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- 01 Jun 2001
- News
"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work
business, women as professionals, and women’s personal lives. Included are materials as diverse as the diaries of whaling captains’ wives, wills that show how 18th-century property laws affected women, advertisements for “female...
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- 09 May 2021
- Blog Post
Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year
met my dad or brother, but we are excited to see them this summer! *** Name: Lailah Thompson Children: Yasmina (2 years), Antonio (1 month) Student Status: EC Where are you from? New York and Maryland Professional pathway pre-HBS: View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
listed a pair of women's sandals on Flipkart's website at 799 Indian rupees ( ) and offered it on promotion at 399. However, upon close examination of the product's display photo, consumers noticed a 399 price tag View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
editors at Harvard Business Press, suggested the Times project to me; and as a historian I thought it would be a terrific opportunity to gain deep exposure to the primary source reporting that newspapers afford. When I was doing research...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
core (“the dominant organizations, institutions, groups, and processes of the pre-Internet era,” that, for example, produced our printed encyclopedias) to the crowd (“new participants View Details
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by James Heskett
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
these obstacles. Would he be able to free the grapes? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707472 Stryker Corp.: In-sourcing PCBs Harvard Business School Case 207-121 This case examines a proposed investment in the...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
not only through MOOCs (massive open online courses) but also such things as 3-D printing of products. An important driver is the Internet of Things that connects information about everything and everybody...
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- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
Founded in 1997 to revolutionize the mundane printing business with new display technology, the company had its eye on multibillion-dollar markets like electronic newspapers. But to realize that vision, its scientists had to get into...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1955 Born, Queens, New York 1973 Launches clothing manufacturing business in Ecuador 1978 Earns BS, Finance, New York University 1980 Earns MBA, Baker Scholar 1980 Joins Boston...
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
the consumer.'" Odd as it sounds, the customer has not been a historical focus for the movie theater industry. As Ramsey points out, the business got going in the 1930s and 1940s, when it was typical for one View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Case Study: Paper Chase
(photos courtesy of Lovepop) (photos courtesy of Lovepop) Lovepop makes greeting cards that open to reveal intricate 3D designs that resemble an artistic take on a children’s pop-up book. The brainchild of two former ship designers—Wombi...
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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
this period, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) delivered some important technologies for the corporation. One of the most critical inventions was laser printing for Xerox's printers and copiers, an...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- Web
Research Links | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
manufacturing processes, employees, physical plants, and steel products. U.S. Steel assembled the images into photograph albums organized by subsidiary or plant location—for example, the Geneva Steel Company...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed...
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- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
framework for IT baselining and planning, is examining how the new information economy is transforming the traditional management principles of the industrial economy. Nolan is studying, for example, how IT is changing the traditional...
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Elaine Gottlieb
- Web
Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017
delivers qualified on-demand workers in 24 hours. Runner-Up: Vention allows businesses to design and order custom manufacturing equipment online via 3D printing. 5,000 Student...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
manufactured a product that changed the world by dint of its pervasiveness and indispensability. But as some noted, Ford also introduced revolutionary management, workplace, View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
pandemic. In response to the need for protective equipment for health care workers, 3D greeting card maker Lovepop is using its facilities to manufacture face shields. “We’re a company that has access to...
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- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
life so that they could print expiration dates on the packages. It turned out the greens lasted only a few days in fiber-based packaging as compared with two weeks or longer in plastic. The fiber acted as a desiccant, drying out the...
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by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
Selectric typewriter. But soon desktop computers were introduced, and they revolutionized the way business was done, helping the economy evolve from a manufacturing base to one driven by services View Details