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- 15 Dec 2024
- News
After Ozempic
Back before Ozempic, when Kate Mulroney (MBA 1984) spoke at technical conferences about her work at Novo Nordisk, people often assumed she was talking about Novartis. “I’d have to explain that’s a Swiss company; we’re Danish,” says Mulroney, now head of advanced... View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
trajectories of satellites and worked on the development of a carrying system for a Venus rover as part of NASA’s Adept mission. “Being able to talk to these scientists and engineers at NASA about different atmospheres and different... View Details
- 02 Dec 2018
- News
An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities
of living that the developed world takes for granted. The panelists agreed that the world is warming faster than scientists anticipated even a few years ago and that, for investors, a changing climate offers many opportunities. These... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
forthcoming New York: Dey Street Books Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and Life By: Gino, F. Abstract—The world’s best chef. An airline captain who brought his flight to safety in a daring water landing. A magician known for his sensational escape... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
thousands of hackers who flock to the cracks found in existing network architecture daily. Results may include leaked emails, drained bank accounts, and the destruction of production facilities (as Iranian nuclear scientists found out).... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2014
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of Neuromanagement?
of legal issues associated with the practice. But the concern leads us to an important question: Where do we draw the line on the use of technology in hiring practices? What do you think? Original Article For years, behavioral scientists... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
scientific-driven process. So corporations made enormous investments to create ivory towers where scientists would think great thoughts. At first it seemed very appealing, but as the fifties moved into the sixties and the sixties moved... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
of forms, from bringing in people who are doing cutting-edge work in fields such as the life sciences, to making Singapore’s business climate attractive to entrepreneurs, to offering training to graduate students and scientists in what... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
scientist and engineers: I can now speak the language of data! WHAT DID YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT THE BOOT CAMP? Adebodun Aina (MBA 2020): I enjoyed the practicality of the program. As someone who deeply appreciates getting his hands dirty and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Development Scientist II at The Clorox Company. Jessica Chamoun (MBA 2022, Section D), Summer Internship: Business Development Intern at Malta Inc. Malta’s electro-thermal energy storage system is a new grid-scale technology that collects... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
over environmental issues such as climate change? We’re a nonpartisan group. Our board is half Republican and half Democrat and includes scientists like Jared Diamond, business leaders like David Bonderman and Ed Bass, and civic leaders... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
and pairs researching similar clinical areas. Our results suggest that matching between scientists may be subject to considerable frictions-even among those in relatively close geographic proximity and in the same organizational system.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
assemble a team of scientists from outside the beauty industry to challenge the conventional wisdom. Their company, Living Proof, wanted to offer women "proof in a bottle" rather than "hope in a bottle." As the firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
positive correlation between the number of journal articles published between 1981 and 1997 by semiconductor company researchers and the number of patents held by firms. "It turns out," he said, "that publications by IBM and AT&T View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 05 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Closing the Education Gap with Kei Takatsuka (MBA 2022)
wonder if becoming a scientist was what she really wanted. Meanwhile, another interest began to take hold as she became aware of the academic options her classmates had had access to before college that she hadn’t. Takatsuka was also... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
articulate just how disastrous closing our borders long-term would be. Some of the recent political rhetoric to halt all immigration, even if later scaled back in practice, endangers the image of America as a welcoming beacon to the next generation of View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 17 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Nolan. The 5 most-engaging stories on social media How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities COVID's Surprising Toll on Careers of Women Scientists How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19 Merck CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
years, business historians have often been fringe players in the study of globalization, while political historians, economists, sociologists, and political scientists have taken it forward in exciting ways and have built a vast... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 22 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change
government. The renewables world has significantly changed in the past 5 to 10 years though – our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
to pre-industrial times, after which serious climate catastrophes are likely, scientists say. And the UN reports that we've already reached 1.1 degrees Celsius of rise. JM: Essentially, the challenge I think that we all have is trying to... View Details