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- 09 Jun 2015
- Blog Post
Pursuing Meaning through an HBS/HKS Joint Degree
renewable energy technologies in off-grid communities. I traveled to a number of remote villages in Peru, Sri Lanka, the Dominican Republic, Mali and Madagascar, visiting projects and trying to understand what worked and what didn’t. I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Hollywood Backstory
an abrupt halt: Ellen will not be involved in anything that even remotely suggests cruelty to animals. Similarly, a friend of mine who's an Oscar-nominated cinematographer will not even consider working on films that show children getting... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
supplement lower-paying internships (for example, at nonprofits and startups). In a typical year, about 250 first-year students are awarded summer fellowships. This year, some 750 first- and second-year students received them. “I got to experience what it’s like to be... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
such as the new iWatch, and I'm offered a service that will alert my doctor of any health abnormalities via the device , I'm going to agree to that. My health will win out over privacy in that case." We have learned to live with and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
resources to have a serious impact anywhere. I was no longer thinking only about how what I learned could be applied in Spain.” Over his last decade as the head of Competitiveness.com, Duch found himself drawn more often to projects in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
Should companies let employees keep working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Assessing the impact of remote work has involved a lot of guesswork for business leaders, but it doesn’t have to be that... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- Web
Field Course: Field X - Course Catalog
a business they are running, or a business they want to start immediately, that they want to focus on it in a serious way. Some, because they treasure the lessons they are learning from building a business. Some, because they think their... View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
of Boston, she had a half dozen jobs (lawn mowing, farm stand, newspaper delivery) by the time she was 15. “Once I learned I could make money and have freedom, I was all about capitalizing on opportunities,” she observes. She attended... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 04 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS
funds. The overarching theme of the bridge Mbanusi built was around strategic philanthropy, which encompassed the work he did at MDC, and his experience founding the Made in Durham Youth Network. Two of the key skill sets that Mbanusi View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Responding to COVID-19 in early 2020 was an exercise in crisis leadership. In 2021, the pandemic feels like a painful marathon that will never end. The rapidly spreading virus forced a precipitous shift to remote work at many companies,... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
deftly: “How to most effectively communicate with all employees remotely and show empathy, while running around with [my] hair on fire trying to save the current business while at the same time trying to shape the future of the company in... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 03 Mar 2014
- News
A Life Transformed
names of movies I had seen. An older boy knew that one of them was the name of a ringworm ointment, so I was caught in my lie, and they all laughed at me. That revelation of my ignorance was the most humiliating moment of my childhood." Still, Parija says, life in his... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
100 students. “Most of these young people grew up in rural poverty and would never have a chance to take an SAT,” Condo notes. “We learn about them from their high schools or community leaders, who know they have extraordinary potential.”... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
opportunities to leverage technology to help people experience their healthcare in a better way. Driven by her own personal health experiences in where she constantly used a guess and check methodology to improve her health, she sought to View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 07 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree
to spending a decade in the military as a Navy SEAL being deployed globally. A lot of the places we deploy are centered on shipping lanes, oil, or energy reserves. When I left the military, I was very interested in how you can create opportunity through access to... View Details
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Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
practical skills, statistics fundamentals, and real-life data science project experience. This full-time, intensive eight-week remote learning program was designed for students with basic technical... View Details
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Commencement 2016 Address | About
south, to Antarctica. Over the winter holiday, I was fortunate to travel to this remote and magnificent part of the world. What made the trip truly special was that we were able to share this experience with my 83-year old father and his... View Details
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From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
which prompted the cancellation of the FIELD Global Immersion, a required semester-long course that culminates in travel to a global partner company; all students received refunds. As part of the transition to concluding the spring semester in a View Details