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26 Sep 2019
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Kill science funding and you kill the future tech economy

14 Sep 2018
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10 Things I Learned During My First Month in the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

skills with big-picture business vision. I chose Harvard’s MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program to become a strong leader while also refining the skills I would need to succeed in deeply technical fields. I arrived in Boston on an... View Details

24 Aug 2020
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My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort

at Merck in their Screening and Protein Sciences Department. There, we ran tests to identify potential therapeutic candidates. Through this research, I started to see the link between bench science and the... View Details

September 22, 2020
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Improving Data Access Democratizes and Diversifies Science

By: Abhishek Nagaraj, Mathijs de Vaan and Esther Shears

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March 2017 (Revised March 2022)
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Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing

By: Kris Ferreira and Karim R. Lakhani

Kate Wilson, retail analytics manager at Flashion, a fashion flash-sale site, is tasked with developing analytics to optimize pricing for first-exposure products on the site. Many in the industry have relied on years of experience and intuition to determine pricing—can... View Details

Keywords: Analytics; Pricing; Data; Service Operations; Forecasting and Prediction; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Mathematical Methods; Decision Making; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; United States

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15 Aug 2012
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Bringing Science to the Art of Strategy

06 Jan 2024
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Economists Count the Cost of ‘Risky’ Science

23 Jun 2023
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Inside the Harvard MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Program

01 Mar 2021
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People Literally Don’t Know When to Shut Up—or Keep Talking, Science Confirms

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International Competitiveness in High Technology and Science Based Sectors

By: Gary P. Pisano

This research project examines shifts in competitive capabilities of companies and countries in high technology and science based businesses. It is particularly concerned with the potential loss of such capabilities in various industrial sectors in the... View Details

April 2024 (Revised November 2024)
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Moderna: Pioneering a People Platform to Accelerate Science Innovation

By: Tatiana Sandino, Emil Dy and Samuel Grad

Moderna was founded in 2010 to explore how messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) could be used to create breakthrough medicines by encoding instructions for the body to create antibodies. When Stéphane Bancel (HBS 2000) took over in 2011, he bet on the potential of this... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Talent and Talent Management; Selection and Staffing; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Strategy; Innovation and Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Alignment; Employee Relationship Management; Science-Based Business; Expansion; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; United States

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2023
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Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

By: Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey

In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action,... View Details

Keywords: Happiness; Personal Development and Career; Emotions

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13 Aug 2019
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What is the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program?

MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Webinar Discover the new MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program, the two-year joint degree that blends business, science, and ethics. Hear from the Amitabh Chandra,... View Details

July 2021 (Revised March 2022)
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Flashion: Art vs. Science in Fashion Retailing

By: Kris Ferreira

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February 2016
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Bridging Science and Technology Through Academic-Industry Partnerships

By: Sen Chai and Willy C. Shih

Partnerships that foster the translation of scientific advances emerging from academic research organizations into commercialized products at private firms are a policy tool that has attracted increased interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish... View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Technological Change; Government Policy; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Information Technology; Policy; Technology Industry; Denmark

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Science as a Map in Technological Search

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March 2014
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Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora

Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit... View Details