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07 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

Log 9, which created an unprecedented opportunity to engage with other green tech pioneers from India, fostering a collaborative climate-focused atmosphere that was at the center of the entrepreneurship, climate tech ecosystem in Bangalore. Background of Log 9 In the... View Details

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Transportation - Business & Environment

Battery costs for electric vehicles have dropped 85% since 2010. [38] Challenge Globally, transportation is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs from this sector is difficult because economic growth usually requires increased View Details

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

Manufacturing commons are "webs of technological knowhow, operational capabilities, and specialized skills" that underlie many industries, universities, and the government. Also, see Professor Jim Heskett's conversation with his readers... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2014
News

Roads to Recovery

parking will be unnecessary, thanks to a combination of "data-driven decision-making with autonomous driving, to deliver mobility on demand." Meanwhile, gas taxes, peak-use fees, and public transportation can free up roads. "There's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208070 iPhone vs. Cell Phone Harvard Business School Case 708-451 The launch of Apple's iPhone marked a pivotal new chapter in the story of mobile music (the uniting of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Anthony Tan

for a mobile app that connects taxi seekers directly with taxi drivers closest to their location in the chaotic Malaysian urban environment. The drivers would be supplied with smartphones so they could communicate directly with... View Details

18 Mar 2022
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Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry

Tell us about what you were doing before HBS and what brought you to HBS. Prior to HBS, I spent six years in the oil and gas industry working primarily on taking technologies in the energy space from the lab to the field. Being exposed to... View Details

03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

looks to build a mobile technology product development team by executing an "acquisition-hire" (i.e., "acqui-hire") to acquire New York City-based start-up Stamped, a View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2014
News

Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators

Brightstar and Encore, which act as trade-in white labels for large retail chains and mobile carriers. Sure, these competitors lack Gazelle's brand in the eyes of consumers and Gazelle's website has a great NPS score, but I worry that... View Details

Keywords: ecommerce; Kathy Korman Frey; Telecommunications; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Retail Trade

01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

system. They’re just not working. "We do a very poor job of teaching that in the United States—giving people a basic familiarity with digital technology." "The second is that a lot of the shortage of workers is coming in the form of digital natives who can deal with... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2016
News

Taking Care of Business

most importantly, affordable. Since then, the company’s offerings have expanded to include a monitor that uses mobile technology to record patient calls and response times by medical professionals; also in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

January 1999
Case

Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (D): Results and Replication

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne

The last in a five-part series about Bell Atlantic Corp.'s technology-in-education partnership with the Union City, New Jersey school system. Reviews the various outcomes of the partnership called Project Explore, from the perspective of Bell Atlantic managers and... View Details

Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategic Planning; Change Management; Leadership Development; Outcome or Result; Horizontal Integration; Partners and Partnerships; Trends; Education; Technological Innovation; Telecommunications Industry; Education Industry; New Jersey

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01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans

Medical (a minimally invasive device for the extraction of bone graft during spinal fusion procedures) are both awarded top honors in the business venture track. In the social venture track, Sana Care wins with its low-cost mobile View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Health, Social Assistance; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 Feb 2022
News

Vision: Learning Curve

children and parents alike. “Our interests really aligned on early childhood education,” Mahajan says. Recognizing that more than 50 percent of Indians have smartphones—and that mobile internet penetration is high, even among low-income... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; education; entrepreneurship; startup; India; Educational Services

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact New Venture Competition Announces 2022 Social Enterprise Track Semifinalists 18 Feb 2022 In... View Details

June 1995
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Northern Telecom and Netas (A): Turkey's Telecommunications Team

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Kalman D. Applbaum and Pamela A. Yatsko

The Turkish general manager of a successful telecommunications equipment-manufacturing joint venture between the Canadian company Northern Telecom and local partners in Turkey reviews the solutions to a crisis in 1989 and wonders whether the company will be able to... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Crisis Management; Problems and Challenges; Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Political Elections; Telecommunications Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Turkey; Canada

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

industry rather than company analyst reports. Market Research BCC Research Reports on major economic, scientific, and technological developments in industrial, pharmaceutical, and high technology. Frost & Sullivan Reports covering... View Details

01 Mar 2014
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Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

series of summit-style events that bring like-minded technology and design innovators together with experts in the field of aging. The next step will be scaling the enterprise through local chapters in cities around the world and raising... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

meaningful, actionable insights from across all of their disparate data sources. Jana Care Sidhant Jena, MBA 2011 Jana Care is a health technology startup that aims at democratizing chronic care management in the developing world by... View Details

01 Jun 2001
News

Point, Click, Give: Internet Fuels Philanthropic Fundraising Revolution

host of Web-based social enterprises (WEBSEs): nonprofit information hubs, online giving directories, click-to-donate sites, workplace-giving centers, charity shopping malls and auctions, and volunteer clearinghouses. These start-ups are View Details

Keywords: Anne Kavanagh; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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