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  • October 2020
  • Article

Scientific Education and Innovation: From Technical Diplomas to University Stem Degrees

By: Nicola Bianchi and Michela Giorcelli
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  • Awards

Outstanding Alumni in STEM and Business

By: Scott Duke Kominers
Honored as an Outstanding Alumnus in STEM and Business by the Center for Excellence in Education in 2013. View Details
  • November 2006 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute

By: William A. Sahlman
Describes a set of issues confronting the leaders of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, an innovative cross-university effort to accelerate scientific discovery and translation in the domain of stem cells. Covers a wide range of topics, including understanding how... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Research and Development; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts
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  • 14 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

The HBS African American Student Union (AASU) strives to be an extended family for its members from the moment they decide to attend HBS, through the transition to the second year, and beyond graduation. Here we profile two AASU members with View Details
  • 16 Dec 2021
  • Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

to move to the education nonprofit before applying. Though now that I’m here at HBS, I have met lots of people that applied straight from software roles. I think I was overestimating the concern. How have you been able to bring your View Details
  • 2018
  • Article

Insight into Gender Differences in STEM: Evidence from Peer Reviews in an Engineering Class

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Bruce Ankenman and Seyed Iravani
As the service industry moves toward self-service, peer feedback serves a critical role in this shift for educational services. Peer feedback is a process by which students provide feedback to each other. One of its major benefits is that it enables students to become... View Details
Keywords: Peer Review; Peer Feedback; STEM Education; Anonymity; Education; Gender; Education Industry
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  • 04 Feb 2016
  • News

From Super Bowl to STEM Bowl

companies in developing and showcasing solutions promoting engagement with the community. One high-profile result of that effort is the STEM Innovation Bowl, a technology-oriented educational event on... View Details
  • 26 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

For mid-career STEM professionals looking to advance their skills and careers, certificate programs at elite universities can offer a fast track. And for universities, such programs are an important and growing revenue stream—and a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 03 Oct 2016
  • Blog Post

What I Learned in the Peek Weekend STEM Cohort

college I knew I was going to enter the working world, but knew my Bachelor’s degree would not be the end of my education. I started researching further educational opportunities so I could set a plan for the next five years. I saw both... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

“Where can we find such a person?”

In a 2006 case he prepared about the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), HBS professor Bill Sahlman quotes HSCI cochairman and codirector of science Douglas Melton as Melton pondered the management skills HSCI was looking for in its... View Details
Keywords: stem cell; Management
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Setting Gendered Expectations? Recruiter Outreach Bias in Online Tech Training Programs

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Karim R. Lakhani and Roberto Fernandez
Competence development in digital technologies, analytics, and artificial intelligence is increasingly important to all types of organizations and their workforce. Universities and corporations are investing heavily in developing training programs, at all tenure... View Details
Keywords: STEM; Selection and Staffing; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Training; Equality and Inequality; Competency and Skills
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  • June 2021 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Asian Corporate Governance Association: Stemming a 'Race to the Bottom' by Stock Exchanges?

By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Billy Chan
This case describes the movement towards dual-class listings on Asian stock exchanges and the efforts of the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA), a not-for-profit shareholder advocacy group, to discourage this trend. As a not-for-profit organization with no... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Nonprofit Organizations; Stocks; Financial Markets; Financial Services Industry; Hong Kong; China; Asia
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  • 25 May 2016
  • News

Education Is the Key

nonprofit business and economics institution in Brazil. The Insper Institute of Education and Research, he says, aims to address the shortage of prepared leaders. “Many of our problems [in Brazil] stem from... View Details
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

HBS Takes Business Education Online

stages of their careers that contribute a wealth of knowledge and experience. There is also a great mix of those with a background in liberal arts, STEM fields, and business. How is CORe similar to the MBA program? CORe was designed by... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2020
  • News

HBS and Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Receive $25 Million Gift from The Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation to Support Leadership in Life Sciences

  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Innovating in Science and Engineering or 'Cashing In' on Wall Street? Evidence on Elite STEM Talent

By: Pian Shu
Using data on MIT bachelor's graduates from 1994 to 2012, this paper empirically examines the extent to which the inflow of elite talent into the financial industry affects the supply of innovators in science and engineering (S&E). I first show that finance does not... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Engineering; Personal Development and Career; Science; Finance
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  • 11 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration

integrating climate and sustainability into the MBA curriculum, career paths, and co-curricular experiences. Educator group at the 2024 ClimateCAP Summit: Sustainability in Motion, held at University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.... View Details
  • 05 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)

curriculum that could help close the gender gap by encouraging STEM education set a fire in my heart.” Looking Ahead Clearly, Takatsuka is making the most of the summer between RC and EC year, building... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Technology; Entrepreneurship
  • 01 Dec 2010
  • News

Chaotic Funding Derails Research

"Of course it would be a different story entirely if we could extract crude oil from stem cells." © Jack Ziegler/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com In light of the latest developments of the on-again, off-again, on-again... View Details
Keywords: William Sahlman; Science funding; stem cell research; Educational Services; Educational Services
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy

explained his focus on education and literacy by saying that "education is the key" for a new economy characterized by, and based upon, lifelong learning, multiple careers, and the acquisition and creation of intellectual property. His... View Details