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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
For-profit businesses have a common goal: create value for owners or shareholders by creating value for customers. It's a focus that must seem enviably straightforward from the perspective of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises...
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by Julia Hanna
- 27 May 2014
- News
Crowdsourcing the Capitalist's Dilemma
The next time Professor Clay Christensen (MBA 1979) has a dilemma, he knows where he'll go for a solution: to HBS alumni. Christensen, Senior Lecturer Derek van Bever (MBA 1988), and alumni of the Building and Sustaining a Successful View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
driven by the automotive industry, followed by smart grid stabilization solutions that provide “fill-in” power when customer demand outstrips supply. Given the technology’s potential applications and finite...
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- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
in the Spring 2003 issue of California Management Review. In the piece, the authors offer case studies of Unocal, Nike, and Novartis. Spar and LaMure were struck by "how smart NGOs can be in their own strategic thinking, and how...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
economics, Harf decided to become a businessman. He had recently married the love of his life, Mechtild, whom he had been dating for 10 years. The pair moved to Cambridge so he could attend HBS. "We had a fantastic time. Madly in love, lots of friends, great parties,...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Estonia, Incorporated
Illustration by Peter and Maria Hoey In June, Aman Kumar (MBA 2014) was appointed the first-ever special advisor to the CIO of the Republic of Estonia. Kumar has a day job, too, working in the New York office of enterprise software giant...
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Francis Storrs
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
Electric Avenues
particularly excited about is smart lighting—a kind of responsive lighting for city streetlights. “Let’s say you’re on 5th Avenue in New York at 7 p.m. on a weeknight. Do you need the lighting grid to be...
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Dan Morrell
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
future of this new facility, how could he ensure it would be successful? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411059-PDF-ENG The Smart Grid Rebecca Henderson, Noel Maurer, and Catherine...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Micah Macfarlane
someone like me coming from humanitarian work." Outside class, Micah serves as his section’s Senate Rep and is on the student advisory board for the school’s Social Enterprise Initiative. "In everything this year, the best part...
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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
Ask fund managers covering the Hong Kong market about smart technology plays in these days of crashing dot-coms and you’re likely to hear one company name repeated often. Li & Fung has become the firm to watch for post-frenzy investors....
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and its Social Enterprise Initiative, in partnership with HBS Alumni Clubs & Associations, organizes the annual competition. This year, 295 teams entered the virtual competition—117 in the Student Business Track, 48...
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Building the Future: An HBS Alumna’s Journey in Sustainable Infrastructure Investment - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering...
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- 15 Nov 2016
- News
HBS and SEAS Explore Opportunities for Innovative Thinking
the two schools would take shape in the next decade with Allston’s emergence as an enterprise zone. “There’s an energy here we want to keep fueling,” said SEAS Dean Frank Doyle, speaking about possibilities for collaboration in the areas...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
the budget, and the people needed to have a coherent and consistent vision,” says Genta. Another key asset is the country’s cohesiveness as noted by Prince Albert when he established the Extended Monaco, Smart Principality program that...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
major developments: Ericsson opened its first 5G-enabled smart factory in the United States, Apple unveiled its first 5G-enabled phone, and carriers like AT&T and Verizon have been preparing their customers for major transition. So has...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS
alum, Michael Martin, that was incubated at the iLab on campus. RapidSOS integrates location and other data from smart devices with 911 call centers, advancing emergency response technology from the twentieth century into the...
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Sponsors & Partners | New Venture Competition
Smart Impact Capital Foley Hoag Harvard Innovation Labs HubSpot for Startups MassChallenge Wix Advisors Several Entrepreneurs-in-Residence , Venture Capital Advisors , local law firms, and other experts donated their time and energy to...
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How to thrive as an Introvert at HBS - MBA
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- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
and unreliable power grids in nations like Liberia and Tanzania. They don’t wait for government to connect the dots. The second and likely more powerful new capability arises from the combined arrival of three technologies all enabled by...
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