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  • December 2012
  • Course Overview Note

Good Practices for Supervising an EC Independent Project

By: Ian W. Mackenzie
Spurred by the notion that Faculty Supervisors (FSs) can make a significant contribution to the educational value and overall success of Independent Projects (IPs) to students, this note offers a set of good practices which can be used to guide the policies and... View Details
Keywords: Independent Projects; Faculty Supervisor; Project Manager; Student Evaluation; Projects; Groups and Teams
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  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

Pursuing Independent Projects

Many HBS students extend their learning beyond the classroom through faculty-supervised Independent Projects (IPs). IPs take many forms—for example, students have advised companies on their sustainability... View Details
  • December 2012
  • Course Overview Note

Making a Success of your EC Independent Project: Good Practices for Students

By: Ian W. Mackenzie
Independent project (IP) work in the EC poses challenges over and above those encountered in the project components of RC FIELD. Based on the belief that the success of IPs can be greatly influenced by how well students select and scope their projects and then go about... View Details
Keywords: Independent Projects; BEST Practices; Learning By Doing; Practical Project Work; Teamwork; Project Management; Stakeholder Management; Stakeholder Engagement; Projects; Groups and Teams
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  • 28 Sep 2016
  • Blog Post

Tackling Inequality: An HBS Independent Project

independent project with a group of women who, like me, were surprised and energized by this statistic. We recognized that we had countless courses that asked us to consider our post-HBS leadership within... View Details
  • Web

Propose an Independent Project | MBA

Propose an Independent Project Independent Projects allow second-year Harvard Business School (HBS) students to partner with an organization on a... View Details
  • 03 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know About Independent Projects

areas. Laura Little came to HBS determined to pursue an interest in early stage healthcare. She gained experience through classes, her summer internship, and independent projects (IP) in her second year. We... View Details
  • 05 Jun 2019
  • Blog Post

Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project

completed an Independent Project under the guidance of a professor.   In recent years, the beauty industry has fundamentally changed – incumbents are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands, customer... View Details
  • Web

Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Eligibility & Criteria Awards How to Apply Past Projects Independent Projects in social enterprise complement the classroom-based courses by providing second-year MBA students... View Details
  • Web

Independent Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Post An Independent Project Independent Projects provide second-year HBS students with the opportunity to earn academic credit while they apply... View Details
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1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects | MBA

1.17 Field Based Learning / Independent Projects 1.0 Academic Information & Policies HBS students may have the opportunity to experience faculty-supervised, field-based learning during their MBA Program. The... View Details
  • March 2025
  • Supplement

Skylight: April 2015 Pitch Deck and Independent Project Summary (Supplement 2)

By: Rembrand Koning, Christina Wallace and Jeffrey Huizinga
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  • Teaching Interest

Social Innovation Field Projects

By: John Jong-Hyun Kim
The class will serve as the central clearing house for all independent projects relating to enterprises that are creating social value, with projects ranging from nonprofits to purpose driven for-profit businesses. This course provides students an opportunity to use... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Social Innovation; Social Enterprise
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Pet Project

Illustration by Shane Cluskey Like pet owners everywhere, Katie Spies (MBA 2019) would do anything for her dog. In 2014, when her Italian greyhound, George, started experiencing seizures and other health problems that didn’t respond to medications, the vet recommended... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade
  • March 2000 (Revised June 2001)
  • Case

AES: Hungarian Project (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Ann Leamon
The AES Corp., the world's largest independent power producer, has put out a request for bids to build a new power plant in Hungary. Just after the closing date for submitting bids, one of the contractors calls to request an opportunity to "improve" its bid. Although... View Details
Keywords: Bids and Bidding; Energy Generation; Technology Adoption; Business Startups; Ethics; Value; Energy Industry; Hungary
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  • 2016
  • Chapter

Fiscal Issues for Cross-Border Natural Resource Projects

By: Joseph Bell and Jasmina Chauvin
Projects that cross national boundaries give rise to the complex question of how the project's taxable income should be allocated among the national entities. This chapter utilizes a hypothetical mining project with the mine and infrastructure in two different... View Details
Keywords: Extractive Industries; Business ＆ Government Relations; Transfer Pricing; Taxation; Infrastructure; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry
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  • 12 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

How do you assess the viability of a heat pump? Through an Independent Project with Professor George Serafeim, Meghavi Talati (MBA 2023) set out to develop a tool to help the average consumer navigate this... View Details
  • Web

Curriculum - Case Method Project

disenfranchisement; Voting Rights Act of 1965; “one person, one vote” rule; federal “preclearance”; majority-minority districts; race-based redistricting; Supreme Court; North Carolina Leadership and Independence at the Federal Reserve... View Details
  • April 2002 (Revised February 2003)
  • Module Note

Teaching Project Finance: An Overview of the Large-Scale Investment Course

By: Benjamin C. Esty
Large-Scale Investment is a case-based course about project finance for second-year MBA students. Project finance involves the creation of a legally independent project company financed with nonrecourse debt for the purpose of investing in a single-purpose industrial... View Details
Keywords: Projects; Financing and Loans
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Partners - Case Method Project

High School Wellesley, MA MA 54 of 159 Sharon Goyette Notre Dame Academy Worcester, MA MA 55 of 159 Charlotte Green Miss Hall's School Pittsfield, MA MA 56 of 159 Lisa Green Swampscott High School Swampscott, MA MA 57 of 159 Max Greenberg Parker School Devens, MA... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Devens, MA Subjects: Project Citizen, Exploring American Propaganda, U.S. Supreme Court Simulation WV Carol Greene Ripley High School Ripley, WV Subjects: US History (WW I - Present), AP US History, College US History - 1865 - Present CA... View Details