Testing - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 May 2015
News

An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society

“In addition, corporations are not a homogenous group, as the theories of profit maximization assume; not all corporations have the same role in society, and many of the largest corporations have more of their activities put to the test... View Details

Jean Riboud

Riboud is credited with building the world’s leading oilfield testing company. During his tenure, he produced a 19-fold increase in revenue (to $6.4 billion) and a 44-fold increase in earnings (to $1.2 billion), often producing results... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Joseph M. Segel

A prolific entrepreneur, Segel has founded many successful companies including The Franklin Mint and National Software testing Laboratories. His biggest success was the formation of QVC, which stands for quality, value and convenience.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

01 Jun 2024
News

Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI

ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details

Keywords: April White

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High-Tech Greenhouse Innovations in The Netherlands - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

company's native language can affect its policies.Photo: iStockPhoto "It seemed to me to be an amazing finding if it were true," Marquis says. "We asked, what are some other tests that could be done in a business context?" The research... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

September 2020
Case

Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines

By: Willy C. Shih

COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details

Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry

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Educators

Purchase

Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

Portrait Project

Drew Johnson

you served them in their moment of greatest need. Through our actions we can do things that transcend the test of time—actions that stand up to any storm. View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Going Public

sense of excitement on campus these days is palpable as this year's graduates prepare to test their newly acquired skills and ideas in a universe of expanding innovation and opportunity, the likes of which the world has not witnessed for... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves

In Zambia and Uganda, it partnered with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Ministries of Health to test new policies in HIV, malaria, and maternal health. IDinsight has also worked in Cambodia and Rwanda and in other sectors... View Details

11 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus

side of the business, working closely with each department across the entire company including sales, customer success, engineering and marketing. I lead a team of product managers and we all collaborate with engineering to prioritize ideas, develop those ideas into... View Details

Keywords: Technology

21 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know

2011, using cooperative and competitive scenarios in which participants performed both a verbal and a math test at Harvard Business School's Computer Lab for Experimental Research. Each participant was given a pseudonym, with women... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

04 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

nuclear designs are subject to rigorous casualty testing and national licensing, there is no reason to think of nuclear power any differently than we think of other technologies and their use in civil society, such as civil aircraft and... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Green Technology

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen: Greenhouse Rose Production

2.5 weeks). Count the petals, are there really 60? Image source: The authors. Five years ago, the brothers started to test the optimal intensity and spectrum of LED lighting on rose cultivation in an experimental site, recognizing that... View Details

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of their Immersive Field Course... View Details

01 Oct 1996
News

The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions

will also explain the range of responsibilities and qualities advisors can look for in identifying potentialcandidates. Bulletin: The School has reintroduced the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) as an element of the admissions... View Details

Profile

Avi Kremer

could convince them that ALS is a good investment, market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do.” In 2011 and 2012, Prize4Life awarded million-dollar prizes for tests that measure the disease’s progression... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Entrepreneurship

Portrait Project

Valentina Zarya

ended in puberty, but my hair tells the real story. It’s been a dozen different colors over the years: Raven black during a goth phase in high school; varying shades of copper in college; and blonde to test the “they have more fun”... View Details

April 2003 (Revised October 2004)
Case

Novartis: The Challenge of Success (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Stacy McManus

Preliminary results from Phase 1 clinical trials of a newly developed compound, STI571, showed that 31 out of 31 patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) had their blood counts return to normal. In the world of oncology, this was unheard of. This was the... View Details