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13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

million—more value to companies than patented inventions developed without citing scientific research, says a paper co-authored by Harvard Business School professor Joshua Lev Krieger, University of Munster professor Martin Watzinger, and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

be headquartered in England in order to achieve a lower corporate tax rate. The British government favored the merger as it would boost the high-priority life sciences sector, but little attention was paid... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

Second Half of Life, as well as the forthcoming Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier, coauthored with Oprah Winfrey. Hise Gibson: Leadership and habit formation My summer reading... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

for example, they are less interested in protecting what was previously considered proprietary information. “Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Alibaba now open-source all their algorithms to make the most of their data,” observes Karim Lakhani, the Charles Edward Wilson... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

19 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness

Editor's Note: This is a summary of an HBS Business Summit presentation. View a full summary and video of the event on the HBS Centennial Web site linked below. Date of Event: October 13, 2008 Moderator: David E. Bell, HBS faculty... View Details

Keywords: Re: David E. Bell & Ray A. Goldberg; Agriculture & Agribusiness

May 2014
Article

Making 'Freemium' Work: Many Start-ups Fail to Recognize the Challenges of This Popular Business Model

By: Vineet Kumar

The article discusses the "freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The discussion topics... View Details

Keywords: Freemium; Startups; Product Design; Business Model; Marketing; Business Startups

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22 Mar 2018
News

Sustainability: A New Way of Doing Business

19 Feb 2019
News

WBUR's CitySpace To Explore Business Opportunities From Climate Change

28 Apr 2022

From CPG to Harvard Business School

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the CPG Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan... View Details

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Business leaders must respond to growing concerns about pollution, but both the environment and corporate coffers can be green, says Harvard Business School professor Forest Reinhardt. The key to success may... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

they found a lot of dissatisfaction with the status quo, as well as tension and confusion, among both executives and clergy. On the executive side, says Nash, "Just across the board, interviewees would be saying, 'This is a life as a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2022, over 65 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some... View Details

26 Apr 2022

From Retail to Harvard Business School

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Retail Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they... View Details

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Harvard Business School and Polaroid - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

as by his words.” George E. Bates, "Polaroid Corporation," Harvard Business School Case 246-006, 1948 87 Edwin Land identified the intersection of science and art as the cornerstone of his research-based... View Details

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

is ever going to leap ahead. The main barrier, according to Pisano, is the lack of integration among costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. In a presentation at the Harvard Business School Alumni Healthcare Conference, held last... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

Spring 2018
Article

The Next Phase of Business Sustainability

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

The era of corporations integrating sustainable practices is being surpassed by a new age of corporations actively transforming the market to make it more sustainable. View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trends; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Disclosure

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10 Jan 2017
Blog Post

From Product Development to Business School

stopped pursuing the technology and set out on developing our own solution, a move that—I’m sure—crushed the team at the laboratory: watching what they thought was a sure partner and lucrative contract slip through their fingers. This is why I decided to come to... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Manufacturing; Consumer Products / Retail

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

Photography by Benjamin Parks/GPA Business and art can both be viewed as aspirational activities. Business aims to improve people’s circumstances. Art, on the other hand, tries for something less tangible by... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

resilient, and consumer-centric through the application of data science and behavioral economics, optimizing the system assets and operations across the electric meter.” Natalie Deschamps MBA 2015 | A Fundamental Foundation "I ultimately... View Details

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