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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog
behavior. They learn and improve relentlessly. They make better decisions than humans in an increasing number of contexts. They are unconstrained by moral boundaries. Are these technologies different from other ground-breaking technologies such as electricity, nuclear... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
These Are the Good Old Days
the same. Reading and thinking are still very important.” One dramatic change has been how the media and entertainment industry has become a key driver of the American economy and a powerful influence on the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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In My Humble Opinion: Truth Teller
Supermarkets in Australia, and the media company ITV. Unsuccessful: The Conservative Party, where he served as an MP from 1996 to 2005. “While I was there, we became very good at losing elections, and politics in the UK is binary. Either you’re in View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Luc Sirois
The health care industry needs so much improvement, it will take a whole movement to fix it. “The more leaders, the better,” says Luc Sirois (MBA 1997), who sees progress coming not through a single organization, but rather from groups of... View Details
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Nora Jendoubi Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 2 Results SECON 2023: Back in person to discuss the power of narratives for social impact Lia... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
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Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
trading partners, a considerable amount of time is spent transferring physical documents back and forth between traders, banks, and ports—as well as managing hundreds of emails to keep different parties in the loop. “When you look at the commodity space in general,... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
almost any business action, especially in tough and uncertain economic conditions when price is a key and visible strategic choice. Conventional wisdom has firms cutting price in these circumstances. But most industries typically allow... View Details
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Dream Realities - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
it seem available." 22 Photographers explored inventive interpretations of subjects for artistic and commercial ends. These aspirations coincided with those of advertisers who understood the value of high art as a persuasive sales tool... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Kill Groupthink
or former college lacrosse teammates, you are limiting the likelihood of out-of-the-box ideas, Bouygues says. “What you want to think about is best-practice crossover across industries.” For a retail board, for example, the CEO would be expected to have the necessary... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail
mistake rooted in wrongheaded regulatory philosophy. “In too many cases, regulators chose not to use tools they already had, or they neglected to request new tools to meet the challenges of an evolving... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
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Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
many American industrial companies racking up record profits? It's true that, from about 1890 to the present, ours has been the world's most productive economic system, but its rate of increase has slowed down remarkably. In fact, the... View Details
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Marc Alain Boucicault Archives | Social Enterprise
Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 2 Results SECON 2023: Back in person to discuss the power of narratives for social impact Lia... View Details
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Jenny Tison
right away. I persevered, believing I would ultimately succeed – I learned the power of positive expectations.” When Jenny returned home to Virginia, that power rose again when she tackled a sport not often... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
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Sunset in the East?
coauthor of Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, to answer alumni questions about what this trend might portend. With property price slides precipitating previous financial crises in Japan and the United States, what... View Details
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Daniela Villafuerte | MBA
Daniela Villafuerte Electrical Engineering (SB) Eliot 2021 Cohort 2 Integration of disciplines and expansion of perspective are both crucial to effectively make a positive impact on humanity. As a future electrical engineer, I believe engineering has the View Details
- 13 Feb 2025
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IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India
Pollution and Climate Risks In Mumbai, where Tata Power has implemented strong pollution controls at Trombay, the air remains thick with smog, exacerbated by construction dust, vehicular emissions, and nearby View Details
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
services that are friendly to the environment (a 1993 US executive order) and to "stimulate the use of green standards in private procurement" (a 2008 communication from the Commission of the European Communities). But despite these justifications, there has been... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
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Changes for MBA Applicants
POWER OF REFLECTION: Changes to the MBA application process mirror FIELD exercises. For MBA candidates worried about writer’s cramp, here’s some good news: applicants to the Class of 2015 will be asked to author only two 400-word essays... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful forces-income inequality, resource depletion, and mass migrations from poor to rich countries,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2024
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Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details