Business Ecosystem - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2024

crisis as we approach the midpoint of the decade. During ClimateCAP 2024, attendees heard from thought leaders and executives working towards a more sustainable and equitable business ecosystem and engaged... View Details

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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog

to the environment in Singapore, offering an in-depth exploration of the country's ecosystem with particular focus on the government’s efforts to facilitate an innovation hub that is durable and relevant. The course is specifically... View Details

23 Feb 2023
News

In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot

capital, has invested in the first five of an intended 30 portfolio companies, and is advancing the goal of growing the entrepreneurial ecosystem for Black and diverse founders. Another opportunity came out of a discussion with a group of... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2018
News

Floor It

research ecosystem have delayed the delivery of lifesaving advances. Think of it as a plumbing problem: The third-floor shower in an old house doesn’t have enough water pressure. The problem may be with the third-floor pipe, but it’s far... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li

14 Jun 2018
News

Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa

economic change in rural Africa. “ThirdWay Africa is an investing and advisory firm focused on Indian Ocean Africa. We believe in a socially and economically empowered Africa. We work with multiple ecosystem stakeholders to create and... View Details

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Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

companies. Those who will join early-stage startups (typically in a product manager, business development, sales, marketing, or growth role). Those who will work at growth stage technology firms (in a similar range of roles) that try to... View Details

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Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator - Health Care

leading to more advancements. The issue they discovered was that the structure of the cure ecosystem wasn’t built around business efficiencies. Organizations, which are often solely research-focused, could... View Details

November 2019
Case

DeepMap: Charting the Road Ahead for Autonomous Vehicles

By: Shane Greenstein and Nicole Tempest Keller

Founded in 2016, DeepMap developed high definition (HD) mapping software and localization services for Level 4+ autonomous vehicles. Traditional navigational maps were accurate to a few meters, which was sufficient for drivers but not for machine-driven vehicles that... View Details

Keywords: Mapping Software; Autonomous Vehicles; Business Startups; Applications and Software; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Service Delivery; Global Range; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Technology Industry; Auto Industry

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IFC: Israel; Startups and Venture Capital - Course Catalog

that promote innovation ecosystems outside of the United States. Most startups will be Series B or Series C and have developed a product or service. The companies will be across a variety of sectors including cybersecurity, big data, life... View Details

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Entrepreneurship | MBA

Launch Your Entrepreneurial Journey The Harvard Business School (HBS) community is a place where students are encouraged and inspired to pursue their entrepreneurial passions. There is a vast ecosystem of... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

A Quiet Force: Remembering Jay Light

Jay O. Light, Dean of Harvard Business School from 2005 to 2010, died on October 15, 2022, at his home in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, of cancer. He was 81 years old. Light served on the HBS faculty for more than four decades. He loved... View Details

Keywords: leadership; HBS Dean; obituary; academia

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Management, Strategy Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Livia Alfonsi Negotiation Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Tomomichi Amano IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem Strategy, Marketing January 2026 J 3.0 Innovation... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines

involving business, science, medicine, law, public policy, design, and ethics. What began with the i-lab, an incubator for students across Harvard, has evolved into an innovation ecosystem that includes the Harvard Launch Lab (for alumni)... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

like Reddit, analysts took note, with some investors pocketing millions—and others losing their shirts. “A meme stock is a stock whose price has ripped far away from any sense of the firm’s underlying fundamental value,” explains Lauren Cohen, the L.E. Simmons... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

05 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit

with mangrove conservation expert Hemant Karkhanis. Joshi provided an overview to the Godrej Group, its ESG strategy, and its mangrove conservation and restoration initiatives. Godrej Group, an international business conglomerate with... View Details

01 Mar 2025
News

Forward Thinking

There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk; Space Research and Technology; Government

19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

high-impact boards and also to bolster the ecosystem of nonprofit networks so they can share, exchange, and collaborate on best practices.” More than 1,000 people attended the summit over the two weeks, and participants were encouraged to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Digital Operations - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Digital Operations Course Number 2113 Associate Professor Antonio Moreno Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits Project Overview: Digital technologies are reshaping operations, improving efficiency, quality, speed, and enabling new View Details

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

consider: Is that experience transferable to this investment? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209110 SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Nov 2024
News

Healthcare Club Hosts its 25th Annual Conference; Alumni Step Out for Global Networking Night; Meet the Club Leader: Andrea Fantacone

Columbus in early 2022 and wanted to feel more connected to the HBS alumni in the area and the business ecosystem of Central Ohio. The HBS Club of Columbus had a long history of events and programming but... View Details