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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
Long before HBS professor Karim R. Lakhani used crowdsourcing to develop pioneering research on the science of innovation, his experiences working at General Electric and the Boston Consulting Group piqued his curiosity about how such... View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
the teams have to do the technical research and explain it to the MBAs, who then have to think about the prospects for commercialization. They have to communicate back and forth extensively. Q: What were some of the projects? A: As an... View Details
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Carolin Oldenbuettel
always been my childhood dream.” Developing new interests HBS struck Carolin as a “great place” to get her MBA for three reasons: “You learn from the best professors. The diversity, in nationalities and backgrounds of the student body.... View Details
Keywords: Consulting
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
proceeds go toward the club’s high-impact programs, including pro-bono consulting through Community Partners, workforce development through the Skills Gap Initiative, entrepreneurship through the regional... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
billion for SpaceX) from NASA. One can only imagine the pressure under which developers were working at Boeing. The result? A failure to reach its destination, the International Space Station. While the cause is under investigation, early... View Details
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David Woodman
Managing Director of the Americas for Motive Television, President and co-founder Transformative Content Inc, General Manager Comcast SportsNet New England, Managing Director Sci-Fi Channel Europe, Director of Intl Business Development... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government... View Details
- 22 Mar 2011
- News
Maximum Cities
conference "Investing in Cities of the 21st Century" delved into once-distant challenges that have suddenly arrived on the planet's collective doorstep. "The cities of the 21st century are being built right now in the developing world,"... View Details
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Unlocking Potential
young men from low-income backgrounds who have been diverted from the court system, often as part of a plea agreement. Students must live at the locked Reset facility and take lessons in academics, career development, and developing... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Better Mousetraps: At Product Design Fair, Student Ideas Get Real
Actually, we like to see them fail as often and as early as possible," Assistant Professor Stefan H. Thomke said with a wink as he watched students in his elective MBA course Managing Product Development (MPD) set up their display booths... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
related story]. To support this work, we have created new processes and systems that will enable us to track protagonist demographics for all of our new cases. The plan also includes developing courses exploring racial equity issues... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
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Ruth Cenat
Ruth Cenat (MBA 2015) has a new-found interest in economic development, especially in her native Haiti, and plans to make a difference as a philanthropist. View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Q & A: Gustavo Herrero
in course development work. Our primary objective is to help the faculty leverage their time effectively. We'll have two senior research associates, one based in Buenos Aires and the other in Brazil; it's possible we might have a third... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 16 Mar 2017
- News
Making Rapid Progress in the Fight Against Cancer
in 2 chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes. That’s pretty similar to the figures here in the US and in most of the western world. But actually the largest growth in the number of cancer cases are happening in emerging economies,... View Details
- 07 May 2020
- News
Ensuring Student Equity
Once the public schools in North Chicago decided to close in mid-March because of COVID-19, it took Jennifer Grumhaus (MBA 1994) and her staff less than 72 hours to totally revamp the business model for the nonprofit she runs, North Chicago View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
million fund "for targeted programs, economic initiatives and community development projects." FEBRUARY 2 Robert Kraft (MBA 1965) recently donated $1 million to the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Courage and Hope in Africa
the country's economy and infrastructure in shambles and with its enormous social problems (Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world), Van Gerpen is seeking aid for UNICEF from Western governments and international View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
communities and to do so with a great team of people. I saw that The Mission Continues was hiring, and because they do that type of work with veterans, the job seemed like a perfect fit. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, so I reached... View Details
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Sorina Casian-Botez
Why was earning your MBA here important to you? HBS has an aura of academic and professional excellence in business. I wanted to be part of this culture, knowing that only in such a challenging environment could I develop the skills and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Muhammad Yunus Visits HBS
more than 1 million homes. He has also arranged partnerships with multinationals to combat illness. For example, he persuaded Adidas to build a shoe that conformed to the company’s quality standards but still would cost only one euro. Proper footwear is extremely... View Details