Initiatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2022
Teaching Note

Proximie: Using XR Technology to Create Borderless Operating Rooms

By: Ariel D. Stern, Alpana Thapar and Menna Hassan

Founded by Nadine Hachach-Haram in 2016, Proximie was a digital medicine platform that used mixed reality and a host of digital audio and visual tools to enable clinicians, proctors, and medical device company personnel to be virtually present in operating rooms (ORs),... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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20 Sep 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Christina Lubinski; Chemical

Research Summary

Understanding Customers

In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and... View Details

17 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage

fill people’s intrinsic motivational needs as opposed to making it simply contractual.” In the executive education courses DeLong teaches at Harvard, he has conducted a simple exercise—asking participants to write down the initials of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

of Science award-winning, special guest climate scientist, Ohio State Professor Lonnie Thompson; climate-concerned MIT engineer/entrepreneur/activist, Glenn Weinreb; HBS/Harvard Kennedy School student, Lucas Peilert; director of the HBS Business & Environment View Details

04 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

leadership team and broader organization. At Birchbox Katia has adopted the concept of conscious leadership which she defined as: always being forthcoming with your feelings about a situation before diving into the details. In practice, members are encouraged to start... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

in prize money and have access to mentoring and other resources. Applications due in January. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

says Frank Yang (MBA 2006), a partner at ADL Ventures, a firm that supports innovation in infrastructure companies through business development consulting, funding, and mentorship. Yang is ADL’s point person in the Advanced Building Construction (ABC) Collaborative, a... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

01 Oct 1996
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Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

result of his research was the establishment two years ago of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to putting Porter's model into practice. Now the father of two daughters, Ilana, nine,... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

BlackTech Week have demonstrated the force of Black entrepreneurship and catalyzed success for many, Kanter says. Hatcher and Pearson have rebranded their initiatives under one umbrella, the Center for Black Innovation, which includes a... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

retail. Despite the allure of these filtering and targeting features, Koning advises companies to initially keep searches “broad and fuzzy” and avoid fixating too quickly on specific attributes. “If you are saying, we only want to look at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

accomplish," he says. The toughest thing for most people is initiating this type of discussion, DeLong continues. In his work with professional service firms, he's found that many people would rather work 80 hours per week than hold... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

The HBS Business and Environment Initiative launched the Climate Rising podcast in 2019 to elicit insights from leaders working at the intersection of business and climate change. The podcast is particularly valuable for those seeking to... View Details

31 Jan 2014
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Body, Heal Thyself

for the development and exclusive use of the mRNA technology to treat cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic diseases as well as cancer. "It is one of the largest-ever initial payments in a pharmaceutical industry licensing deal that does... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon; biotech; Health, Social Assistance; Scientific Research and Development Services

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

in order to understand how well these initiatives might work,” Coffman says. “And it was a great opportunity to work with my mom It’s always great to work with someone I admire.” Specifically, Baldiga and Coffman wanted to gauge the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Student Activities - Health Care

students from within HBS and from other schools to develop presentation/pitch skills, work with faculty, and potentially commercialize a health care innovation. Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one... View Details

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Valerie Porciello | About

allocation of research funding and other support resources to more than 300 faculty members, as well as initiatives related to faculty culture, mentoring, engagement, and governance, and the creation of new programs and services to... View Details

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Management Control Systems in Multiunit Companies

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino conducts research on early-stage multiunit companies that introduce management control systems to help maintain operations, as well as company culture, as they grow, but also to enable adaptation to the different markets that they serve. Building... View Details

March 2024
Article

Differences in Care Team Response to Patient Portal Messages by Patient Race and Ethnicity

By: Mitchell Tang, Rebecca Mishuris, Lily Payvandi and Ariel Dora Stern

Importance: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with substantial growth in patient portal messaging. Higher message volumes have largely persisted, reflecting a new normal. Prior work has documented lower message use by patients who belong to minoritized racial... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Technology Adoption; Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality; Communication Technology; Race; Ethnicity; Health Industry