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- 08 Aug 2016
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CS50 for MBAs: Coding at HBS
digital innovation compelling - especially if you think about the democratization of access that digital technology enables. It also meant I needed a serious boost in my digital literacy, so I ended up taking CS50 for MBAs during my... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
States was founded, a postal system (including roads) for the distribution of mail, copyright laws to protect intellectual property, and a plethora of newspapers and books were extant. The advent of electricity spawned the telegraph,... View Details
Keywords: Information
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
Viceira Publication:Chapter 5 in Overcoming the Saving Slump: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Financial Education and Saving Programs, edited by Annamaria Lusardi. University of Chicago Press, forthcoming Abstract The U.S. retirement... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
How Green Is the Valley: HBS Students Explore Booming California Industries
Cisco Systems, Netscape, Wired magazine, and the Palm Computing division of U.S. Robotics - hosted ninety-minute information sessions at their companies. CEOs and other senior managers, including some company founders, presented the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Marketing After the Recession... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
innovations of the last 75 years, as well as some thoughts about the coming decades.* * Total responses from MBAs and Executive Education participants who graduated in or before 1975 and those who graduated between 1976 and 1999 were... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology & Research Former Chairman, Singapore Economic Development Board Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION University of Toronto, 1970 BASc., Industrial Engineering University of Singapore, 1974 M.S.,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Righting the Ship
annually from the U.S. Navy Working Capital Fund to each of the divisions, for capital improvement projects like buildings and equipment. But there was a major problem with the fund’s model: “In 2001, we were at 93 percent execution of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
based upon firm and agglomeration economy traits. We test our framework on the U.S. location choices of new manufacturing entrants between 1985 and 1994 and find that firms are far more attracted to skilled labor and specialized suppliers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Black History Month | Baker Library
Data Drop: 5 Charts on Black Consumers’ Attitudes Toward Advertising Use Crunchbase's (in-library only) "Diversity Spotlight" feature, where you can filter for U.S. start-ups founded & led by Black individuals Contemporary Collections... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
Internal Revenue Service. Senior advisor, The Carlyle Group. He upgraded technology and information systems and stressed customer service in a dramatic turnaround of the IRS. Daniel L. Vasella, M.D. (PMD 57, 1989), chairman and CEO of... View Details
- 21 Aug 2008
- News
Stylin’ at Gallatin
percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for construction that meets sustainability... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- News
Singapore Star
School, not an MBA from HBS. “Oh, there was tremendous pressure put on me to do the MPA,” Yeo told Singapore’s Business Times (April 9, 2011). “At that time, the civil service did not want me to do an MBA. There was always the fear that those who do MBAs will end up... View Details
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
strategy. Without such a strategy, companies will have a hard time weighing the trade-offs of various practices-such as crowdsourcing and customer co-creation-and so may end up with a grab bag of approaches. They will have trouble designing a coherent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Maya Babu
contractors and service providers." Encouraged by her mentor at the Administration, Maya applied for the joint MD/MBA degree. Understanding both sides of the health care system To prepare for participation at HBS, Maya attended... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
John Walson launched the first commercial cable television system in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, an Appalachian town eighty-six miles from Philadelphia. 1,2 Walson worked as a lineman for Pennsylvania Power & Light and also owned a... View Details
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
for Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Hospital Work Systems Authors:Anita L. Tucker, Sara J. Singer, Jennifer E. Hayes, and Alyson Falwell Abstract Objective. To link safety-related concerns raised by frontline staff about hospital... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 7
Course Authors:Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan, and Shannon O'Donnell Publication:Communications of the Association for Information Systems 24, no. 1 (2009) Abstract We report on the design and implementation of an unusual course in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Georges F. Doriot: Educating Leaders, Building Companies
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business Research... View Details