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MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

manufacturing capabilities in the U.S., as a Special Assistant to President Biden for Manufacturing and Economic Development from March 2021 to September 2022 and most recently as a member of the Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing... View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

decisions Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis Who Will Benefit College Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering an MBA Mid-Career Professionals Learn the language of business... View Details

19 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

the world, and our MBA students feel they need exposure to it. Going back to my graduate years at Harvard, there were many valuable classes on economic development—including in economics, in political... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace

13 Nov 2007
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Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

restrictions included the ability to get visas for highly talented foreign workers and graduate students. One of the great strengths of America is our phenomenal system of higher education; we have educated the world's engineers and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Doctoral 100 Years - Doctoral

“granted on the basis of scholarly work rather than on the length of residence at the University,” allowing students who had pursued graduate degrees at other institutions to receive advanced standing. 1953 Commercial Science Degree... View Details

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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Initiative has explored the role of business in creating social value. Today, SEI continues to examine the challenges and opportunities in harnessing the power of the markets to create both economic and social value. K–12 Education In... View Details

27 Jun 2016
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These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

Along with colleagues Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University, and John Van Reenen, London School of Economics, Sadun challenges this view in a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Management as a Technology? They argue... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

polycrisis) are often addressed as technical, political and economic problems. It seems unlikely that we will avert disaster unless or until the world is swept by a massive cultural shift and a social movement that insists on urgent... View Details

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

research in his industry Arjun Bhandegaonkar Film studio executive Strengthen your analytical skills before pursuing an MBA or other graduate program. I majored in engineering and minored in economics as an... View Details

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Team - Case Method Project

Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Yale. David is the author of numerous books, articles, and case studies , mainly on the history of economic policy and democratic governance in the United States. He is the recipient of many honors,... View Details

16 Mar 2021
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2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018)

investment fund focused on unlocking pathways to economic mobility for low-income, underserved students. I also co-lead our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiative. What projects/roles/opportunities did you purse during or after the... View Details

15 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 15, 2008

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-090.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsChina Rising: An Economic Snapshot Harvard Business School Note 308-064 "Rising China: An Economic Snapshot" provides... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2020
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What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

School assistant professor, and Serena F. Hagerty, a PhD candidate in the Business Administration PhD program, an interfaculty program between the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Business School. Hagerty and Barasz sought... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Events - Business History

relationships between capitalists and political elites changed, and economic outcomes diverged. While state-business ties in Indonesia and China created dangerous dynamics like capital flight, fraud, and financial crisis, Malaysia's... View Details

13 Dec 2019
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All Is Well in Texas: How Julia Cheek Founded Her At-Home Lab Testing Startup, EverlyWell

HBS founded companies including Gilt Group and Birchbox. Julia had gone to Vanderbilt, where she majored in Economics and Psychology. When she started at HBS, she thought she would pursue a traditional corporate path, perhaps in brand... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

house, every dinner table discussion was like a BGIE class.” “At our house, every dinner table discussion was like a BGIE class.” After graduating from Columbia University with a double major in economics... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

05 Jul 2012
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Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

taught? As Dan Wallace, a graduate of Harvard Business School, points out " none of this was addressed when I was a student there trust would be more prevalent if our best schools of leadership taught it." Finally, Richant... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation provisions in the Emergency View Details