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- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
flattened landscape left behind, giant construction cranes, clustered over the site's several acres, accentuate its emptiness. It is here that Harvard University is putting down a big bet on the future—and on a dramatically new, emerging... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
an impairment test.” Alliance: “A few years ago I worked with local government and pulled in others to help revive and redesign a funeral home that’s served African Americans in North Minneapolis for the last 50 years that was about to be shut down. George Floyd’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
War II for families of men in military service while they attended military training programs operated by Harvard during the war, but I think it was used mostly after the war for the large influx of married veterans under the GI Bill.... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
2017 New York: Oxford University Press Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship By: Jones, G. Abstract—This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses in supply chain management, service operations, and the investor's perspective on operations to MBA students and executive education participants. Fisher, the UPS Professor of Operations... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do About It Author: Josh Lerner Publication: Princeton University Press, forthcoming Abstract In response to the financial crisis, governments are... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
Choosing the right software platform is a critical task for developers. It can be a business life-or-death decision picking between Android or iPhone, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform, Xbox or PlayStation. At the same time,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
offices in April of 2012. In June, the company named its first female director, the company's chief operating officer, HBS alumna Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995). Facebook has since also added Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor at the View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
teamed up with Priyank Lathwal, a Ph.D. candidate at Carnegie Mellon University, to mobilize South Asian student organizations across Harvard and other universities to pool resources for Indian health and aid organizations. The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
One-on-One with Dr. Margaret Chan
have died.” Chan, who hails from the People’s Republic of China, obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada. In 1994, she was named Director of Health for Hong Kong, where she began her public-health... View Details
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
Author: Andrei Hagiu Publication: Chap. 3 in The Oxford Handbook of the Digital Economy, edited by Martin Peitz and Joel Waldfogel. Oxford University Press, forthcoming Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
Distinguished Professor of Medical Education and professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and was the first African American department chief at Harvard’s teaching hospitals. In his new book, Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care (Harvard... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Events Around the World
1 PARIS: Eddy Pirard (MBA 1991), Philippe Sereys de Rothschild (MBA 1991), Paula Zazadze Arrigo (MBA 1990), and Gregory Salinger (MBA 1991) at the Campaign’s Paris Regional Event at the Pavillon Gabriel in May 2015. 2 MEXICO CITY: Vera Makarov (MBA 2010), Felipe... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
concept of shared value tries to focus on the tremendous opportunity to create economic value through the creation of social benefit.” — University Professor Michael Porter, describing a new take on capitalism. (Harvard Business Review... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
services enabled anybody having a baby at any hospital in the world to bank the cord blood. Trained obstetricians treated the procedure like an organ transplant, with all of the systems in place. Medical couriers transported the blood to... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
JCI is facing decisions regarding implementation of its business strategy, wondering if now is the time to diversify its service offerings. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=805119 Kendall... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
in a global, competitive landscape, and that can differentiate their products and services for a more discriminating customer base. The changes in the social context of business will require leaders (both men and women) who have a global... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
environmental ratings impel poorly rated firms to improve their environmental performance. Given their leverage, rankings have a responsibility to place more substantial emphasis on corporate political activism. Ratings services like... View Details
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
technological development, corporate strategy, and organizational change. Viewing cartels only as a "conspiracy against the public" short-circuits many important questions and obscures the great variations in objectives, type, and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace