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- 08 Jan 2020
- Podcast
Unpacking Amazon’s workforce development strategy
Amazon in the summer of 2019 announced a sweeping five-year plan to bolster the skills of a third of its US workforce—close to 100,000 worker-learners. The plan includes apprenticeships, partnerships with local community colleges, and internal programs. As Amazon’s... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
Silicon Valley. Over these next few episodes, we’ll explore the ideas at the heart of Alex’s book, detailing how entrepreneurs and ecosystems across the globe are challenging the Silicon Valley model—and explaining what these global... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- News
Sustainability Is Good Business
be an environmental good citizen,” said Tercek, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he played a key role in developing the firm’s environmental strategy. “So the question is, how do you avoid damaging the ecosystem while... View Details
- Web
Rhea Acharya | MBA
to daily calls with founders and formal investment committee meetings painted a holistic picture of the entrepreneurial ecosystem — and the synergy between technology and business necessary to solve tangible problems. In fact, the fund... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Net Positive
and CEO of League One Volleyball (LOVB), Katlyn Gao (MBA 2007) is changing that by designing a volleyball ecosystem from scratch. Alongside an established network of youth clubs overseen by COO Kim (Hyde) Kitchens (MBA 2008), LOVB has... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
The NBA's African Expansion
basketball being a top sport throughout Africa in 10 years,” according to coverage on CNBC. The effort is led by NBA Africa CEO Victor Williams (MBA 1998), who described the organization’s strategy to accelerate the development of the sport’s View Details
- 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
- 21 Sep 2015
- News
A Real Path to Shared Prosperity in America
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Expanding Audiences Through HBX CORe
in-person standardized exam). Those who successfully complete the program receive an HBX credential. “CORe represents a unique digital ecosystem for the passionate learner,” says Jana Pompadur Kierstead, executive director of HBX. “It... View Details
- July 2020 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
MobSquad
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, William R. Kerr and Susie L. Ma
Irfhan Rawji (MBA 2004) launched MobSquad in October 2018 to help American tech start-ups retain hard-to-find talent, many of whom struggled with U.S. work visa issues, such as software engineers with experience in artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data... View Details
Keywords: Work Visas; H1-B; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Labor; Human Capital; Human Resources; Crisis Management; Employment Industry; Canada; United States
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, William R. Kerr, and Susie L. Ma. "MobSquad." Harvard Business School Case 821-010, July 2020. (Revised September 2020.)
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Investors Have an Impact
understand who are the other players across the social ecosystem [who] are doing similar things and how they might be able to collaborate with each other. What I found by doing that is that I met so many different people who, in their... View Details
- November 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?
By: William R. Kerr, Reilly Kiernan and Jordan Bach-Lombardo
How can policymakers and business leaders address AI and automation's potential for widespread labor market displacement? This case examines potential policy responses, looking closely at the United States' existing social safety net and the impacts of implementing... View Details
Keywords: UBI; Job Guarantee; Managing The Future Of Work; EITC; Employment; Labor; Social Issues; Income; Government and Politics; Policy; Problems and Challenges
Kerr, William R., Reilly Kiernan, and Jordan Bach-Lombardo. "Universal Basic Income, Job Guarantees, or None of the Above?" Harvard Business School Case 819-035, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
direct action and through their philanthropy. In addition, with their gifts to the HBS Fund, alumni are supporting an ecosystem that produces both the ideas and the leaders that are transforming education and advancing innovations around... View Details
- 03 Nov 2016
- News
17 Ventures Join the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab
university’s cross-disciplinary ecosystem for exploring innovation and entrepreneurship. Made possible by a gift from Judy (MBA 1983) and Steve Pagliuca (MBA 1982), the Life Lab will give Harvard students, faculty, and alumni access to... View Details
- October 2019 (Revised March 2021)
- Background Note
Modern Automation (B): Robotics
By: William R. Kerr and James Palano
Driven largely by advances in perception and situational awareness, robots in the 2010s were gaining functionality that allowed them to be applied to fundamentally new types of work. The expanding range of new tasks that could be completed by machines had significant... View Details
Keywords: Robotics; Artificial Intelligence; Future Of Work; Technology Commercialization; Information Technology; Commercialization; Employment; AI and Machine Learning
Kerr, William R., and James Palano. "Modern Automation (B): Robotics." Harvard Business School Background Note 820-069, October 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
future success. The Keystone Advantage by Marco Iansiti and Roy Levien (Harvard Business School Press) Professor Iansiti and his coauthor argue that business ecosystems work in much the same way as biological View Details
- 20 Nov 2014
- News
Strengthening America's Public Education System
“playbook” highlighting ways in which business partnerships can help educators lay the policy foundations for innovation, expand programs that boost student outcomes, and reinvigorate the entire education ecosystem to strengthen public... View Details
- 06 Oct 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
water entrepreneurship ecosystem is lagging behind other sectors that are on focused climate and sustainability—led Ferguson to found Burnt Island Ventures in 2020. The company invests exclusively in entrepreneurs building technologies... View Details
- 10 AM – 11 AM EDT, 22 Oct 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Collective Impact: An Innovative Approach to Improving Public Education
In this webinar, Professor Grossman will describe an innovative approach to improving public education Collective Impact and how you can get involved to help transform public education in the communities you care about. View Details