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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Charity
Leo X issued a papal bull confirming that charitable pawnshops were exempt from the prohibition on lending at interest, and the innovation spread rapidly through Catholic Europe. The montes (in the Italian...
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- 17 Feb 2011
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Business Ready for 'Shared Values,' But Government Lags
- 2018
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Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders
Within the corporate sector, climate change represents an unfolding market shift, one that is driven by policy but also by pressures from a variety of market constituents such as consumers, suppliers, buyers, insurance companies, banks, and others. The shift takes...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders." In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. 3 vols. Edited by Matthew Nisbet, Shirley Ho, Ezra Markowitz, Saffron O’Neill, Mike Schäfer, and Jagadish Thaker. Oxford University Press, 2018.
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Act Like a Scientist: Great Leaders Challenge Assumptions, Run Experiments, and Follow the Evidence
By: Stefan Thomke and Gary W. Loveman
Though they’ve been warned for decades about the dangers of overrelying on gut instinct and personal experience, managers keep failing to critically examine—much less challenge—the ideas their decisions are based on. To correct this problem they need to think and act...
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Thomke, Stefan, and Gary W. Loveman. "Act Like a Scientist: Great Leaders Challenge Assumptions, Run Experiments, and Follow the Evidence." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 3 (May–June 2022): 120–129.
- 01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
he has known during his career. He elucidates the extraordinary lessons that can be learned from everyday experiences and shows how, by altering our perceptions, we can better overcome the challenges we face at work View Details
- March 2014
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School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn (B)
By: John J-H Kim and Christine S. An
This supplements the "A" case. Joel Rose and Chris Rush decide to spin-off from School of One to found New Classrooms Innovation Partners. Rose and Rush navigate the strategic complexities of the spin-off process to make their mission-driven product a reality. The case...
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Education Technology;
Ed Tech;
Classroom Innovation;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurship;
Patents;
Spin-offs;
Non-profit Management;
Scaling Ed Tech Products;
Strategy
Kim, John J-H, and Christine S. An. "School of One: Reimagining How Students Learn (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 314-115, March 2014.
- 01 Mar 2014
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Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Leadership and Innovation in a New Global Economy So-Young Kang (MBA 2004) (Awaken Group Pte. Ltd.) Too often, people look at leaders and focus on their accomplishments View Details
- April 2012
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Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It
By: Marcel Corstjens and Rajiv Lal
Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for boosting revenues and profits today. However, success abroad varies widely, and research shows that it's often tough to...
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Operations;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Globalization;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Local Range;
Retail Industry
Corstjens, Marcel, and Rajiv Lal. "Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
- 01 Jun 2022
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Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
shareholders.” The range of global climate issues is wide. Publicizing and honoring innovators like Josephine Ekiru is one approach. Dr. Blaine has tried to sharpen her focus into areas in which USIP can...
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- 03 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Adding Value Through Venture Capital in Latin America and the Caribbean
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FSG - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network FSG FSG FSG is mission-driven...
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- November 2008 (Revised June 2009)
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Sole-Sourcing the Intel 386: A Company and Industry Transformed
By: Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben
Intel's precedent-breaking decision not to second-source its groundbreaking 386 microprocessor in 1986 propelled Intel to new heights and fundamentally transformed the computer industry.
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- 17 Oct 2014
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Keeping the US competitive in science and technology
Andrew Pratt (MBA 2015) wants to ensure that the United States remains competitive in science and technology, both in business and education. (Published October 2014)
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and Information Technology
merged to form Dun & Bradstreet in 1933, both were early adopters—even drivers—of technological innovations in an emerging information industry. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) donated its historical corporate records to Baker Library, View Details
- January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
By: John A. Quelch
- 24 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
2019 New Venture Competition Student and Alumni Journeys
Enterprise Track provides an opportunity for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous View Details
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Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents
By: David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Gary P. Pisano and Pian Shu
Manufacturing accounts for more than three-quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The competitive shock to this sector emanating from China's economic ascent could in theory either augment or stifle U.S. innovation. Using three decades of U.S. patents matched to corporate...
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Autor, David, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Gary P. Pisano, and Pian Shu. "Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents." American Economic Review: Insights 2, no. 3 (September 2020): 357–374.
- February 2024
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Archetypes of Product Launch by Insiders, Outsiders, and Visionaries
By: Shane Greenstein
What archetypes emerge from prominent episodes of product launches? This essay examines a set of episodes in information technology history that led to significant changes in industry leadership. It highlights that, in all of these instances, there is an example of a...
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Greenstein, Shane. "Archetypes of Product Launch by Insiders, Outsiders, and Visionaries." Special Issue on Knowledge Resources and Heterogeneity of Entrants within and across Industries. Industrial and Corporate Change 33, no. 1 (February 2024): 216–237.