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Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care

offers Harvard Business School (HBS) alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to advance new ventures around promising life science technologies... View Details

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

Only about 10 percent of retailers use NFC readers, and at least one retailer—Best Buy—stopped using them because they were too expensive. Officials with both Best Buy and Walmart have said the retailers... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Technology

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology

Strategy, Marketing & Corporate Relations, Career & Professional Development Molly DeCastro – Recruiting Relations Manager, Career & Professional Development Cathy and Molly work closely with View Details

Keywords: Technology

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Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences - Course Catalog

variety of life sciences ventures, including those in biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics, and related supporting technology and... View Details

13 Aug 2014
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Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship Named

Keywords: Blavatnick; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services; Scientific Research and Development Services

2019
Working Paper

Biometric Monitoring, Service Delivery and Misreporting: Evidence from Healthcare in India

By: Thomas Bossuroy, Clara Delavallade and Vincent Pons

Developing countries increasingly use biometric identification technology in hopes of improving the reliability of administrative information and delivering social services more efficiently. This paper exploits the random placement of biometric tracking devices in... View Details

Keywords: Biometric Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science; Quality; Performance Improvement; India

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August 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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Three Vignettes of Early Careers in the Life Sciences

By: Satish Tadikonda, Jacqueline Grant and William Marks

The case showcases three vignettes of career choice scenarios facing new graduates. How one navigates and handles these situations can have a significant impact on careers overall, with each vignette representing a situation likely to be experienced by most students in... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Job Offer

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23 Nov 2021
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Five Ways to Give Better Gifts, According to Science

10 Aug 2021
Cold Call Podcast

The Science of Sales Conversations with Gong’s Amit Bendov

Keywords: Re: Alison Wood Brooks

2005
Dissertation

The Role of Immigrant Scientists and Entrepreneurs in International Technology Transfer

By: William R. Kerr

Keywords: Information Technology; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Science; Trade

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17 May 2012
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OSHA's Safety Tests Protect Workers at Little Cost: Study

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Meet the Team | Information Technology

delivery during the early stages of streaming video. Ivan studied computer science and multimedia and served as a teaching assistant in the... View Details

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

affect it? A: The kind of technology transfer my coauthors Lee Branstetter, Raymond Fisman, and I study in our paper occurs when a parent of a multinational company provides... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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About Us | Information Technology

About Us Meet the Team Contact Us Global Expertise The Multimedia Development team has extensive experience with the case method and deep expertise in the use of pioneering, interactive learning technologies... View Details

10 Mar 2016
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Americans Rank Last in Problem-Solving With Technology

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Multimedia Development | Information Technology

cases designed to meet the needs of our faculty partners. Pairing Technology with Storytelling to Reimagine Learning As part of case study development at the Harvard Business School, the IT Multimedia... View Details

20 Aug 2020
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From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory

By: Michael Beer

There is a widely acknowledged gap between academic research and practice. While the field of organizational studies and development has had an impact on management practice in some organizations, it has had only a modest impact on widely accepted management practice... View Details

Keywords: Actionable Knowledge; Actionable Practice; Normal Science; Scholar-consultant; Management Practices and Processes; Theory; Innovation Leadership; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness

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27 Jun 2017
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Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Watch Video We recently sat down with entrepreneur and HBS alumnus Robb Fitzsimmons (MBA 2016) to talk about the new MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program - and the ways it will benefit future leaders of View Details