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Fiscal Development Under Sovereign and Colonial Rule
Dominant theories of state formation and nation-building lean heavily on the classic European tale of the simultaneous development of a ‘fiscal state’ and a ‘nation state’. However, this Euro-centered narrative does not factor in that more than two-thirds of the... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
companies: from sustainable packaging, community solar to decarbonizing mass-transit with AI. MethaneSAT: The EDF Satellite Tracking Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Operations 31 JUL 2024 | Climate Rising Fred Krupp, president of the...
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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni
exploration and studying engineering, began his career designing satellites at Boeing. It is his hope to support students with a background or interest in the space, aerospace, or aviation industries. Since earning his MBA, Landon has...
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- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
1 percent of GDP on R&D, a ratio that has, in fact, been declining over time. In contrast, the US allocates 2.5 percent of GDP to R&D.” Gazette: How is that? Khanna: With SpaceX, Musk has been experimenting with launching View Details
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Geography of Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
exceeding complex patients. Not every hospital needs a heart transplant program, or even cardiac surgery, yet that is what has happened in US health care expansion today. Rational geographic expansion should occur through a hub-and-spoke model of View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”...
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- 30 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most
office. Wu suspects some companies may even open satellite offices in an effort to shorten workers’ commutes. Wu doesn’t have a long commute himself; he lives in Cambridge, close enough to either walk or ride an electric scooter to HBS....
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by Lane Lambert
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
followed by a phenomenal increase in air traffic. The development of telex was a considerable advance over telephones in facilitating international communications and coordinating multinational business. In 1965 the first satellite for...
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by Geoffrey Jones
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Faculty & Advisors - MBA
Technology Mike is the CEO of Apollo Fusion, a startup that designs satellite propulsion systems and hybrid fusion power plants. At Google he was a Vice President, and he was the Project Leader of Project Loon. Mike was the CEO and...
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Alumnae Circles - Alumni
region, New Jersey Los Angeles includes Malibu, Orange County, and Pasadena Washington, D.C. includes Alexandria and Arlington, VA; Bethesda, College Park, MD Don't see your region listed? Some Circles are operating in smaller satellite...
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition
BEAM Nathan Dass (MBA 2025) Sara Ballantyne (MBA 2025) Business Track Crowd Favorite We provide continuous, high-bandwidth access to satellite data through a software-enabled optical communications module and data transfer service,...
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- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices...
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by Lane Lambert
- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
SOSV SOSV is an early-stage, deep-tech venture capital firm that is one of the most active firms in the world in climate tech investment. Brandon's role prior to HBS was a Founding engineer of Wafer, a satellite communications startup....
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- 21 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Machine Learning and Behavioral Economics
policy to work on a side interest, a machine learning tool to help small businesses identify promising business opportunities. “Google has useful information on foot-traffic patterns, plus satellite imagery and other data that can help...
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- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
first star men and women. Better yet, companies such as SpaceX and Orbital ATK (now a division of Northrup Grumman) have actually proven their launch vehicles by delivering satellites or payloads to extraterrestrial destinations. The...
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- 12 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association
attracted to the military and what it represents – discipline, camaraderie, and service over self. The tragedy of September 11, 2001 also motivated me to join the military. My interest in aviation led me to the U.S. Air Force, where I had the opportunity to launch...
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Harvard Business School
company's satellite strategy. In 1984, Jones formed Corporate Organizational Dynamics, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in organizational effectiveness. Claudine B. Malone MBA 1972 Claudine B. Malone serves as CEO of Financial and...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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Eyes in the Skies
Image courtesy BlackSky There was a time not too long ago, says Amy Minnick (MBA 2000), when only governments and the military had the hardware and human resources necessary to acquire and interpret satellite imagery. But times have...
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Alexander Gelfand
- 25 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
HBS Interns: Summer Takeovers
put satellites into space with Analytical Space, a fast-growing Boston start-up. Adam built the software for a satellite Analytical Space is planning to launch in the fall. He collaborated with two...
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- 02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race
SpaceX launched and successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral just a few weeks later—delivering 11 satellites into low-Earth orbit for a commercial client—CEO Elon Musk noted that it costs $60 million to make the rocket...
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Robert S. Benchley