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31 Oct 2019
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5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

engineering quite yet. I chose Harvard’s MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program because of its interdisciplinary approach to bridge the gap between engineering and business. I saw that the program consisted... View Details

17 Jun 2016
News

The Secret Economic And Career Benefits Of Taking Vacation

August 1976
Article

A Model of Economic Growth With Altruism Between Generations

By: Elon Kohlberg

Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Relationships

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2014
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Nudging Physicians to Pursue Careers in Underserved Areas: A Case for Behavioral Economics

By: Joseph Lopez, Mona Singh, Nava Ashraf and Joel Weissman

Currently, more than 60 million Americans live in "Health Professional Shortage Areas." Unless policymakers can encourage more physicians to practice in medically under-resourced areas, an increased number of uninsured individuals newly able to obtain health insurance... View Details

Keywords: Access To Care; Health Economics; Health Reform; Minority Health; Disparities; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry

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August 2008
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From Clusters to Cluster-Based Economic Development

By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Olga Memedovic

Over the last decades, changes in the global economy and the emergence of Global Value Chains (GVCs) have raised the interest in understanding the specific conditions and cross-company interactions within and across locations. For companies, the need to choose the... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Economy; Value; Business Strategy; Competition; Performance Productivity; Cost; Natural Environment; Policy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Framework; Industry Clusters

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November 2002 (Revised January 2013)
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Central America: Strategy for Economic Integration

By: Michael E. Porter and Niels Ketelhohn

Describes the economic integration efforts of the Central American countries in the late 1990s. View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Economic Growth; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Cooperation; Integration; Central America

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1988
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The Process of Economic Concentration in the American Economy

By: R. S. Tedlow

Keywords: Economics; Economy; United States

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May 2023
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Space: Public and Commercial Economics (SPACE)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

SPACE is a course with two goals: to use the tools of economics to better understand the rapidly evolving space sector, and to train the next generation of commercial space leaders. We pursue these goals through a systematic study of the growing space economy,... View Details

Keywords: Industry Growth; Aerospace Industry

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14 Jun 2022

MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Virtual Event

Join us for a virtual event with program faculty, Admissions staff, students and alumni to learn more about Harvard's MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program. Prospective students must have an undergraduate degree in engineering, computer... View Details

07 Jun 2024

MS/MBA Engineering Sciences Information Session

Are you an innovator who aspires to launch and lead technology ventures? Join us for a virtual event with program faculty and Admissions staff to learn more about Harvard's MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program. Prospective students must... View Details

15 Jul 2020
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The HBS Health Minute: Translating Science into Therapeutics

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14 Nov 2019
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Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Lying in bed each morning, Emily Batt (MS/MBA 2020) yearned to sleep a little longer, but had no way of knowing when her roommate would finish her seemingly endless shower. That frustration inspired a team project in the new MS/MBA:... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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HBS's Unique Economic Model

Rick Melnick Harvard Business School is renowned for educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Less well known is the economic model that enables HBS to do this—model that is unique in higher education. HBS is a living example... View Details

Keywords: Melnick, Richard; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Mar 2017
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Science says parents of successful kids have 17 things in common

January 2009 (Revised June 2014)
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CityCenter (B): Economics and Delivery

By: A. Eugene Kohn, John D. Macomber and Ben Creo

Bill Smith is informed by his general contractor that a key component of the Aria Resort is going to be delayed. Aria is the centerpiece of CityCenter: a $9 billion complex and a bet-the-firm decision for MGM Mirage. Smith must make a decision as to whether to force... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Construction; Finance; Organizational Structure; Projects; Complexity

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While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This volume offers new theoretical and empirical contributions to fundamental questions relating to the economics of... View Details