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- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
communities,” says Christina Thirkell, Director of Strategic Programs for the HBSAB. Thirkell worked with outgoing HBSAB President, James Driscoll (PLDA 15) to develop and organize the series last year, after COVID-19 forced all club...
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Margie Kelley
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
Jeffrey Wiesen, an attorney specializing in biotechnology, the standard routine was "more a work-for-hire model than a collaboration model, although we always called it collaboration." In a nutshell, it worked like this, Wiesen...
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- 19 Dec 2016
- News
Harvard Students Help Mom-and-Pop Shops Get off the Ground
restaurants, and neighborhood bakeries in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and Somerville, Mugford told the Boston Globe. And the experience has been eye-opening. “The projects I’ve worked on for boards took...
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- 27 Oct 2014
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Supporting new art by bringing private funding to public museums and spaces
or even two steps removed from the artists themselves,” says Evans. “At VIA, we work directly with artists, meeting as a group to learn, discuss, and vote on which projects we will support.” Since she...
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Inessa Lurye
curiosity drew her into urban studies, which in turn drew her into professional work on urban issues. At McKinsey, Inessa consulted with the Harlem Children’s Zone, helping them expand their services from 6,000 to 10,000 children. In...
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Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication Course Number 2135 Professor Martin Wattenberg Professor Fernanda Viégas Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Project Career Focus This course is designed for students who expect to...
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- 20 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
to ensure that emerging technologies are developed and managed in ways that serve the overall public good. At HBS, I work with the Harvard Project on Workforce, which is based at HKS but partners closely...
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Clarissa Quintanilla
trying out different communication and leadership styles, all learning how to become more effective.” Market-based approaches In her first joint-degree internship, Clarissa worked on two projects under the...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science
of development process for a project. But my past work (studying projects in high-tech industries) had convinced me that we were missing an important level of analysis. It seemed that decisions made in a...
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- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
Brazil,” he explains, “but after a project in Colombia, where we worked in regions that had been affected by guerillas and the drug trade, I started to think more about countries with challenges that require...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2010
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Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning
students worked with seven NGOs, small businesses, and a government agency, variously focused on issues of social enterprise and business development. Student teams tackled projects with the goal of...
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- 13 May 2015
- Blog Post
Former Engineer Gives Consulting a Test Drive
who spent her summer working in consulting. Where did you do your summer internship and what was your job function? I did my summer internship at McKinsey and Company in the Lagos, Nigeria office. I worked...
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George A. Schaefer
A trained accountant, Schaefer’s first task as CEO was to dramatically cut costs. Caterpillar’s large, earth-moving products were no longer in high demand as in earlier years, so Schaefer decided to invest in making smaller machines for urban construction View Details
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Sparsh Bhargava
background — but my friends have." Other extracurricular activities include participation in the Arthur Rock Center speaker series and the January term India IXP in microfinance. "About twenty of us worked on consulting View Details
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Field Course: Scaling Minority Businesses - Course Catalog
Students hear from a range of speakers, including policy experts and prominent businesspeople, who discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by minority-owned businesses. The hands-on projects entail students View Details
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Hummy Song
and the productivity of the health care workforce. I am currently working on several projects that examine various operational and organizational factors that may affect worker productivity and quality of...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
the other two in Washington - spread out over approximately six months. A seventh week must be spent in the field, living in a project in a village or poor area within a developing country. Participants are drawn from a pool of one...
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Garry Emmons
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Additional Archives - Creating Emerging Markets
global network of scholars working to shift how Africa and its elites are understood through collaborative research and public outreach. The project seeks to disrupt and renew both academic and public...
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Site Credits - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea...
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- 01 Jun 2015
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Alumni Take Action to Improve US Competitiveness
presentations by faculty, back in 2012, lit a thousand individual lights.” she says. “Now we want to ignite the energy of entire clubs to start doing this work and look for ways to improve their communities.” If you or someone you know...
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