Human Genome Program - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
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Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

Instead, he applied to the Ph.D. program at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and was accepted. Once at MIT, Nohria realized that in management education he had found his true passion. After completing the program, he turned down offers... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Mar 2009
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Letters to the Editor

conflicts in both theory and political sensitivity: Should Midwest motorists have to pay a price for gasoline that includes a questionable element for environmental impact? The opposition would rise when this “externality” is seen to pay for mass transit View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

Prescriptions: Free the Data! Build a Killer App Measure Health Care's Real Costs Make Medicine Personal Leverage Human Nature Integrate Preventive Care and Payment BUSH: A passionate advocate for improving health care efficiency and... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

aren’t real purple dogs.” That is what Numenta is after, says Dubinsky: recreating human intelligence by first understanding the complex way that humans learn—literally, the biological principles that guide... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

17 Nov 2015
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Carbon Neutral

Walt Minnick (MBA 1966), a successful businessman and former Democratic congressman from Idaho. “It’s the most serious problem facing humanity in the 21st century. If we want a future for our kids and grandkids, it’s imperative that our... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

because of its stellar location: Cape Town, South Africa. More than four hundred delegates came from dozens of countries, with close to half bringing partners or family members for whom a special program of events had been set up. The... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home

Image by C.J. Burton Since the Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management (SPNM) program was launched at HBS 17 years ago, it has provided nonprofits with something they need but can rarely afford: executive training. SPNM, which is... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

09 Mar 2021
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A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible

learned at HBS was delivered before he even arrived on campus. Feerick was accepted to the School under a deferred admissions program and encouraged to spend 18 months in the business world before joining his cohort. During that time,... View Details

Keywords: April White

15 Jun 2021
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The Path Ahead

executive education participants, we have seen that online programs offer distinct advantages, particularly for women and international participants for whom leaving home or work is more difficult. Think about a three-day View Details

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

Airlines. Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation Are Changing Life on Earth by Juan Enriquez (MBA 1986) and Steve Gullans (Current) The authors survey how humans are changing the course of their evolution,... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race

resupply the ISS.) Mars is NASA’s new mission, with plans to send astronauts to the planet in the 2030s. (NASA) “The drive to reduce cost is generating the most change,” says aspiring space entrepreneur Justin Oliveira (HBS 2017). Oliveira came to HBS after a stint as... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

for being the top field-hockey school in the country. Its premed program was also highly respected, and Fisher, who was majoring in biophysics, realized she had to make a choice. She chose science but ultimately deferred her medical... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

25 Jun 2014
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A Man on a Mission

skills," he says. "When I arrived at HBS, I had never taken a business course in my life," says Earls. "I did have some experience in certain areas, such as human resources, but at HBS it all came together. I picked up new skills, like... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; NASA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

of McAfee and EMC. “Security people recognize they are in the business of pattern recognition. It has happened before, but in a much more human way.” BrightPoint’s business model is built on sharing. The company makes software platforms... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

12 Jan 2017
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Personalizing Women’s Path to Success

of trying to figure out ‘what’s next’ to be really challenging,” she recalls. “I knew what I didn’t want to do, but it wasn’t clear how I was going to marry my passion, interests, and experience with my next step.” In 2012, she accepted a Henry Crown Fellowship, a... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2020
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In Review

& Sciences and the Harvard Medical School. It initiated new faculty research initiatives on issues like US Competitiveness and the Future of Work. It marked the 50th year anniversaries of women being admitted to the MBA program and the... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

Disease Control and Prevention, declared racism a serious public health threat. Shell is a coalition builder and a longtime observer of “where human capital is invested and where it isn’t.” He grew up in New Bedford, one of a number of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit

program in the 1960s to his role today as president and CEO of Pioneer Group, which creates affordable housing through the renovation and preservation of historic buildings in the American Midwest. Freeman grew up in a small Kansas town,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

17 Aug 2015
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The Play Alchemist

do is take technology and combine it with human nature to create meaningful products.” After she graduated, Matthews did a stint at a startup, but soon left that position to help launch Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City... View Details