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- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)
thought to knock on. I have ended up working in some of the most exciting, cutting-edge life sciences companies in the world, and I never would have even considered the industry before coming to HBS. Mollie Breen (MBA 2020) is the Founder... View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
and investment banking at Goldman Sachs. After graduating, he will be in private equity at Blackstone. Sumit received his Master of Science and his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude, from Harvard. View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
a Cameroon-based company while pursuing a joint degree at HBS and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences during the pandemic took all of Ajanoh’s spare time. During the January 2022 term break, he went to... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Looking back; looking forward
them. We were looking for the science of business. Gradually, though, it became clear that management was as much an art as a science. Becoming an effective manager meant not only mastering the facts, but also acting when not all the... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Paul’s Sabbatical Story: Hypothesis-Testing by Sabbaticals
commercializing social science research to create organizations which positively impact the world. DiDonna founded The Sabbatical Project to explore when and why sabbaticals lead to positive outcomes for working professionals. Along with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
New Year's Eve 1999 gave revelers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for celebration - the exhilarating thrill of ringing in a year that's always had an aura of science fiction mystery. When the champagne corks popped at midnight, however,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- September 1974 (Revised June 1986)
- Case
William D. Ruckelshaus and the Environmental Protection Agency
By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Government Administration; Environmental Sustainability; Business and Government Relations; United States
Bower, Joseph L. "William D. Ruckelshaus and the Environmental Protection Agency." Harvard Business School Case 375-083, September 1974. (Revised June 1986.)
- 2022
- Article
Which Explanation Should I Choose? A Function Approximation Perspective to Characterizing Post hoc Explanations
By: Tessa Han, Suraj Srinivas and Himabindu Lakkaraju
A critical problem in the field of post hoc explainability is the lack of a common foundational goal among methods. For example, some methods are motivated by function approximation, some by game theoretic notions, and some by obtaining clean visualizations. This... View Details
Han, Tessa, Suraj Srinivas, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "Which Explanation Should I Choose? A Function Approximation Perspective to Characterizing Post hoc Explanations." Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) (2022). (Best Paper Award, International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) Workshop on Interpretable ML in Healthcare.)
- 2022
- Article
Fairness via Explanation Quality: Evaluating Disparities in the Quality of Post hoc Explanations
By: Jessica Dai, Sohini Upadhyay, Ulrich Aivodji, Stephen Bach and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As post hoc explanation methods are increasingly being leveraged to explain complex models in high-stakes settings, it becomes critical to ensure that the quality of the resulting explanations is consistently high across all subgroups of a population. For instance, it... View Details
Dai, Jessica, Sohini Upadhyay, Ulrich Aivodji, Stephen Bach, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "Fairness via Explanation Quality: Evaluating Disparities in the Quality of Post hoc Explanations." Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (2022): 203–214.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective
We provide a comprehensive examination of whether, to what extent, and which accounting variables are useful for improving the predictive accuracy of GDP growth forecasts. We leverage statistical models that accommodate a broad set of (341) variables—outnumbering the... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Elastic Net; GDP Growth; Machine Learning; Macro Forecasting; Short Fat Data; Accounting; Economic Growth; Forecasting and Prediction; Analytics and Data Science
Datar, Srikant, Apurv Jain, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Siyu Zhang. "Is Accounting Useful for Forecasting GDP Growth? A Machine Learning Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-113, December 2020.
- March 1996
- Article
Does it Pay to be Green? An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Emission Reduction and Firm Performance
By: Stuart L. Hart and Gautam Ahuja
Evidence can be marshalled to support either the view that pollution abatement is a cost burden on firms and is detrimental to competitiveness, or that reducing emissions increases efficiency and saves money, giving firms a cost advantage. In an effort to resolve this... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Performance Efficiency; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy
Hart, Stuart L., and Gautam Ahuja. "Does it Pay to be Green? An Empirical Examination of the Relationship Between Emission Reduction and Firm Performance." Business Strategy and the Environment 5, no. 1 (March 1996): 30–37.
- July 2012
- Supplement
Generation Investment Management, Video
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Examines the Investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details
Keywords: Leadership And Managing People; Accountability; Investment Management; Social Issues; Investment; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Development Economics; Natural Environment; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry
Sucher, Sandra J. "Generation Investment Management, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 612-704, July 2012.
- 2008
- Working Paper
Learning Processes in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which... View Details
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
than the European eccentric. Technology. Americans understand that innovation is the key to growth and wealth in a global economy where knowledge travels at lightspeed over the Internet. America's economic strength is based on innovation. Proud parents take their... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
innovation, especially in the life sciences in areas such as stem cell research, requires buildings that must be flexible and readily converted to new and different uses. What will be published or other output from the colloquium? The... View Details
- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
credit, especially for people who may be traditionally left out of capital markets.” BrightUp blends technology and behavioral science to help under-supported people become more financially healthy, delivering services to the market as an... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Web
Managing Customers for Growth - Course Catalog
students will strengthen their ability to translate customer data into strategic decisions and communicate effectively with data science teams. Course Content and Organization: The course is structured around three core modules, each... View Details
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
subjects—biology, philosophy, sociology. Clocks combine art (in their cases and dials) and science (in their mechanisms).” For the Industrial Revolution to truly take hold, for example, workers needed to own an inexpensive, mass-produced... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- November–December 2022
- Article
Your Company Needs a Space Strategy. Now.
By: Matthew Weinzierl, Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Alan MacCormack and Brendan Rosseau
Space is becoming a potential source of value for businesses across a range of sectors, including agriculture, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, and tourism. To understand what the opportunities are for your company, the authors advise you to consider the four ways in... View Details
Keywords: Space Strategy; Emerging Markets; Natural Resources; Analytics and Data Science; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Competition; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Alan MacCormack, and Brendan Rosseau. "Your Company Needs a Space Strategy. Now." Harvard Business Review (November–December 2022): 80–91.