owners... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Oct 2016
News

Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

cure, Blum devotes significant effort to cultivating an “authentic” company culture. “What we do internally at the company and what we do in the community is consistent with our values,” he stresses. “We spend a considerable amount of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

focuses on basic scientific discovery, it has identified clinical physicians and scientists in the broad research community as its primary customers. Accordingly, the firm is organized to support pure and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

not necessarily an aggressive response. Yet it requires a response informed by a concern with public health combined with compassion for the victims. As women tend to lead in a more participative manner than men, they may leave more room for the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

networks of networks. Currently, he said, universities and labs use it to connect researchers working on collaborative projects. These projects can range from building virtual reality models of the ear—a medical application—to studying the stars—a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Research in Black and White | Baker Library

many of those working in the lab “had graduated from Smith, some with no scientific background. Land proved many times over that a bright young liberal arts student could learn the routines of the laboratory and the structure of a View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

community service projects such as serving as classroom aides in inner-city schools or assisting staff at neighborhood Boys and Girls Clubs. Expansion of the relationship over the ensuing decade found Timberland supplying City Year's... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

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Clarence Kennedy and the Art of Photography | Baker Library

appreciated [that they] have cognitive capacities, other than what scientists may have [and] they bring these capacities, including imagination and visualization, to scientific work.” (7) A number of women who worked in Polaroid’s... View Details

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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

we are able to combine that natural association of competences.” 11 In the research and development of his revolutionary photographic system, Land drew on the insights of an interdisciplinary community of Polaroid employees and... View Details

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

themselves, the scientific communities that covet the Prizes, the general public, and, finally, the media. "With the exception of awardees of the Peace Prize, who often are statesmen or celebrities who have... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

21 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill

economic theory with field experiments. "Field experiments give you scientific rigor while being close to practice," says. "Unless you really have a bulletproof argument that you can't poke holes in, it's hard to change prior beliefs."... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2022
News

Labs Enable Large-scale Research

Illustrations from VectorStock.com The Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3) aims to supercharge HBS’s research agenda by applying a lab-based model similar to that used by the scientific View Details

02 Aug 2018
News

Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?

perceive the risk of trying meth once or twice. And before we ran the first ad, 35% of the kids in Georgia thought there was little or no risk in trying meth once or twice. And that was a big sample size. I mean, these were very View Details

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

live online webinars-that allowed real estate professionals like brokers and agents to manage and market rental listings, communicate with clients, and complete transaction paperwork (e.g., tenant applications, credit screening, lease... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Policy - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry in particular, seeing... View Details

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