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26 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future

Future of Diplomacy Project and Harvard University's South Asia Institute, brought together diplomats, security experts, and entrepreneurs in a conversation that ought to occur more often. Celebrate, on the one hand, the dramatic rise in... View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna

October 1994 (Revised November 1994)
Case

Hedging with FCOJ Futures

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Phil Herndon and Katherine L. Morris

Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures; Investment Funds

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2021
Book

The Future of Executive Development

By: Mihnea C Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas

Executive development programs have entered a period of rapid transformation, driven by digital disruption and a widening gap between the skills that participants and their organizations demand and those provided by their executive programs. This work delves into the... View Details

Keywords: Executive Education; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Education Industry

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08 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Colloquium: The Future of Social Enterprise

Date: March 27-28, 2008 Chairs: V. Kasturi Rangan, Herman B. Leonard, and Susan McDonald Faculty Summary Report Colloquium: The Future of Social Enterprise In our working paper, The Future of Social... View Details

Keywords: Re: V. Kasturi Rangan & Dutch Leonard

10 Jun 2021
News

Here's the Future of the Workplace

07 Jun 2011
News

Back to the Future

university campuses, or amusement parks. “Forget the guideways, forget the stations, just do it all with software,” Alden explained. “Basically, software is replacing all this infrastructure.’ As investors show interest, the 84-year-old Alden looks to the View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Back to the Future

Stobaugh, an energy-industry veteran, could be forgiven for saying, “I told you so.” But as a consummate gentleman, that’s not Stobaugh’s style. Instead, all he need do is open up Energy Future, the 1979 book he coedited with Daniel Yergin, and direct readers to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Dec 2016
News

The Future of Books

self-publishing a challenge to traditional book publishers? MA: We see self-publishing as a complementary alternative to the more traditional book publishers for aspiring authors. And it has allowed us to discover a lot of wonderful new self-published writers who want... View Details

Keywords: April White; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

example is the IT product firms that incorporate certification and training for their own consultants, independent consultants, and customer professionals. Microsoft, Sun, and Novell are examples of these kinds of companies. Q: What are your predictions for the View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting

01 Oct 2013
News

Banking on Africa's Future

the years ahead," he continues, "but I realize I may want to do something quite different in the future to work on behalf of Africa and its people. What's important to me now is to feel that I'm using all the gifts I've been given to the... View Details

21 Oct 2020
Video

Future Leadership MBA + Engineering Multi-School Webinar

January 2025
Case

Barilla: Feeding the Future

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Forest L. Reinhardt, Dante Roscini and Carlota Moniz

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Italy

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Spring 2020
Article

The Future of Platforms

By: Michael A. Cusumano, David B. Yoffie and Annabelle Gawer

Platforms power the world’s most valuable companies, but it will get harder and harder to capture and monetize their disruptive potential. View Details

Keywords: Platform Businesses; Platform; Strategy; Digital Platforms

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January 2010
Article

Solutions for the Future

By: Robert C. Merton

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16 Oct 2014
News

Pointers to the future

14 Feb 2014
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The Future of Facebook

22 Aug 2016
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The Future of GE

General Electric, now 124 years old, is looking to the future, CEO Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) recently told Vanity Fair. When Immelt took the helm of GE in 2001, it was a diverse conglomerate. Now, Immelt said, “we’ve exited almost all of financial services. We’ve exited... View Details

09 Feb 2016
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Powering into the Future

Alexander Gruzen (MBA 1990) is CEO of WiTricity Corp., in Texas. In this video, he explains how his company is helping to lead the world toward a more sustainable future. “I wanted to create something very new and had a chance to join a young company that was founded... View Details

March 2011 (Revised April 2011)
Exercise

The Future of BioPasteur

By: Giovanni Gavetti and Francesca Gino

The purpose of this exercise is to let students experience a few biases that can be deleterious to strategic decision-making. In particular, students are induced to fall into a confirmatory trap, and to experience other biases such as anchoring and sampling bias.... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Decision Choices and Conditions; Outcome or Result; Groups and Teams; Prejudice and Bias; Strategy

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