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Ethical AI | Institute for Business in Global Society

Ethical AI As artificial intelligence becomes integral to business operations, it is imperative to understand the technology’s broad potential impact on society. BiGS and our partners at Harvard’s D^3... View Details

06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

his tuition by trading his own stocks. This fall, Ameen will begin classes at Harvard Business School, where he says he hopes to strengthen the financial, analytical, and leadership skills that will help him understand how to work within... View Details

22 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

have done a big service to mankind, so that's my ultimate ambition. Read More >> Climate Stories By Jacqueline Adams & Lynn Schenk Researched and written by Jacqueline Adams (MBA 1978) and Produced by Lynn Schenk, Director,... View Details

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

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Betty J. Diener Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

raised. I went back as dean of the business school at Old Dominion. Old Dominion's down in Norfolk, Virginia. When I was growing up in Virginia, it didn't even exist. It's one of these big emerging state... View Details

Book Review

Book Review of International Big Business, 1957-67: A Study of Comparative Growth, edited by Robert Rowthorn and Stephen Hymer

By: Louis T Wells Jr

Keywords: Business History; Growth and Development

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January 2025
Supplement

Hippo: Weathering the Storm of the Home Insurance Crisis (B)

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan

Rick McCathron, CEO of Hippo, was optimistic about the InsurTech's path to profitability after navigating the financial uncertainties of 2022. By bundling their home insurance services with third-parties and established insurance incumbents, Hippo was adopting a... View Details

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12 Jul 2020
Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

well into, is my colleague Shoshanna Zuboff’s magisterial The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. This book is one of genius. It provides a sweeping description of the rise and impact of business models that are premised on harvesting and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Jan 2017
News

A famous scorecard taught at Harvard Business School can help you improve your life and relationships

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

is ever going to leap ahead. The main barrier, according to Pisano, is the lack of integration among costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. In a presentation at the Harvard Business School Alumni Healthcare Conference, held last... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century Request the Data A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Robert S. Abbott Chicago Defender, 1905–1940 Benjamin Abrams Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation, 1922–1966... View Details

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24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

choices are presented—can encourage people to change their behavior in pursuit of policy goals, says Michael Luca, the Lee J. Styslinger III Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 May 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

Pauline Brown joined the HBS faculty following a tenure as Chairman of North America at the French luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton. (Photo credit: Albert Cheung) To future CEOs who want to succeed in the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Beauty & Cosmetics; Apparel & Accessories; Auto; Tourism

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

from leaking gas stations.[61] These are some examples of major environmental problems where one of the big challenges is someone taking the initiative to work to fix it; businesses have the opportunity to... View Details

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Elizabeth "Betsy" Latimer Jaffe Oral History - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: Harvard Business School About Faculty & Research MBA Doctoral Executive Education Alumni Building the Foundation: Business Education for Women at Harvard University:... View Details

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

that social media users are increasingly attracted to the idea of such a model. But funding it without advertising's help won't be easy. Two digital marketing experts, Harvard Business School professors John Deighton, the Harold M.... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

the Aldrich classrooms on the Harvard Business School campus where other people's ventures are the usual topic of discussion. Judges—a mix of angel investors, VCs, serial entrepreneurs, and industry executives—score the plans on criteria... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

01 Dec 2019
News

Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

Administration. Serafeim teaches Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems, one of several electives in the MBA Program that focus on environmental and social challenges. Given the surge of student... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2018
News

Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term

MBA elective Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems. Joining Henderson and Serafeim for the HBX course are several faculty members from across Harvard who are experts in law, government, and fi... View Details

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