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- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
jewel. It is a source of innovation, invention, and cooperation that serves the broader Harvard community.” Noting that this year is the i-lab’s 10th anniversary, Crisp said, “The i-lab has already proven to be a very valuable resource. It is a View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots
come in to make evaluations without the baggage of being entrenched in a lab or accustomed to the ways big corporations vet R&D projects,” he adds. Consensus has its place in science, Krieger allows, but it can also be the enemy of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)
exploring new places around the world! A few years ago, we were both in Iceland chasing auroras when Mayura discovered a rare kind of leather that is up-cycled from fish skin that would otherwise be discarded at a fish processing unit.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
which are picked by hand and dried into saffron threads. Photo from istockphoto.com When Jung and Miller returned to campus in the fall, “We went all in because that’s when we got our place at the i-lab. It was our second home,” says... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Wheel Change
A serial entrepreneur, Paris Wallace (MBA 2007/MPA 2008) is founder of Ovia Health and Good Start Genetics. But he started his first business—an online store selling bike parts and accessories—at age 16. With his launch this year of the National Cycling League (NCL),... View Details
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
The Musts of 2023
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
still decades away from the full reality of instant detection and response, McKnight estimates. Nevertheless, he says, “we have to start laying this infrastructure,” just as the United States put in place robust systems to defend against... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley
Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Mele
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Preparing Global Leaders
Illustration by Davide Bonazzi The importance HBS places on fostering a global perspective among its students, program participants, and faculty members is evident when one looks at the numbers: During the past academic year, 52 percent... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
presidency in 1995, Zobel, still in his mid-30s, became president and CEO. In 2006 he was appointed chairman, retaining the role of CEO while his brother Fernando became president and COO. "My father placed a lot of trust in us," observes... View Details
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
constitutional in the tunnels, and on one of those walks, behind an open door usually locked, I “discovered” the tunnel to Kresge. Nervously going through a workroom and down a ramp, I found a hot, narrow, half-dark tunnel almost completely filled with large steam... View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)
Even while he was growing up, Michael Porter, the School's C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, knew a thing or two about the world. The son of a career Army officer, he lived in many places in this country and... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Island, Golden Road Brewing, and Omission, also offer low or no-alcohol beers. But the company’s flagship is Bud Zero, which arrived on the scene in 2020, in a splashy partnership with the retired NBA player Dwayne Wade. “We saw that as an interesting way to bring the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal
dumping its waste directly into the ocean. The ensuing shift to landfills and incinerators led to mounting environmental concerns, which the city off-loaded by sending its trash to be buried or burned in places as far afield as... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case
expressed extremely negative views about people in her community, she wonders whether the company is the right place for her. Should she meet with the CEO to share her experience, or continue to conceal her sexual orientation while... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
and governance. He shares Jensen's view that something akin to a modern revolution has taken place in recent years and that one result is a growing problem with overcapacity, a situation he believes is best resolved through the workings... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
visible places where people can see cars charging out in the wild.” Green Construction Many American cities have ambitious green-building goals, and some states—notably Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and California—have programs to... 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 Sep 2023
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The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
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Task Force
table. “Our user stories fire me up on why we’re doing this,” says Campbell. Monroy agrees, citing the additional satisfaction of building a company culture. “We’re creating the place where I would like to work,” he says. “Having the... View Details