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- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
developing on,” Wu says. Benefitting from complex contagion Hackathons permit what social scientists call complex contagion, in which exposure to a phenomenon from multiple sources helps speed adoption. Past research that looked at this... View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet
feeds the average sports junkie's need for speed and excitement. "I don't know if you know it, but a Tesla is almost as quick from 0 to 60 as a Ferrari," Higgins says. "The way electricity transfers power is quite... View Details
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed project delivery. Both speakers touched on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
first and second-year MBA students. During the four-day course, he worked with Elkins to provide an overview of Africa’s economic landscape, range of business opportunities, and the speed of growth and change occurring there, and also... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
platform, Lakhani developed the NASA Tournament Lab to create contests that improve computer codes and data analytics solutions. With Harvard Medical School researchers, he designed a competition to break data bottlenecks and speed up DNA... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
market; and a set of financings reasonable for all parties. Fifth, and most important, is a tremendous sense of urgency. We want to back ventures that are the first or second entrants in their markets, so speeding the product to market in... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Career to Smile About
Foods, joined Colgate in 1988 as head of its Far East and Canada operations. "How do you take an idea or product that may work in Latin America and introduce it into Asia or Africa, instantaneously? All multinationals are working on this problem because View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
To Market, to Market
Accelerator represents a unique approach to life sciences entrepreneurship and establishes a fast track for the development of new cures: Bridging the Gap The Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator speeds up the translation of life science... View Details
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
them—not back in the laboratory, but rolling them out, getting audience reactions, and making changes immediately. We learn about the speed of change, and about a work style that makes people feel motivated to work closely with each other... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Portrait Project
Paul Yeh
I am friends with the local police in four states and seven counties. They love me because they can always count on my lead foot to fill their speeding ticket quotas. I am the worst nightmare for Boston area auto dealers. Known as the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop
significant exposure and visibility to senior management. With the exception of startups, there really isn’t anything like this available to recent grads in terms of speed to impact. What do you hope to achieve during the year? I’m... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 24 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort
learned more about ways to speed up testing in the US. He taught us about potential at-home COVID tests that, if used broadly across the country, could possibly help contain the next wave of COVID this fall. In some ways, the COVID... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Author Charley Ellis on Goldman Sachs
get the very best people. It’s a lateral organization, not hierarchical, so everybody’s in the information network equally. The commitment of its employees is unsurpassed, and the intensity, pace, and speed at which they work is something... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Job Interviews
is often interpreted as anxiety or lack of self-confidence. “Whether you speed up under stress or if you’re naturally a fast talker, during an interview you need to slow down.” Butler’s list of interview “don’ts” includes expressions of... View Details
- 29 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Global Change in the Built Environment
to understand the relationships to our industry. Clearly our trade relationship with China is having a profound impact on where and how we do our business. The new real estate derivatives business, which is just emerging, could completely change our strategies on how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Opportunities Realized Through Fellowships
at Entrepreneurial Speed For Peter Michailidis (MBA 2011) the financial aid he received while attending HBS made it possible for him to follow his dreams and make a difference in the world. “The fellowship reduced my debt, so I could... View Details
Keywords: fellowships
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Tapping into a sustainable enterprise that provides income for indigenous Mexican families
income for social-enterprise purposes for deserving families, plus industry, and also the environment. It’s a ‘win-win-win’ solution,” says Arias-King. So far, 2,400 hectares have been planted, but the goal is 12,000—a forest about equal to the size of Boston.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
what to do. You ask them questions, engage in dialogues. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal I look for something that has a major impact on the area that it's supposed to affect — major cost savings, speed improvement, major... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Alumni Books
innovative concepts and models (including The Managerial Target); and describes, interrelates, and integrates about 100 gurus’ major concepts, processes, models, and practices into a single unified practice of management model. The Speed... View Details
- Career Coach
Christopher Canario
what opportunities might be out there, or just interested in learning more about the rapidly growing space economy, Chris is happy to get you up to speed on all things space. If you are already a space industry veteran and eager to go... View Details