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John Bracaglia

technology as we build out into the future." For his summer internship, John has signed on with OnCorps, a startup based in Boston that is applying personalized machine learning to help people make better decisions. "I want to View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Tech; CPG

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

clear. This guided my decision to intern with the National Park Service (NPS). My objective was to test the portability of MBA principles to practical and timely resources challenges.” Summer Snapshot: Interning at a Robotics Start-UpBy... View Details

20 Jul 2017
News

Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics

Melis Anahtar in the Life Lab If you’ve ever been hospitalized with an infection and had to wait days for test results and a treatment plan, you understand the problems that Day Zero Diagnostics (DZD) is addressing. The company is one of... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

13 Mar 2025
Blog Post

Advancing Health Care Innovation and Impact with Anita Gupta (GMP 29, 2020)

classmates—leaders across industries who were grappling with their own challenges. We weren’t just analyzing case studies; we were discussing the real human impact behind them. Those discussions shaped my thinking in ways I never expected. Then, COVID-19 hit, a crisis... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Action Plan: Border Crossing

“Just hearing about those trips and looking at her photos made the world feel a bit more accessible,” says Rawdon, who tested the waters by traveling to Paris with her high school French class. That experience launched a lifetime passion... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1998
News

John (“Bo”) Kemp

prepared a business plan, conducted a usability analysis, and tested the product with thirty HBS students. Currently, he is patenting the methodology. With a post-HBS job at the private equity investment firm TSG Capital Group already... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Dec 2015
News

Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

In addition, the MBA Program now uses HBX CORe (Credential of Readiness) to enhance the analytical skills of some incoming students. Curricular innovation is a dynamic, ongoing process that enriches the MBA experience for students as new ideas are View Details

October 2019 (Revised April 2020)
Background Note

Note on Funding Deep Tech Startups

By: Karim Lakhani, Peter Barrett and Noubar Afeyan

This Background Note provides essential information on funding deep technologies—those technologies that were inherently capital intensive, time consuming, risky, and potentially disruptive. Both dilutive and non-dilutive sources of investment are highlighted, along... View Details

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sustainability, the Business History Initiative provided an open, encouraging, and interdisciplinary environment to explore different avenues of thought and test new theories. The McCraw Fellowship provided me with a unique opportunity to... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

Nine HBS student-led teams received grants in March averaging $5,000 to $7,000 to launch and test their start-up business ideas. A total of $50,000 was made available through the pilot Minimum Viable Product Fund program run by HBS’s... View Details

Keywords: awards

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They keep the milk cool - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 next They keep the milk cool ca. 1933 Kraft–Phenix Cheese Corporation Photographer unknown Two of the large, glass-lined, brine-cooled... View Details

04 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Getting Accepted to HBS through the 2+2 Program

test score to apply to grad school for engineering), took the test at the end of January, gathered recommendation letters in the spring, and submitted my application. I swung by the HBS campus for my thirty... View Details

02 Dec 2019
What Do You Think?

How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?

competitive pressure and highlighted how inherent conflict between an organization's departments can create disaster. The launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule took place 10 months after competitor SpaceX’s successful testing of its... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

public firms increased investments by just 1.6 percent versus 7.4 percent at the matched private firms. The researchers hypothesized that short-termist pressure was the reason behind this disparity. In order to test the theory they... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

create a course of action. She acknowledges that this is easier said than done, especially when a bad boss has created a culture of fear. But teaming up to effect change need not require a palace coup. "If you test the waters in very... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 10, 2008

Working PapersAccounting Information as Political Currency Authors:Karthik Ramanna and Sugata Roychowdhury Abstract We test whether accounting can be used as political currency. Our setting is the US congressional election of 2004,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater

implications of many car body structures, more than they could afford to test with actual cars.4 But experimentation, though important, is only part of what is achieved by cheap and rapid iteration. If you think and talk about iteration... View Details

Keywords: by Rob Austin & Lee Devin

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

advantage in a world of impatient investors, restive employees, and demanding customers? Do they require leaders who have fewer answers, more questions, and a bias for testing and quick action? Are investors, employees, and customers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Andrea Nadosy

advice and support. One time, I mentioned difficulties I was having with a manufacturer in Asia; a classmate came up to me with a Vietnamese connection he trusted. HBS is a safe environment for testing business ideas and making great... View Details

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Fumi Tamaki

jitters, really made me feel welcome and at ease. There’s a spirit of generosity here that’s very strong.” Inspired by her own experience, Fumi has served as the admissions rep for her own section this year. “I want to do my best to give back, to pass on the kindness.”... View Details

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