stem cell science - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Nov 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Less Becoming More?

what they want and when they don't. . . . In the case of a new cell phone, I don't know what I want. . . . Here's where companies make the mistake of competing on technical features for short-term gains instead of providing customers with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consumer Products

05 Aug 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

Amadio, pointing with pride to one such early-stage firm, Atanse, founded by Michael Kelly (MBA 1990), which manufactures devices designed to inject stem cells into damaged areas of the brain, to repair it... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

dealt with the myriad medical issues that occurred over several months among the millions of people in attendance. There will also be a complex data study of cell phone traffic —telecommunications—during the festival. The Graduate School... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

1990. The science of harvesting, processing, and freezing stem cells was already known from bone-marrow transplants. "I remember thinking, 'Wouldn't it be great if every child... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

26 Feb 2021
News

Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

Science and Drones to Replant Our Planet,” Aymeric Maudous and Monica Dodi (MBA 1984) shared the science behind their startup, Lord of the Trees, a precision drone tree-planting company focused on global... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

fruit virus. Founded in 2000 from the merger of the agrichemical units of Novartis and AstraZeneca, Syngenta is a provider of a broad range of agricultural science and technology products focused on seeds and crop protection. They spend... View Details

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

Note on Human Behavior: Character and Situation Harvard Business School Note 404-091 When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we are often drawn to explanations that rest on character. In simple terms, we conclude that virtuous behavior... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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How $40 Loans Lifted Lives in Kenya | Working Knowledge

Finance and Investing How $40 Loans Lifted Lives in Kenya Featuring Jung Koo Kang . By Rachel Layne on April 24, 2025 . Cell phone data is enabling lenders to expand credit, says Jung Koo Kang , whose research shows how a fintech lender... View Details

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

previous approaches to assess cross-boundary teaming efforts and their innovation performance. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53290 forthcoming Management Science Budgeting, Psychological Contracts, and... View Details

09 Jul 2019
News

The Road to Impact

evaluates programs ranging from early childhood education to suicide prevention to distance learning. The organization is largely funded on a project basis by groups like the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Agency for... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov; Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology). With so many organizations requiring leaders who possess a broad skillset and perspective, this and other joint degree programs provide students... View Details

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

development of theory with the teaching of it in a single enterprise we'll call course research. Conclusions such as those that Shugan and others have reached stem from misconceptions about the relationship of research, theory, case... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

began to undermine our competitiveness. I think it's possible to be people of faith and still respect the empirical truths of science. But because of religious ideology, restrictions were placed on a major form of science, stem View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Oct 2019
News

Venturing Away from Venture Capital

Illustration by Peter Arkle Illustration by Peter Arkle Sandra Oh Lin (MBA 2003) has raised enough venture capital for now, thank you very much. Lin is the founder and CEO of KiwiCo, which designs and delivers science and art project kits... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

20 Apr 2020
Book

Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings

commissioning stems from years of observations by John during his building projects, by Joe during his forensic investigations, and by nearly everyone who knows anything about buildings. Buildings don’t always perform as designed... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Real Estate; Health

01 Dec 2008
News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

which is why our first goal was to get some sense of what each field means when it uses the word. Won’t some people argue that leadership is too nebulous a quality to define, that you’ll know it when you see it? The benefits of stem View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

research. I’m interested in very focused and very early investing. What’s the next big thing in that area? Stem cell initiatives are going to produce interesting therapeutics. Good diagnostic and early... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

utilize diverse levels of analysis. Paper: http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/management Learning from Customers: Individual and Organizational Effects in Outsourced Radiological Services Authors:Clark, Jonathan R., Robert S. Huckman, and Bradley R. Staats... View Details