Fundamentals - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2018
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patterns that could signify an attack or a system failure. A fundamental component of the theory is how the brain represents information differently than computers do. Data entered into a computer—whether numbers or words—need to be... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

25 Oct 2016
First Look

October 25, 2016

fundamental redirections in strategy. Since ventures attain legitimacy and resources based on original aims that constituencies find compelling, entrepreneurs’ initial claims are likely to complicate subsequent course corrections. To shed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Smarter Policy” to help provide evidence on matters of small-business financing—looking in particular about whether and how the financial crisis created a credit gap for small businesses. Despite gathering information, however, the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

multinational firms. Our analysis shows that the emerging offshore clusters of multinationals are not a simple reflection of domestic industrial clusters. Location fundamentals including market access and comparative advantage and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

governance are the most daunting because the very foundations of governance—vote allocation proportionate to economy, representation by finance ministries, absence of parliamentary scrutiny, and the relative voicelessness of the poorest and most affected actors—are at... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

conceptual. The fundamental flaw of preemptive action is that the pay-offs are asymmetric. Failure to avert a WMD attack on U.S. assets will be seen as doubly reprehensible. But success will not be rewarded, since the electorate is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

for a new enterprise logic that will fundamentally alter the orientation, purpose, and economics of commerce. The Support Economy is intended to contribute to that search as it invites discussion of a new enterprise logic that we call... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Dec 2018
News

Bridging the Gap

two-thirds are still going to western Europe, where typically they are in an enclave of other American students, speaking English, learning from an American professor; and it’s pretty far from the immersive, perspective-changing experience that, frankly, is View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

15 Nov 2018
News

Don’t Be Afraid of AI

and how to apply it. And so, all of them, no matter if they found the same, they really are doing something fundamentally different. Morrell: There have been a number of big tech names in recent years who have really raised the alarm on... View Details

Keywords: Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

04 Oct 2016
First Look

October 4, 2016

Abstract—Though fundamental to innovation and essential to many industries and occupations, the creative act has received limited attention as an economic behavior and has historically proven difficult to study. This paper studies the... View Details

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

business but also as a determinant of wealth and poverty, they will find a way back to becoming leading participants in the debates over the fundamental question of what makes an economy grow. 2. Innovation. Business historians have long... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

a fundamental change in technology strategy models. In a vertically integrated setting, a company needs to develop into a massive organization and cover a broad variety of business areas in order to scale and survive. This makes scaling... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

What Great American Leaders Teach Us

the war ended, Phillips was well positioned to meet the pent-up needs of consumers. His counterpart, Clarence Saunders, who founded Piggly Wiggly, was a consummate Mold-Breaker. He fundamentally revolutionized grocery shopping by... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

are fundamental to biotech's success.—Gail Maderis Time—a precious asset in any industry—has special value in biotech, particularly since the multiphase FDA approval process can add years to a drug's development. "My biggest source... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

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A Message from Dean Srikant Datar | About

transforming organizations in very fundamental ways. And I believe that organizations will demand graduates with knowledge of these skills necessary to make wise and critical judgments. We'll have to think imaginatively about the... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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Where Main Street Meets Wall Street

developments, such as the congressional proposal to augment the Social Security system with a program of private savings, a plan that presumably would include the mutual fund industry. Ultimately, it is the fundamentals upon which the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

processing techniques that have eliminated or greatly reduced hazardous waste contaminants. In recent years, for example, the company has invested $100 million to improve fundamental paper pulp processes and eliminate molecular chlorine,... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

15 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult

the firm's walls: customers. It is riskier economically and organizationally to adopt. "The thing that struck me right away was that e-buying and e-selling for the firms in my sample were fundamentally different activities," McElheran... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

have a strategic role to play in improving value in the health care system. Rather than disenfranchising employers, policymakers would be well advised to harness this role. Employers, for their part, need to recognize their fundamental... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

17 Feb 2022
Blog Post

The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

a moment, and ask ourselves ‘What does it all mean?’” For some people the answer comes from thinking about spirituality and faith and religion. My hope is that this course will allow people to get at the fundamental questions of why we’re... View Details

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