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- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts (Figure 3) [9]. Figure 2: TCO of electric heat pumps mostly lower or on par with natural gas furnaces, while much lower than propane / oil furnaces Source: my analysis Figure 3: Residential natural... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
organizational purpose or social responsibility—reduce the overall bump paid to college-educated workers by about 5 percent, finds the study, which Zhang wrote with Nathan Wilmers, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
Products Industry ; Motorcycle Industry ; Technology Industry ; Education Industry ; United States ; Massachusetts ; Maryland ; Tennessee ; District of Columbia Citation Educators Purchase Related Rose, Clayton S., Maisie... View Details
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Cumnock Hall | About
Textile School—the first school in Massachusetts where the theory and technique of textile manufacturing was taught. He acquired the Appleton mill with a group of family and friends and headed the company until his death, when his son... View Details
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Title IX & Gender Equity | About
University’s Title IX Officer. An individual also may contact the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Harvard also complies with Massachusetts laws that protect individuals from discrimination on the basis of... View Details
- September 2009
- Case
The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Stephen P. Bradley and Natalie Kindred
Through its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) has decreased claims—and premiums—for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Risk Management; Performance Improvement; Safety; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Boston
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Stephen P. Bradley, and Natalie Kindred. "The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 610-014, September 2009.
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
that personally inspired me.” To make this career transition, Leahy made the move from New York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global perspective,” said Leahy. “It allowed me... View Details
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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge, moved to a barn in Weston, then a building on Dartmouth Street in Boston's Back Bay convenient to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Boston Public Library, to a larger space on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The War Within
which often depicted air raids and destruction. “The children were drawing their nightmares,” she says. (Stanislav Ivanov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) In February 2022, Ames had been planning to relocate to Ukraine. She had sold her house in View Details
- January 2014 (Revised July 2016)
- Case
Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing
By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew Guilford
At the time of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) and for several decades after it, Great Britain dominated the global production of cotton textiles. In fact, Britain became so dominant in textile manufacturing and trading that Manchester, its industrial... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Production; Business History; Manufacturing Industry; Great Britain; Massachusetts
Nicholas, Tom, and Matthew Guilford. "Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 814-065, January 2014. (Revised July 2016.)
- March 2021
- Case
VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Amy Klopfenstein
Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup that used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. A process for quickly building and iterating on new... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Entrepreneurship; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge
Lakhani, Karim R., and Amy Klopfenstein. "VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory." Harvard Business School Case 621-021, March 2021.
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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About
community are expected to comply with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and with all HBS rules governing possessing or serving alcohol. 2 HBS holds its students, faculty, and staff responsible for the consequences of their... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
July 12, 1920, after an additional six years and $53 million. By the time all was said and done, the construction of the Panama Canal cost 2.0 times its initial estimate, after adjusting for inflation. The overruns exceeded those on the View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1961 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1984 Earns BA, Art History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1985 Joins Booz Allen Hamilton, Research Associate 1988 Earns MBA 1988 Joins Fidelity,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
Tabellini began studying the effects of race and migration as a doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This study’s findings go beyond the military or law enforcement to illustrate far deeper problems afflicting... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Matthew C. Weinzierl | About
principles underlying policy choices. Recently, he has launched a set of research projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications, viewable at www.economicsofspace.com . He has served on the Commonwealth of View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How Could Harvard Decarbonize Its Supply Chain?
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
preliminary results of the Retirement Transitions Study in August at the Academy of Management Conference in Chicago. She is still analyzing the data for a working paper with co-authors Lotte Bailyn of the Sloan School at the View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- HBS Seminar