Scaling Technologies - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Feb 2023
News

Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

change. JM: Primarily all of my focus for the last 10 or 15 years has been in climate and sustainability and the impact that that technology can have as it scales to meet the size of the problem that we're... View Details

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Eric Li | MBA

of technology and business: Bringing Harvard Tech for Social Good from 0 to 1 has taught me how to thoughtfully apply technology to social causes, how leading organizations think about this work, and how... View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

building efficiency products such as heat pumps and insulation. As the specifics of how that can be applied and utilized are formalized, it should create some tremendous opportunities for incumbent players to de-risk scaling up new... View Details

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Launching Global Ventures - Course Catalog

of heightened geopolitical tensions, breakthrough technological innovations, and significant demographic change presents not just complexity but immense opportunity. This course provides frameworks for recognizing patterns across markets... View Details

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Can Private Equity Reach Regular People? One Company’s Mission | Working Knowledge

from individuals on a smaller scale because the institutional investors at this point are mostly wrapped up. “There is the desire by the alternative industry to figure out how to effectively fundraise from individuals on a smaller View Details

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Neil Band | MBA

delivery for my senior thesis. Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: At Kensho, an AI/ML fintech company, I learned that the greatest discoveries of this century will be due to unprecedented View Details

06 May 2025
Blog Post

The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet

Scaling up an audacious tough tech venture Climeworks is the brainchild of two engineer-entrepreneurs who met at school and shared a commitment to tackling climate change. The technology they built literally... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Getting Smart About Philanthropy

Advisory Board. Ted Turner, Eli Broad, Pierre Omidyar, Michael J. Fox and Deborah W. Brooks, Jennifer and Peter Buffett, Melinda Gates, and Jean and Steve Case also participated. In tandem with the project, Bridgespan has teamed up with Harvard Business Review to... View Details

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combatting Climate Change

scaling up new approaches and technologies such as ours." Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002) COO, Fermata EnergyAs business leaders with lots of privilege, it is our responsibility to focus our efforts on both... View Details

01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride

demand for E Ink technology was growing rapidly, and the company had begun to scale up its production. “We were an R&D company trying to be a manufacturing company,” he remarks. One of the company’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business... View Details

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Raman Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Kash Rangan Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) General Management, Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Jeffrey... View Details

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

a Global Innovation Hub General Management Amy Schulman , Nitin Nohria January 2026 J 3.0 Innovating at Scale Strategy Maria Roche Fall 2025 Q1 1.5 Innovating in Health Care General Management, Technology &... View Details

01 Mar 2021
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Climate Finance SIP

climate risk as an asset owner, measuring climate risk and using metrics in portfolio construction, incorporating physical climate risk into portfolio analysis. The last day turned to financing innovation with a focus on early stage venture, catalytic, and tough tech... View Details

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Transforming Education through Social Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

What will the rapid changes occurring among colleges and universities mean for the future? How are entrepreneurs using technology and new business models to bring quality post-secondary education to all? View Details

31 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 31

case recounts Chegg's history from its origins as a distant competitor to Craigslist in college classified listings through a pivot into textbook rental followed by a period of explosive growth. Resulting challenges in scaling warehouse... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

technologies need to be operated at is enormous. It's at the scale of the biggest thing that humankind has ever done, at the scale of oil and gas exploration, going to the... View Details

18 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

more sustainable world? In the short term, I’m committed to helping big companies decarbonize because we desperately need them to move today. Long term, I want to use my skills and experience to reduce the friction that tough-tech ideas face on their path to View Details

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

technologies for drug discovery.) And patients with previously unmet medical needs can now get treatments that were not available before. That should be inspiring, he reminded the audience. Economic frustrations remain, however. Pisano... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology; Technology; Technology

07 Dec 2022
News

Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up

Dubai to Saudi Arabia and beyond. "There are almost 25,000 short-term rentals here in Dubai and 550 companies are operating them," he said. "These are often small companies that do a great job, but in a piecemeal manner. They don't necessarily have access to View Details

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