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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Speaking out on behalf of the disabled
assumptions. “They wanted me to contribute more,” he says. “I made a course correction,” says Lipsitz. “I’ve come to realize that a large part of my purpose here is to set a good precedent for people with disabilities who will follow me. At HBS, that means proving... View Details
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
capable of producing 40 million gallons a year can be built for an initial cost of between $55 million and $60 million. In 2003, the group fans out to test the idea with some 2,500 farmers in the area; after this outreach, MME has 729... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Allston
better. Innovation and technology are clearly going to be an essential part of that future,” says Nunnelly, who most recently served as Secretary of the Office of Technology Services and Security for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. “The MS/MBA program will tap into... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
protagonist Ryland Utlaut (the group’s president) and ten other farmers, who put together seed money of $25,000 in 2002 to launch the project. A feasibility study shows that an ethanol plant capable of producing 40 million gallons a year... View Details
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
Inside the Chip Shortage
Chosun. Shibata cites the shortage of minor chips that are used in peripherals, not the lack of key semiconductors, as the main issue. “Until now, computing capabilities were only necessary in computers and smartphones, but from now on,... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
side) competing with a lack of an industrial policy (on the US side). Going all the way back to the mid-1980s, the Chinese government has been mapping a pathway for the country to become a modern economy possessing core technological View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 23 Oct 2024
- News
Running Man
That’s fine, he reasons. “Achieving the goal is less relevant than the process of trying, because the process itself is enlightening. It’s learning about yourself, learning about what you’re capable of doing, and knowing how you can push... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
you start thinking about the customer differently, about the business model differently, about your capabilities differently,” says Serafeim, who also teaches the case in the HBS Executive Education Program. “It opens up a great... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 16 May 2017
- Blog Post
Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering
the steps she took while at HBS to strengthen her technical capabilities and how it led to the career path she’s on today. When did you first become interested in tech and decide to pursue a position as a software engineer? While I was at... View Details
- 14 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
What I Learned at SVMP
what society deemed me capable of. I began to think of bigger and brighter ideas. I didn’t have an epiphany, but I did leave with a sense of forging my own path and digging deeper into my passions. HBS and SVMP showed me that if I could... View Details
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Judging | New Venture Competition
the venture, go-to-market plan and the capabilities and background of the team. You can learn more about the judging criteria through our New Venture Competition (NVC) 2025 Judging Rubric (pdf). Finals Judges Business Track, 2024 Aaron... View Details
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
started developing them have ceased to exist as independent entities. In those cases in which the skills and capabilities that characterized new ecosystem domains were distinct enough to justify a truly focused strategy (for example,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
adoption of feed-in tariffs, subsidies, and tax credits in the 1980s. However the poor technological capabilities of U.S.-based firms meant that it was Danish and other foreign companies that benefitted most. Subsequently the combination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog
objectives: To enable students to get things done successfully. To understand the risks, trade-offs, and constraints leaders face when tasked with achieving results under conditions where they have limited skills, time, and resources available. To develop the... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
Does America Really Need Manufacturing?
exodus of manufacturing from America, which has weakened the capabilities that domestic firms need to keep inventing high-quality, cost-competitive products. One problem is that it's hard to tell when moving production far from R&D... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Workshop Encourages Corporate Reporting on Environmental and Social Sustainability
momentum for adoption? Investors? Regulators? Or is this, as Eccles said, "a giant collective-action problem--no one group can change it." What metrics would be most useful and actionable to regulators, stakeholders, and the companies themselves? What View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)
Professor Paula Price said it best: build your towering strengths. HBS attracts some of the most driven, intelligent, and capable people in the world. Being in that environment made me question the qualities I previously thought made me... View Details
- 05 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
District Heating in Denmark: How Fjernvarme Fyn fuels an integrated and sustainable future
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of their Immersive Field Course... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
purchase price—with about 3 percent of consumers choosing to tip. She believes consumer education and trust, as well as frictionless tipping options, will drive those numbers higher. When Kahawa launched tipping capability for customers... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Commitment to Leadership
community and a set of organizational capabilities so that talented individuals can collaborate and engage in discovery-driven learning and integrative decision-making. At HBS, we see our alumni as partners in all we do. Our graduates are... View Details