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  • 08 Feb 2018
  • Blog Post

WesTrek: A Recap of the Largest Professional Trek at Harvard Business School

and human resources. Francesca Barrett, an MD/MBA candidate, noted that, "As someone with a strong interest in health care, I’ve never had the chance to marry that with the tech industry. Being able to... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • June 2010 (Revised August 2010)
  • Case

Dr. Cameron Powell and AirStrip Technologies: After the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

Dr. Cameron Powell and his partner, Trey Moore, co-founders of the innovative company, AirStrip Technologies, have developed a series of apps for the iPhone and other smartphones that can help doctors monitor the vital signs of their patients anytime, anywhere. They... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Health Care and Treatment; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Product Development; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 10 Mar 2020
  • News

Sorry, but Working From Home Is Overrated

  • 17 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Can Autonomous Vehicles Drive with Common Sense?

Julian De Freitas. “We expect that they will make roads truly much safer.” In fact, De Freitas and colleagues recently argued in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that adopting driverless vehicles on a broad scale could improve global View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto
  • 13 May 2013
  • Blog Post

Being Uncomfortable at HBS

Strategy consultant. HuffPost blogger. Passionate foodie. Avid trekker. Tech enthusiast. I was a whole host of things prior to Harvard Business School - and I still am. Although part of me likes having a routine to maintain a healthy dose... View Details
  • Career Coach

Wendi Zhang

business development/product partnerships for Google Pixel, Wearables, and Accessories as well as a few verticals of Google Home and Chromecast within Google's Devices & Services (formerly Google Hardware) team, ran business development for 3 other View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Angel Investing; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Real Estate; Social Enterprise; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship; Technology
  • 06 Dec 2020
  • News

The best books of 2020, according to Fortune staff

  • Career Coach

Deborah Resnick

consultant with McKinsey & Company, former Director of Professional Development for McKinsey's Midwest offices, and a current consultant and facilitator of leadership training at multiple tech companies, Deborah is a calibrated... View Details
Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

anytime, anywhere. They have presented their technology at one of the highest profile tech conferences and now face a choice of focusing on the first and only—FDA-approved product targeted at obstetricians and driving its penetration or... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2013 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Pittsburgh

By: Eric Werker, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy and Andrew Knauer
The case narrates the development of Pittsburgh from the 1940s to 2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the... View Details
Keywords: Google; Population; City Growth; Shale; PNC; Tom Murphy; Luke Ravenstahl; Public-private Partnership; Tax Increment Financing; Brownfields; Renaissance; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; City; Business and Government Relations; Taxation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; Pittsburgh
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    When Technology Gets Ahead of Society

    New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don't yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar challenges: The rules are unclear and... View Details
    • July–August 2018
    • Article

    When Technology Gets Ahead of Society

    By: Tarun Khanna
    New technologies can be unsettling for industry incumbents, regulators, and consumers, because norms and institutions for dealing with them don’t yet exist. Interestingly, businesspeople in emerging economies face similar challenges: The rules are unclear and... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Society; Situation or Environment; Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Performance Effectiveness; Cooperation
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    • 16 Apr 2019
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

    Recommendations are based on analyses of individuals’ career histories in the professional services sector and other settings, such as appliance manufacturing, oil and gas, health care, and education. The article proposes strategies on... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 24 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

    Yoshimi Anzai, Marta E. Heilbrun, Derek Haas, Luca Boi, Kirk Moshre, Satoshi Minoshima, and Vivian S. Lee Abstract—The lack of understanding the true costs (not charges) of delivering health care services poses tremendous challenges in... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

    this article, the author suggests that tech pioneers would do well to heed a lesson he’s gleaned from his research in the developing world: For long-term success, companies must invest in the surrounding ecosystem. The author presents... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • March 2021
    • Supplement

    Snapp: Scaling Under Sanctions in Iran (B)

    By: Meg Rithmire and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in November 2020 as Eyad Alkassar and Mahmoud Fouz, co-founders of Iran’s first and leading ride-hailing platform, Snapp, eagerly await the results of the U.S. presidential elections.
    The case takes us through the challenging times between... View Details
    Keywords: Sanctions; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; International Relations; National Security; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Health Pandemics; Transportation Industry; Middle East; Iran
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    • 02 Mar 2023
    • Blog Post

    Women, Work, and the "M" Word

    international development, big tech at Google, government service in the Obama administration, and on the founding team of the healthcare startup Cityblock Health, I watched fertility and pregnancy companies enter the digital View Details
    • Web

    Faculty & Advisors | MBA

    Eye and Ear Infirmary, respectively. She is a licensed physician in the District of Columbia. Sooah Cho MBA, Harvard Business School & MPP, Harvard Kennedy School Sooah is a Partner focused on early stage investments in health & life... View Details
    • 23 Sep 2019
    • Blog Post

    Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

    times more likely to experience work-related problems than employees with chronic physical illnesses like diabetes or heart disease. So why do many companies fail to help their workers battle mental health disorders? “There’s a silence... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne