Inventions - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2019
News

Why New England Needs New Ideas

foster economic prosperity. The trio offers the anecdote of Isaac Merritt Singer, a Charlestown-based printing machinery maker who became a sewing machine magnate thanks to a smart business model, a strategic sales approach, and consumer-friendly pricing structures.... View Details

Keywords: New England

16 Jul 2021
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Quantum Computing Is Coming. What Can It Do?

28 Mar 2014
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Facebook's Big Bet on Virtual Reality

Keywords: Google; Facebook; mobile technology; disruptive innovation; Telecommunications; Information

31 Jan 2023
News

Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) recently presented a virtual panel discussion exploring the unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter when founding their companies. The conversation, titled “The Realities Facing Female Founders,”... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

inventing many of the core digital technologies of the past half-century. But it is by no means the only way to support the growth of an entrepreneurial ecosystem. Universities, for example, play a crucial role in training the engineers... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Dec 2020
News

Quantum Leap

Illustration by Edmon deHaro Even before we’ve seen the full potential of quantum computing in any material sense, the global market is estimated to reach $5.5 billion in the next five years. To begin to understand why, consider how it could transform the notoriously... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air

to see the recent proliferation of invention and witness new approaches and experimentation around carbon capture, which is exactly what we need. Because, as we sit here today, it’s not clear that we have a viable technology solution... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

01 Jun 2009
News

Social Enterprise Visionary

John Whitehead Played a Key Role in Developing the HBS Initiative AUSTIN, WHITEHEAD, AND RANGAN: Social enterprise pioneers. In the early 1990s, legendary Wall Street executive and former deputy secretary of state John Whitehead (MBA 11/’47) decided there was a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

Entrepreneurs Win in Global Competitions BioMine CEO, Privahini Bradoo (MBA '08) Related Links View photos from the contest Meet the 12 regional finalists Listen to the faculty webinar series Learn about the 2011 host clubs Winners of the second annual Alumni New... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2012
News

Making Finance Personal

Cook Main article: Where Innovation Rules Necessity may be the mother of invention, but as Scott Cook (MBA 1976) can attest, an unhappy spouse can be a powerful prompter of innovation. Spurred by the complaints of his wife, Signe Ostby (herself an MBA), about the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

13 Oct 2011
News

Potential for Mass Customization

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Legal Services; Professional Services

10 May 2023
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Alumna Snags an Emmy

Smith Cochrane (right) accepts the Emmy with her colleague German Cheung Smith Cochrane (right) accepts the Emmy with her colleague German Cheung Kathryn Smith Cochrane’s (MBA 2016) recent Emmy award win didn’t have the anticipatory stress of the ones you see on TV.... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

21 Jul 2022
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How Sumner Feldberg Helped Transform Retail

Courtesy of the Feldberg Family Courtesy of the Feldberg Family Sumner Feldberg (MBA 1949), who died on July 1, 2022, was remembered in an obituary in the Wall Street Journal as an innovator in the field of retail. He grew up in Newton, Mass., the child of Jewish... View Details

Keywords: Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Jul 2021
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The Power of Anomaly

04 Sep 2019
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Accelerating Allston

As Harvard University transforms its Allston campus into an epicenter of research and innovation, Denise Dupré and Mark Nunnelly (MBA 1984) have made a gift that both accelerates that progress and catalyzes the collaboration between HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson... View Details

08 Jan 2019
News

HBX Rebrands to Harvard Business School Online to Help Extend Reach of Online Programs

Keywords: Real Estate

15 Sep 2016
News

Leading the Way

Jim McNerney (MBA 1975) is the retired chairman of the Boeing Company and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he discusses his experience as a leader of two of America’s top companies and the lessons he hopes to pass on to others.... View Details