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Max Seel

the best and worst of his situation – and developing a great bond of trust with his family." Inspired by his experiences, he applied for a research position at GE's new biosciences research facility in Schenectady. "It was a... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Better Care at Lower Cost

company called MinuteClinic, with locations in Minneapolis/St. Paul and Baltimore, operates a number of facilities where a nurse-practitioner or physician’s assistant provides an array of basic medical services, from diagnosing and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

20 Jul 2017
News

Life Lab Nurtures Early Stage Startup Day Zero Diagnostics

Harvard Life Lab when the facility opened in November 2016, appreciates the state-of-the-art lab space and the community of innovators who are tackling important life science problems. “The question is always how to marshal resources that... View Details

Keywords: Scientific Research and Development Services

March 2015 (Revised April 2015)
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The Heat Is On: Emerging Ecosystems in the Thermostat Industry

By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman

Beth Wozniak, President of Honeywell Environmental and Combustion Controls (ECC) at Honeywell International Inc., spun around in her office chair, reflecting about how the classic, mature thermostat industry was rapidly evolving. In February 2014, Google paid $3.2... View Details

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01 Mar 2010
News

Slum for Sale

A NEW VIEW: Slums occupy valuable real estate in India. Photo courtesy HBS India Research Center Located in Mumbai, India, Dharavi is home to an estimated 700,000 people living on just 551 acres. Featured in the 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Dharavi... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

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Annual Report 2024 | Harvard Business School

value of the School’s endowment (after the net impact of distributions from the endowment and the addition of new gifts) was $5.4 billion, compared with $5.1 billion in fiscal 2023. Capital investments in campus facilities and new... View Details

December 2006 (Revised November 2008)
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The New York Jets--A West Side Story

In 2005, Jay Cross, New York Jets president, must decide how to proceed with finding a new home for the football team he heads after New York's Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Investment; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Process; Partners and Partnerships; Urban Development; Sports; Real Estate Industry; Sports Industry

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Purchase

18 Apr 2017
News

Harvard Business School Holds Topping Off Ceremony for Klarman Hall

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Feb 2000
News

Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story

the six-foot six-inch former Yale basketball player is conducting a whirlwind tour of the facility that houses Kettle Cuisine, Inc., the soup-making company Shafir has painstakingly nurtured since cofounding it in the mid-1980s. With... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

05 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues

scientists and engineers about their latest ideas; visiting production facilities and service centers to check on quality and customer support. That means far less time holding lengthy business reviews in their conference rooms or having... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

27 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

A: In two of the companies, there were no expats among top management and a great deal of sophistication about the best and latest in everything. In one of those, its development lab competes effectively on a world basis with similar View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Nov 2019
News

From the Ground Up

that essentially means proud to be from Fiji. We founded Ka-Viti Water in 2011, built our facility and got all the proper approvals, and then started bringing it into the US a few years after that. Fiji is located in the middle of the... View Details

Keywords: Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

02 Dec 2017
News

Helping HBS Make Big Bets

organization’s business model and launching Lincoln Center International, an offshoot that provides consulting services and convening opportunities to worldwide clients seeking to plan, build, and operate vibrant arts facilities and... View Details

30 Nov 2017
News

SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier

Slated for completion in 2020, the 500,000-square-foot SEC facility will serve more than 1,800 students, researchers, and faculty of Harvard’s fastest-growing school––the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Reinventing the Wheel

have successfully demonstrated our first installation, we want to rapidly scale-up internationally,” he says. Creating more localized production facilities would also be more efficient. Ironically, he says, tires are quite hard to... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2004
News

John Dearden Remembered

John Dearden, a professor at HBS for more than thirty years, died in January at a nursing facility in Connecticut, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84. An authority on managerial accounting and a pioneer in the use of... View Details

Keywords: John Dearden; Dearden; Ford Motor; Alzeimer; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Aug 2008
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Stylin’ at Gallatin

A note to the 73 incoming MBAs moving into newly renovated Gallatin Hall: You are some lucky ducks. I tagged along on a tour of Gallatin led by principal architect Steve Erwin and project architect Patricia DeLauri, both of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, a... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking

You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

02 Mar 2020
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Educating the Whole Student

Second, the school partners with a local health center, which has facilities on-site. Last year, 97 percent of the school’s students received an annual doctor’s checkup visit as well as dental and vision screenings. The children also... View Details

Keywords: April White; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1997
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Short Takes

schools, have benefited from setting up internal management development programs and facilities in order to maintain a qualified pool of employees. Replicating U.S. business practices in other countries is a very complex challenge,... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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