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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
successful firms, outline ten ways in which the managerial and innovative capabilities of Chinese firms differ from those of Western firms, and describe how multinationals doing business in China can become part of the Chinese ecosystem... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
faced her whole career: How can the United States drive innovation and turn it into jobs? She believes the answer to that question is key to the country's long-term economic growth, and will help create an ecosystem that fosters... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 21 May 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: From Trash to Treasure: Inside a Waste Management Site in Mumbai
across the city. They operate within urban centers and landfills to collect waste, sort out the plastic, and help\ aggregate them for larger materials processing facilities like HUL and Dalmia’s plant. This fragile ecosystem is supported... View Details
- 15 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Better Business Model for Fighting Cancer
initiative was founded with the goal of optimizing the business plan in precision medicine to accelerate new therapies to oncology patients,” says co-chair Kathy Giusti, adding that much of that work has entailed identifying high-performing organizations in the... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
WHY WE STARTED THE HBS BLACK INVESTMENT CLUB
here. What on earth is going on? Brian Sykes (MBA 2020) and Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020) THE PROBLEM The combination of systematic bias and outright prejudice have played a huge role in preventing underrepresented founders and investors from receiving equitable treatment in... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design
largest pump manufacturer in the world, headquartered in Bjerringbro, Denmark. Grundfos shared the same ecosystem of energy, material, and waste flows with other companies we visited. For example, Grundfos pumps installed in Denmark are... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
An Rx for Small Business Recovery
Tools “The good news is that small businesses are resilient. Many of them are already using apps driven by AI and algorithms to pivot their business models,” Mills adds. In her book, she coined the term “small business utopia” to describe a product-service View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 17 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Video Blog: My Experience as a Veteran in the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
ultimately, that brought me to Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. After first arriving at Harvard, I was initially worried that I wasn't going to be able to be a value add in the classroom or on the ecosystem as a... View Details
- 22 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club
here. What on earth is going on? Brian Sykes (MBA 2020) and Paul Ampofo (MBA 2020) THE PROBLEM The combination of systematic bias and outright prejudice have played a huge role in preventing underrepresented founders and investors from receiving equitable treatment in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students
inclusion, and belonging are key priorities at HBS. How are these issues reflected in the School’s entrepreneurship ecosystem in terms of women and underserved groups? Bill Kerr: In our first-year course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, just... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52291 Platforms, Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael L. Tushman Abstract—Platform, open/user innovation, and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers
colleagues highlights the pivotal role played by such gatherings in creating winners and losers in the platform world. “Platform Diffusion at Temporary Gatherings: Social Coordination and Ecosystem Emergence,” published in Strategic... View Details
- 29 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Hunting for a Hot Job in High Tech? Try 'Digitization Economist'
Luca, whose research focuses on user review ecosystems and online platforms, points to a study he did on Airbnb’s design choices that unintentionally led to discrimination on the platform as hosts rejected potential guests. “When we... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
one of the most amazing ecosystems on this planet. In the process,” he adds, “we more or less invented canopy tourism.” While putting together the tramway project, Skelly discovered an affinity for “working through details that involved... View Details
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
Center for Entrepreneurship. Rachel credits her connection with Austin as the biggest influence in her journey to becoming a Founder. Austin became a mentor, which she remains today, introducing her to “Good for Her,” a cohort of female founders, and connecting Rachel... View Details
- 19 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
there is a broad ecosystem of what we refer to today as climate tech, from renewable energy to advanced transportation to AgTech, to name just a few. From a job function perspective, you can work at an operating company (whether a start... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
took the Bank's helm, both the institution's image and the morale of its employees were poor. Critics contended that Bank projects often brought more harm than help to client-country populations and ecosystems and that the Bank was... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
there is a broad ecosystem of what we refer to today as climate tech — from renewable energy to advanced transportation to AgTech to name just a few. From a job function perspective, you can work at an operating company (whether a start... View Details
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
understandable, generalizable, and robust. The consulting leaders sustained their thought-leadership positions by creating an ecosystem with senior executives at pioneer corporations and academic/thought leaders. The paper also describes... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman