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- 22 Nov 2024
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Deep Reading
of generative AI to create a “virtual havruta” and create a test case for this new technology. Leboyer reached out to Israel’s Sefaria, the world’s largest open-source, digital library of Jewish texts, to discuss how a large language View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 13 May 2014
- News
Willing Hands
a longtime passion of mine." In addition to helping to develop the first SRO (single-room occupancy) residence for homeless men in Charlotte, Spencer has served on the board of the Charlotte Housing Authority Transitional Families Program, which became the national... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
and HR departments and an important fixture in the new set of executive offices in DC, is to create systems that allow people to safely voice complaints or report abuse. Some of these compliance structures are really about keeping up with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
assessing needs and identifying financially viable opportunities in this market, we defined an acquisition and property control strategy, secured public/private funding partnerships, and structured responses to competitive pressures. The... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
“It’s a different sort of culture that took some getting used to, but it’s really a lot of fun.” (While he’s not a hardcore mountaineer, Baka expects to be at base camp on Everest next spring and possibly at Mount Rainier this summer.) Launched in August 2010, SlingFin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
California. How is the California market being served today? Does your model (people) allow for significant differentiation? Does the California marketplace have an abundance (compared to other markets) of the skilled employees you will... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
kind of model didn’t even have a name until October 2007. Sitting around a table at a Rockefeller Foundation–sponsored retreat in Lake Como, Italy, with some of the early leaders in the field—including representatives from the Skoll... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
Massachusetts, and thus knew well the difficulty of her undertaking in Cambridge, but she wanted to prove that the Passive House model could be implemented within a variety of architectural styles, opening the door to wider adoption. She... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
PORTER: Health care's zero-sum competition model adds costs and results in severe quality problems. University professor Michael Porter never planned to write a book on health-care reform. In fact, he expected brickbats in response to a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
the Discovery Room, where youngsters can touch a snake skin, model a Japanese kimono, or pet a ten-foot-tall stuffed polar bear. "This museum can be a powerful tool to keep kids interested in science," NMNH director Bob Fri observes.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
the formation of funds to the investment of the funds in operating companies to the liquidation of those investments. A wide range of topics is considered, including the structure of venture partnerships, how venture capitalists oversee... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
Future-proof Handling his first consulting job after years of experience in accounting and academics, Vijay “VG” Govindarajan (MBA 1976, DBA 1978) sat down to sketch out a strategy for his client. Literally written on the back of an envelope, the View Details
- 28 Sep 2021
- News
Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students
China, saw how social e-commerce operated there, and identified an opportunity to bring a similar model to Latin America. “In Latin America, only 6 percent of the population buys online, and as we’ve seen during the COVID-19 pandemic,... View Details
Keywords: Becca Carnahan
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified businesses in emerging markets, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
held the record for the largest buyout, Equity Office Properties at $38.9 billion, which was eclipsed by the recent $45 billion TXU deal. How big can deals go? I don’t know. That’s a game that people always like talking about. I don’t like talking about it because... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
What You Know Depends on Where You Go
were largely gained in the trenches of a multiyear research project with Professor Tarun Khanna that explores the implications of conglomerate business structures in emerging markets. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, research showed... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
two-sided marketplace, it must achieve a critical mass of both employers and employees in each market to be successful, an endeavor that takes time and resources. Focusing on a small number of states would allow the company to prove the value of its View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
in either a team or a one-on-one setting.” Continues Klump, “I understood enough of Chinese culture to know that you rarely, if ever, confront someone in a group setting, as maintaining face is important. So I waited to have a one-on-one session with my boss, in which... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Off Script
top posts at Schering-Plough and Wyeth. Are there structural reforms that could be implemented in the drug industry to lower the market-driven price of drugs? Forcing pharma firms to invest in R&D a minimum percentage of the sales of any... View Details