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- 27 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
My Week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)
I am incredibly grateful to have spent this past week at Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) aimed at introducing rising seniors to Harvard's MBA and, in all, exposing us to the impact of strong... View Details
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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online
completing Transforming Customer Experiences? + – You will have access to the materials in every prior module as you progress through the program. Access to course materials and the course platform ends 60 days after the final View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Seminar
Paul Niehaus, University of California San Diego, Department of Economics
- February 2009 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta
In his role as Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (Minneapolis Fed), Art Rolnick and his colleague, Rob Grunewald, had written "Early Childhood Development: Economic Development with a High Public Return." The... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Early Childhood Education; Investment Return; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Performance Effectiveness; Nonprofit Organizations; Minneapolis; Saint Paul
Childress, Stacey M., and Geoff Eckman Marietta. "Investing in Early Learning as Economic Development at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank." Harvard Business School Case 309-090, February 2009. (Revised September 2009.)
- 19 Aug 2011
- News
NYC Program Means Real Public School Choice for Students
- 01 Sep 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Transaction Cost Economics in the Digital Economy: A Research Agenda
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
partnership programs that connect alumni with non–profit organizations in need of private–sector expertise on specific consulting projects. Now the HBS Clubs of South Florida and Minnesota have established their own “Community Partners”... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
Mammography - Early Detection, Precise Diagnoses: Case Histories of Transformational Advances
By: Amar Bhidé, Srikant M. Datar and Katherine Stebbins
This case history describes how the development of x-ray-based techniques and equipment (“mammography”) led to widespread screening for breast cancer and enabled “minimally invasive” biopsies of breast tumors. Specifically, we chronicle how: 1) new protocols and... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Technology Adoption; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Bhidé, Amar, Srikant M. Datar, and Katherine Stebbins. "Mammography - Early Detection, Precise Diagnoses: Case Histories of Transformational Advances." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-002, July 2019. (Revised January 2025.)
- November 2013 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in Cambodia
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dawn H. Lau
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Cambodia. It highlights Cambodia's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2013 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Community Colleges as Engines of Economic Opportunity
less than $25,000 a year, this program represents a transformational opportunity to earn a college degree and secure a job with a family-sustaining wage. What is sometimes underestimated is that not only are... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- February 2021
- Case
Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris
In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did... View Details
Keywords: Solar Energy; Business Model; Business Startups; Developing Countries and Economies; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Salesforce Management; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Africa; South Africa; Malawi; Uganda
Applegate, Lynda M., Frank V. Cespedes, and Michael Norris. "Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa." Harvard Business School Case 821-041, February 2021.
- September 2012
- Other Article
An Interview with Michael Porter: Social Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Capitalism
By: Michaela Driver and Michael E. Porter
In this interview Michael Porter explores social entrepreneurship in the context of a larger transformation of capitalism. He suggests that social entrepreneurship is an important transitional vehicle toward the creation of shared value and a capitalist system in which... View Details
Driver, Michaela, and Michael E. Porter. "An Interview with Michael Porter: Social Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Capitalism." Academy of Management Learning & Education 11, no. 3 (September 2012): 421–431.
- 16 Oct 2019
- News
Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
FIELD Updates Greet Class of 2014
transforming a set of blueprints into a stunning new Executive Education facility. Tata Hall is scheduled to open in December 2013. As the second class to experience the new, yearlong required curriculum of FIELD (Field Immersion... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Short Intensive Program (SIP): Agile at Scale: From OKR's and Agile to Execution Excellence
What do you want to get out of your remaining time at HBS, your career and life-plan to make an impact, starting from Day 1 post-HBS? By developing tools to drive your personal success and strategy at HBS, in this interactive immersion, we will dive into how the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
eliminated the Foundations II program and moved its content elsewhere into the required curriculum. The Society and Enterprise module, for instance, has been integrated into the General Management course, and the View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
countries side-by-side, exploring them from the 1850s up until the present day, when Chile’s economic strength seems to have surpassed Argentina’s—a reversal of fortune. The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile explores the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- April 2013
- Article
Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World
By: Nava Ashraf
Why doesn't a woman who continues to have unwanted pregnancies avail herself of the free contraception at a nearby clinic? What keeps people from using free chlorine tablets to purify their drinking water? Behavioral economics has shown us that we don't always act in... View Details
Ashraf, Nava. "Rx: Human Nature: How Behavioral Economics Is Promoting Better Health Around the World." Harvard Business Review 91, no. 4 (April 2013): 119–125.
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
community are no exception. To give alumni the chance to sample the latest faculty thinking on some of the most pressing business issues of the day, last May the School launched Breakthrough Insights, a new Executive Education program... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton
- 23 Aug 2018
- News
Healthcare Alumni Keep Learning Through Virtual Programming
to the speakers, the moderators, and the engaged alumni asking thoughtful questions, the VRT series has become one of the defining offerings of our association.” The club has already completed six VRTs this year and has more lined up for the fall, according to Susan... View Details