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- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
School Case 713-483 Yammer (B) Supplement to "Yammer (A)," HBS case 713-407 Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713483-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 712-466 Moving to Universal Coverage: Health Care Reform in View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, installing and maintaining renewable energy systems across the state. I also worked for a non-profit think tank, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), on renewable energy policy and convening of... View Details
- Web
Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity
Slave importation from outside the U.S. prohibited 1834 First turnout of "mill girls" in Lowell, Massachusetts protesting wage cuts 1844 Samuel F.B. Morse demonstrates the telegraph 1846 Richard M. Hoe creates the cylinder printing press... View Details
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
current challenges and increase the country's prosperity over the next decade. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706491 Massachusetts General Hospital and the Enbrel Royalty Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams
influenced voters’ decision to register. Pons and co-researchers Benjamin Marx and Tavneet Suri—both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—focused on Kibera, the largest slum in Africa, where 30 ethnic groups live side by side, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"
Weekday mornings, in a discussion group composed of a math teacher, beauty product strategist, and a pro-athlete-turned-investor, I tackled over a hundred watershed corporate decisions, ranging from optimizing operations at a View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
degree of interest from a cluster of northeastern states as well as broader interest across the country,” she notes. In particular, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has expressed interest in using social impact bonds to address... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
taken Watson through an accelerated Massachusetts teacher-training course, a summer of student teaching, and the job at Brookline High. He says his first year has been “as difficult as learning a new language. Understanding something and... View Details
- December 1995
- Teaching Note
Bourland Companies, The TN
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-151). View Details
- February 1995 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
The Bourland Companies
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
Michael Bourland, the president of the Bourland Companies, needs to refinance two properties, an office building in southern New Hampshire and a retail property in Massachusetts. He is considering three alternatives: a renewal of a bank mini-perm, a 15-year mortgage... View Details
Keywords: Capital Markets; Property; Mortgages; Family Business; Financial Management; Family Ownership; Real Estate Industry; Massachusetts; North and Central America
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "The Bourland Companies." Harvard Business School Case 395-151, February 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
- Web
Policy - Business & Environment
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Judith Fletcher Judson HBS MBA 2000 Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources “Here in Massachusetts, the Department of Energy Resources’ mission is to create a... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
In March 2020, Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal were in the midst of preparing the annual auction for their student loan assistance startup, Juno. Both current MBA students at Harvard Business School, the duo founded Juno in 2018 to leverage student bargaining power... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Education; Higher Education; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Types; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Case 921-032, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- January 2018 (Revised August 2020)
- Background Note
Continuous Software Development: Agile's Successor
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Samuel Clemens and Olivia Hull
In recent years, the twin software development methodologies of continuous delivery and continuous deployment have risen to prominence in the start-up world and beyond. These methods have enabled technology companies large and small to accelerate their product... View Details
Keywords: Continuous Improvement; Continuous Development; Continuous Delivery; Continuous Integration; Product Development Processes; Computer Programming; Agile; Waterfall; Software Applications; Software Engineering; Applications and Software; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Product Development; Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Quality; Product Marketing; Product; Infrastructure; Information Infrastructure; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; Massachusetts; Boston
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Samuel Clemens, and Olivia Hull. "Continuous Software Development: Agile's Successor." Harvard Business School Background Note 818-055, January 2018. (Revised August 2020.)
- 01 Oct 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Choosing Passion: A Founder’s Mission to Meet a Need for Obesity Care
- September 2013 (Revised August 2014)
- Case
Claritas Genomics
By: Robert F. Higgins and Matthew Preble
Claritas Genomics was formed in January 2013 when BCH spun out its Genetics Diagnostic Lab into a fully commercial entity. Claritas offered over 100 genomic tests to detect a range of conditions, including autism and intellectual disabilities, and was developing new... View Details
Keywords: Boston Children's Hospital; Genetic Engineering; Genetically Modified; Genetics Diagnostics; Health Care Industry; Healthcare IT; Healthcare Technology; Healthcare Ventures; Biomedical Research; Patrice Milos; Genomics; Genomic Testing; Life Technologies; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Information Management; Genetics; Biotechnology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Health Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; United States
Higgins, Robert F., and Matthew Preble. "Claritas Genomics." Harvard Business School Case 814-032, September 2013. (Revised August 2014.)
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
available in the building industry,” she recalls. She could, for instance, track the positive environmental impact of each dollar the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development spent on retrofitting and installing... View Details
- Web
Faculty & Advisors | MBA
Boy Entertainment, and co-founded two student groups while at Harvard: Harvard Ventures & HackHarvard. Mike Cassidy MBA ’91, Harvard University; BS & MS, Aerospace Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mike is the CEO of... View Details
- 28 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars
willing transplant donor who is incompatible with them. In September 2004, the Renal Transplant Oversight Committee of New England gave the go-ahead to a kidney exchange program we proposed together with Drs. Francis Delmonico and Susan Saidman at the View Details
- Web
Early Years at HBS - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
casualties and run up massive national debt; Auguste believed the best options for his son?s future lay in America. Auguste planned for Georges to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and he gave his son a letter of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
up a genetics lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and earned a master's degree in social psychology from Boston University. "I came to HBS to get a degree that would be broad enough to apply to any area within the administration of... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross