Publications

October 1998 (Revised June 2002)
Case

Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy

By: Bruce R. Scott and Srinivas Sunder

Members of the community decide to try to diversify the economy of Austin, Texas, by welcoming high-technology firms and by augmenting the electrical engineering faculty at University of Texas--Austin. View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Diversification; Information Technology; Policy; Government and Politics; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Higher Education; Texas

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24 Apr 2014
News

Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive

like me.” Building on research showing that underrepresented minorities are more likely to be hired and promoted into jobs in which there are already higher proportions of similar others, McGinn finds that having same-gender or same-race... View Details

October 2007 (Revised March 2009)
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Engineering a Renaissance: The Launch of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Dean Venky of the newly launched School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is faced with a range of opportunities and challenges as he presides over the launching of a new school of engineering at Harvard University. His opportunities include an ample endowment, a... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Engineering; Leading Change; Product Launch; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alliances; Competitive Strategy

September 2007 (Revised May 2009)
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Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron

Gokhan Hotamisligil is a star researcher at Harvard School of Public Health who has made groundbreaking discoveries linking fat cells, inflammation, and diabetes. He now wants to form a company to commercialize these discoveries. At the same time, Isaac Kohlberg, the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Agreements and Arrangements; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry

08 May 2015
News

A new view of the cost of equity and capital requirements for banks

possibly substantial downside of heightened capital requirements. “Over the last 40 years, lower risk banks have higher stock returns on a risk-adjusted or even a raw basis, consistent with a stock market anomaly previously documents in... View Details

February 2021 (Revised September 2022)
Case

Marie Curie: Changing the World

By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun

This case describes the rise of Marie Curie from a poor family in Poland to the pinnacle of scientific fame. The case describes how Curie, as a young woman interested in science, found a way to earn a doctorate at the Sorbonne and perform pathbreaking research on... View Details

Keywords: Legacy; Impact; Science; Research; Personal Characteristics; Mission and Purpose; Success; Work-Life Balance; Higher Education; Personal Development and Career

01 Sep 2011
News

The Spangler Effect

interested in supporting the project.” Spangler — whose multifaceted career spans banking, construction, real estate, and higher education — chose Class Day 1998 to announce that he and his wife, Meredith,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2016
News

HBS Alumni On Leading Their Alma Mater

increased federal regulations and compliance costs. The demands on universities mount each year. There are innovations to pursue and everyday activities to preserve all while trying to keep everything affordable and ensure financial health. I don’t think I’m... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

November 2006 (Revised March 2008)
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The Harvard Stem Cell Institute

By: William A. Sahlman

Describes a set of issues confronting the leaders of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, an innovative cross-university effort to accelerate scientific discovery and translation in the domain of stem cells. Covers a wide range of topics, including understanding how... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Higher Education; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Research and Development; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Massachusetts

01 Sep 2020
News

Wide Angle

You're senior associate dean of Harvard Business School Online and the former president of Barnard College. What lessons can educational institutions take from the economic impact of the pandemic? I suspect that this moment is going to be... View Details

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

recipients with educational goals (74 percent vs. 47.5 percent). The entrepreneurial venture had a higher representation of recipients with continuing medical education goals... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
Case

Washington Hospital Center (A): Rescuing Emergency Medicine

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

Dr. Craig Feied and Dr. Mark Smith, recruited to turn around the Washington Hospital Center Emergency Department, prepare to roll out their most revolutionary change yet--an information system that could radically improve the practice of emergency medicine. A review of... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Health Industry; District of Columbia

06 Jun 2012
News

Fellowship Funder

my sister and I could go to college and graduate schools. I’m sure there are many prospective HBS students today who will appreciate Sam’s fellowship as much as I did the financial support I received.” In addition to his career at MDP, Mencoff is involved in board work... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

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LGBTQ Students | MBA

LGBTQ Students External Funding Point Foundation The Point Foundation (The National LGBTQ Scholarship Fund) is the nation’s largest higher education scholarship-granting organization for lesbian, gay,... View Details

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3. Financial Obligations | MBA

3. Financial Obligations 3.1 Student Accounts 3.2 Financial Aid 3.3 Student Cost of Attendance 3.4 Tuition & Fees 3.5 Withdrawals, Leaves of Absence, & Return of Federal/Title IV Funding 3.6 VA Benefits 3.7 Financial Aid Fraud 3.8 Health Insurance 3.9 Annual Notice:... View Details

July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
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Washington Hospital Center (B): The Power of Insight

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

Dr. Craig Feied considers how to take a major technical innovation beyond his own department into a large hospital system. Reviews how proprietary information systems became indispensable in the department of emergency medicine and what it took to introduce the change... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Adoption; Health Industry; District of Columbia

23 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

a battle in a Delaware courtroom. Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411005-PDF-ENG Financing Higher Education in Australia David A. Moss and Stephanie LoHarvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

become an independent self-employed income earner. Also examined is how education for a career is becoming more important than ever, but it may not necessarily be a college degree. Why and how higher View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
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Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

The all-risks-ready emergency room prototype project becomes widely accepted as a need after September 11, 2001. The already operational medical informatics system, Insight, comes under heavy demand after its strong performance during crises and is noticed by various... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Performance Productivity; Health Industry; District of Columbia