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- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
clear-cut. “A problem with megatrend predictions is that, even if they turn out to be generally accurate, they’re not managerially useful.” In the first month of social distancing in the United States, online sales at Walmart and Target indeed surged by double View Details
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by Frank V. Cespedes
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory. Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a mode of action that is increasingly relevant to a knowledge-based economy...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
everything from cleaning to prescription pickup. But one of the biggest innovations was behind the scenes: Beck and Sapone eschewed the independent contract workers driving the on-demand economy in favor of hiring employees—full-time...
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Government & the International Economy Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Business and Geopolitics Jeremy Friedman Fall2024 Q1 1.5 Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under General Management) Debora L. Spar Fall2024...
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- 26 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Clear Eye for Innovation
excelled at analog photography but hasn't been able to make the leap to digital cameras. Boeing, a longtime leader in commercial aircraft, has experienced difficulties in its defense-contracting businesses and has recently stumbled in the...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2014
sensitive to trends in the economy and the capital markets. These trends remained favorable for a fourth consecutive year in fiscal 2014. As a result, the School’s total revenues grew by $46 million, or 8 percent, from fiscal 2013. MBA...
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Marla Malcolm Beck
there.” At Berkeley, Beck majored in political economy and was enthralled by comparative economics. After graduation in 1995, she joined McKinsey & Co. where her leadership qualities flourished. On one major engagement with an...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
rush to “go international” was fast and furious when we came on the business scene. “Emerging markets” was the new catchphrase. The robust Japanese economy was the world's envy, and sushi bars were the place to take your date. If you...
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Desmond Wong
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded...
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by Martha Lagace
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Government & the International Economy Course Title Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Business and Geopolitics Jeremy Friedman Fall2024 Q1 1.5 Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under General Management) Debora L. Spar Fall2024...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
a system that’s ripe for innovation and streamlining. Change has come relatively quickly. Social media and digital platforms have “re-intermediated” the connections between students and recent graduates, recruiters, career counselors, and...
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Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Invention of the Polarizer
Polaroid Innovation and Entrepreneurship TIMELINE POLAROID FILMS RESEARCH LINKS Digital Archival Resources Archival Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS VISITING THE EXHIBIT 31. Land, "Research by the Business Itself," 1. 32. Harold C....
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Industries [International]. Former secretary of Housing and Urban Development and administrator of the Small Business Administration, Steve also has extensive private-sector leadership experience. We’ll talk about the Great Resignation, second-chance employment, View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
users control of other computers remotely is priced as low as $20. And business is booming. A PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found that global security incidents rose 38 percent in 2015—the biggest jump in the survey’s 12-year history. Compared with sovereign nations,...
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
Farronato, a Harvard Business School assistant professor, and Andrey Fradkin, postdoctoral fellow at the Initiative on the Digital Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "You might find a...
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- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
address plastic waste, conserve water resources and more. As more companies develop their climate strategies and implement projects, the question is not “will there be a job in climate for me” but “is this the climate job I find fulfilling and impactful.” Climate...
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- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
events. "In America and around the world, the public has lost trust in business," says Hess. "Business and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the...
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Educational Services
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
“This is where the action is, in the zeroes and the ones.” While the kids lean forward to catch his next act, Enriquez projects on a screen an image filled with 1s and 0s. “This is digital code, the most powerful language in the world,”...
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- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
to investment performance. Future practices of ESG styles are driven by relevance to investment performance, bringing change in companies and concerns about data reliability. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54146 February 2018 Journal...
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Sean Silverthorne