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- 28 Jun 2010
- HBS Case
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
in-house education program on improvement science that emphasizes rapid cycles of small-scale change. Their finding that an accumulation of small changes can add up to significant gains is leading the way... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation
What are some of the new "star" technologies and how can the average business integrate them in order to conduct low-cost, rapid testing? We need to appreciate that new knowledge comes as much from failure as it does from... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success? Call them next-generation driverless taxis or people movers, the age of personal rapid transport is just around the bend. Could PRT change the face of public... View Details
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
opportunities. And while oil prices continue to rise and fall, energy services firms are seeing rapid growth—especially those firms that provide services to both traditional and emerging clean technology energy sectors. When approaching... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
On the 50th floor of a global law firm, overlooking a cold and rainy Manhattan skyline in November, more than 70 Harvard Business School alumni gathered to learn from each other and confront the business implications of climate change... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
Rent The Runway Joins the Unicorn Club
milestone, CEO Jennifer Hyman (MBA 2009), told Forbes that the company “has created a new consumer behavior of dynamic ownership and clothing rental has become an essential utility in our members’ lives.” Hyman goes on to say that RTR is meeting the market’s View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
business applications, aimed at empowering teams to better respond to changing customer and competitive threats, are already au fait with this idea of using military strategy to guide project decision-making. Many Agile-immersion... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
conversation was the urgency of adapting to this new era, even when that change is daunting. “It’s easier if you’re a startup,” Larizadeh Duggan says, “but if your company is 30, 40, 50, 100 years old—or in my case, 300 years old—that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Apr 2016
- News
Driving Digital Expansion
Named CEO in 2011, Rozhan has overseen rapid growth at the company as it confronts a changing technological landscape with the recent launch of Tribe, an over-the-top service that allows consumers to... View Details
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
associated institutions in particular fields that compete but also cooperate." In a recent interview in Working Knowledge, a quarterly report on research at HBS, Porter was asked whether clusters and other local economic circumstances still matter, given the View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Dhruv Agarwala, MBA 2002
experience at HBS, and it is helping the faculty conduct important research,” says Agarwala. “Given India’s role in the global economic landscape, it is critical for the School to have a vibrant and successful research center here.” “HBS is in a unique position to shed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
product offerings, start treating the third party suppliers like partners, and invest in local distribution centers.” Other concerns included those associated with changing customer shopping habits, the use of new technologies, and... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and economic inclusion—and then sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Stevenson Named Director of External Relations
"Technological change is enabling and driving globalization," he says. "In order to meet the challenges of rapid growth and change, companies are forming alliances, building a sense of community, and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
focuses on scaling a venture's sales process and provides a methodology for identifying core customers and some implications for governance criteria and potential product changes as well as sales management. Paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
Pablo Fernandez Alvarez (GMP 17, 2014) is cofounder of Clicars, an e-commerce platform in Spain that allows users to buy and finance refurbished cars hassle-free. In this interview, Fernandez explains the business model, the reasons behind the company’s View Details
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Transportation - Business & Environment
Confronting Climate Change Transportation Transportation is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions The transport sector accounts for about 14% of the world’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and about half of global oil... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
least in the short run. But with that increase of fossil fuel burning comes an ever-escalating cloud of CO2 emissions destined to linger in our atmosphere and oceans for hundreds, even thousands of years. OP-ED COLLECTION The Business of Climate View Details
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
the Chinese population, the country's recent and rapid industrialization, and thousands of years of environmental degradation have put more strain on a finite amount of land than any other place on earth." That strain is manifesting... View Details