Launch Lab - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

Commons Project, a nonprofit that in April launched Common Health, an Android app that allows users to securely download their health information from Electronic Health Records (EHR) and lab sources (similar... View Details

Profile

Arthur Rock

late 1950s, Rock has been carefully scrutinizing pitches of another kind—start-up bids by young technology companies— and when he goes for one of these, he rarely misses.” Among the iconic companies Rock helped launch were Fairchild... View Details

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

made it far enough to launch a spring and fall collection and received widespread media coverage. The brand was slowly starting to gain traction with customers, too. But by the end of 2012, the startup—running low on cash and plagued by... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

related logistics of a destination is scattered or nonexistent. We created AbilityTrip in the hope of making information on accessible travel easy to find and update for every destination around the world, and for individuals with all types of physical challenges. We... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

voting voice to determine which pieces by new, independent designers will be offered for sale on the site. Those who vote for the winning item of the day receive credits and rewards. The business launched last September as the pair began... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Sep 2014
News

Groundwork

strategic needs.” What does that imperative look like in today’s academic environment? Hive-style classrooms are one example. Introduced in Batten Hall to support the launch of the School’s required FIELD course in 2011, hives offer... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; George F. Baker III; real estate; Tata Hall; Educational Services; Real Estate

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

2011) brings those two very different cultures together at Rock Health, a San Francisco–based full-service seed fund launched during her second year at HBS with classmate and medical doctor Nate Gross (MBA 2011). (Gross continues to serve... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Financial Report 2018 - Financial Report 2018

and the HBS endowment grew by $9 million, or 4 percent. It was a breakthrough year for HBS Online. Revenue increased by $7 million, or 58 percent, driven by growing enrollment in certificate programs, as well as a strong response to course offerings View Details

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

correctional facility with Columbia University, and teaching the first hip hop and spoken word course at Harvard University, Bain launched the Prison Education Program at NYU to offer college degree opportunities in New York prisons.... View Details

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

Charlotte, which in 2014 owned and managed hospitals and acute care facilities in three states. In 2011, Carolinas launched Dickson Advanced Analytics, which incorporated complex clinical, financial, demographic, and claims data to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

17 Sep 2015
News

Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

business and society today. The Harvard Business School Campaign was launched in April 2014 to raise $1 billion over the next five years to support innovation in the curriculum, faculty research, and collaboration across the Harvard... View Details

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

demonstrate that identity appeals can backfire, alienating the very individuals they aim to attract. We begin by demonstrating backlash against identity appeals in the field during the 2016 presidential election (Study 1) and in the lab... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

presence to Jay.” The Rally Fighter, pictured above, is Local Motors’ most well-known vehicle, with appearances in the movie Transformers: Age of Extinction and the racing video game Forza Horizon 2. Local Motors launched on March 25,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 8

controlling for the potential effect of cultural norms. China provides a good research lab since it combines great heterogeneity in institutional development across the Chinese provinces with homogeneity in cultural norms, law, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn for the School an unequaled reputation for intelligent,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Winners & Success Stories The New Venture Competition has been the launching pad for many ventures, and not just from the winning teams. With more than half of Harvard Business School alumni classifying themselves as entrepreneurs at some... View Details

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

Washington State) and by participants with responsibility to enforce rules in an experimental lab setting. We also show that this effect is driven by psychological reactance. We discuss both the theoretical and practical implications of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

the online social networking site Facebook faced a competitive challenge from Google as well as questions about how Facebook could monetize its surging traffic. In May 2007, Facebook had launched Facebook Platform, which enabled... View Details