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04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

December 2011 US Competitiveness Project A research-led effort launched to generate ideas and actions that boost the ability of companies in the U.S. to compete in the global economy and raise American living standards. November 2011... View Details

February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes

The case, in a non-profit project-oriented setting, introduces fundamental risk management principles and processes that are easily applicable to private sector settings. Gentry Lee, senior systems engineer and de-facto chief risk officer, is applying a new... View Details

Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Governance; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Risk Management; Projects; Aerospace Industry; United States

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18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

addition, a well-understood ethical framework and an effective legal system are crucial. In other words, it is very hard to talk about corporate ethics without paying attention to the broader social and institutional context in which a company is operating. Q: What... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

04 May 2020
Blog Post

6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

projects or research opportunities you may have as long as you are passionate about them. There’s never a dull moment Matt: Each day here is jam packed. You hear a lot of people outside the community say that “graduate school is a 2-3... View Details

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A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

“I’m really attracted to its mission to help children grow smarter, stronger, and kinder – especially the kinder part in this current age.” Although she hasn’t discussed specific projects yet, Mizuho will serve as Director of Strategy for... View Details

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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About

principles underlying policy choices. Recently, he has launched a set of research projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications, viewable at www.economicsofspace.com . He has served on the... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

focus on ESG may be a competitive advantage when bidding on opportunities and a source of risk-mitigation for these projects over the long-run. Wellington Global Impact (218067) by Shawn Cole and Lynn Schenk FEBRUARY 2018 (REVISED OCTOBER... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Donald J. Chiofaro

projects in New York, Chicago, and other major cities. He dismisses predictions that real-estate investment trusts and other industry innovations may spell the end for development entrepreneurs. "I've been an endangered species all my... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

communities.” That realization prompted Bobo to leave his position as a principal at the Carlyle Group and in 2016 launch Project Destined (PD), a social impact vehicle that trains inner-city youth to be active partners in sourcing and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

In 2003, HBS launched an MBA elective course focused on entrepreneurship in education reform and cofounded the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP) in collaboration with the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This multiyear... View Details

26 Jun 2023
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2023 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

little about your background and what your interest in climate-related issues is. I am currently in my second year of the joint MBA/MPP program with HBS and HKS. I started my career as a generalist at McKinsey’s Hong Kong office and worked on a wide range of View Details

24 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

was co-authored by Dr. Mahek A. Shah, a senior researcher and senior project leader at Harvard Business School, and Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at HBS. Kaplan helped create the cost... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

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Frequently Asked Questions - Research Computing Services

Help Frequently Asked Questions 3ms Accessing Our Services and Training Can I provide a research collaborator access to the HBSGrid? Non-HBS Collaborators of HBS faculty can gain access to the research computing grid by requesting a guest account . How can I request a... View Details

24 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

The 'Amazon Effect' Is Changing Online Price Competition—and the Fed Needs to Pay Attention

data were nowhere to be found. The Billion Prices Project is still growing. Now the point is not about government manipulation of statistics but about providing more real-time inflation estimates, says Cavallo, who serves as an academic... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

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News - Research Computing Services

7. If you have any questions/comments, please email us at research@hbs.edu . Close New HBSGrid Project Space Request Requirements 11 FEB 2025 We would like to inform you about new requirements for project... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

the crisis cripples or amplifies the demand for your work. In either case, this is a good time to take stock of your priorities and rethink your patterns of collaboration. By auditing your work responsibilities and project commitments,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Courtesy of David Krut Projects Vivienne Koorland (South African, born 1957) Mute Piano, No. 2 (Dedicated to My Grandfather, Rafael) , 2013 Wood, staples, screws, oil, pigment, and glue 18 x 21 x 15 in. Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard... View Details

24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

role for the company. What is the best advice you could offer to incoming MBAs interested in business and environment? Being proactive about internships and case study or other project work while you’re still in school is definitely... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) remembers his aha moment. It was April 2015, and Tseng was a US Navy SEAL approaching the end of seven years’ service; his next step would be Harvard Business School. Tseng was reading about a military effort to create robotic armor, a View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

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