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Evan Rachlin
targets—companies, drugs, and licenses—while applying game theory to improve the way Pfizer makes decisions. Satisfying as it was, the job whetted Evan's appetite for a larger role. "I believe I can make a difference if I work hard," says Evan. "But I...
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- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
of technology business that have an impact on strategy formulation?" he asks. "What makes technology-intensive businesses different from other businesses?" Why Tech Businesses Are Different In fact, says Yoffie, technology...
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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement
vaccines, so the process is completely new. Patch production combines elements of roll-based manufacturing (think Band-Aids) with a unique fill-finish process involving computer-vision guided printing. With support from ATS Automation,...
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Rob Self
the wonders of the world for our future generations.” “I started my career in auto,” Rob says, “because it’s simultaneously something that impacts just about every person in the world while being a huge contributor to carbon emissions. I...
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- 05 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
The MBA Response: A Calling to Leadership & Service
and talent. Your Opportunity In joining The MBA Response, you can help small businesses that are truly in need. You have the potential to impact not only the businesses themselves, but also the owners, employees and their families,...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
many potential impacts of information technology, implying that it may not be the most important. For any of this to have a high degree of relevance, however, depends on other factors in the view of respondents. As John Ladge states,...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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One Degree of Difference
of the highly educated, Wallace says the move has boosted the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts and turned into a competitive advantage. Ovia is among a handful of companies that are rethinking their screening process, for reasons that range from...
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- 09 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
Big Hits: The Best of the 2018 Super Bowl Ads
experts to weigh in on 2018’s top spots. Jill Avery Senior Lecturer of Business Administration 2017 was a somber and contentious year for the United States. So it came as no surprise on Super Bowl Sunday to see marketers compile a laundry list of American anxieties...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
chains, eliminating much of the distance products are shipped today. There will be great opportunities, especially in niches like cross-border shipping, for those who can use 3D printing to avoid regulatory constraints. What is less clear...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
Climate Stories Episode #13 – Democratizing Climate Returns: Nisha Desai (HBS 1997) Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention “We’re democratizing impact investing, not just for impact, but for returns for individual consumers.” In the...
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- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
successful firms. Some firms have completely changed the competitive dynamics of their industries because of the kind of competitive advantage they've been able to gain in the supply chain. Wal-Mart, of course, is the obvious one. The View Details
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- 16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption
services. In many emerging ecosystems, the numbers are flipped. In sub-Saharan Africa, it's over 60%. It's also how they think about offering the product and service, [and] to who, and that impact is really...
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- 30 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 30
https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=25120&i=25122&cs=0b17ff7f3d16c64e4a6b72b71b876054 2013 pub Information and Subsidies: Complements or Substitutes? By: Ashraf, Nava, B. Kelsey Jack, and Emir Kamenica Abstract—Does providing...
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Anna Secino
- 28 Mar 2023
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Novo Nordisk
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new...
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- 25 Jun 2024
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On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)
When Nordstrom announced the promotion of Alexis DePree (MBA 2007) to COO in early June, media outlets noted DePree’s expanded, end-to-end role in managing operations and customer experience in an increasingly complex retail environment. DePree joined Nordstrom in...
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- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Sofia Baqueiro (MBA 2022, Section J), Summer Internship: MBA Intern at Whole Foods Market, e-Commerce Digital and Product Management Team The e-Commerce Digital and Product Management team owns the customer...
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- 07 Dec 2015
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Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers
Andrew Kendall (MBA 1988) is on a mission to change the way New England eats. As executive director of the Henry P. Kendall Foundation, his family’s philanthropic organization, he is dedicated to creating a “resilient and healthy food system in New England that...
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- 01 Jan 2004
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A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Chairman, President & Chief Executive, The Procter & Gamble Company Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Hamilton College, 1969 A.B., History LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "The case study method had such an enormous View Details
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Polaroid | Harvard Business School: Invention of the Polarizer
Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the...
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- 25 Aug 2014
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Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
razor-sharp focus on the future. Although the products have changed over the years—from the glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s electric light to the cover glass in Apple’s iPhones—Weeks sees a steady pattern of innovation paired with an...
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Susan Young