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30 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Health Care Initiative at HBS

resources across the community The role of the HCI is to bridge and bring together all these tremendous resources while also adding to the mix. Right now, we host several annual activities including: a physician shadowing program in... View Details

14 Jul 2015
Blog Post

On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul

environment that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. You will have the opportunity to be surrounded by a diverse group of peers that will challenge the way you think and change your world view. And you will be a part of incredible worldwide View Details

11 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Opportunities in the Plant-Based Economy

their carbon footprint, and along the way solve many other problems with the greater food ecosystem. What were some of the key takeaways from the SIP? Was there anything that surprised you? We were both surprised with how tightly knit the View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

importance of creating a transparent environment that clearly communicates how sustainable innovations will economically benefit workers across the value chain. “What we’ve gone into now is creating many more entrepreneurs along the way,... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

From Das’s Desk

with the results from our 2019 all-alumni survey on lifelong learning, we are continuing to reshape reunions to deliver an even more meaningful and inspiring weekend of learning and engagement for attendees and for the larger alumni View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Dec 2017
News

Turning Point: The Dark Season

months into unemployment, I was doing a lot of soul-searching and praying to figure out what I was truly trying to do, which was get into real estate and community development. Then my mother came to visit in Chicago and said she was... View Details

Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)

01 Sep 2016
News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

Education to publishing to MBA admissions and placement. FIELD 2 Students in Casablanca The School is committed to creating an environment where every mem ber of the HBS community is able to thrive and do their best work in support of the... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Campaign Passes Goal, Continues

organizations and communities they join. “What we do here has a deep and broad impact on society as a whole. The School really is a pioneer. Just look at our current research in entrepreneurship and social enterprise, and our new... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Jun 2010
News

Get Well Soon

tackled the situation head-on, finding that the data galvanized families rather than angering them. The clinic went on to change its processes and communications based on input from seventeen patient-parent team members. Six years later,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

24 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud

herself had turned a potential obstacle into an authentic merit. “I embraced my international status when I talked with SoundCloud. I stressed my ability to communicate with and to different cultures.” Her advice to other international... View Details

16 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 16

from the mid-nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth. The establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, with a decided turn against foreign enterprises operating in China from the 1950s, and radical communism from the late 1960s through... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating and networking with a global community of peers before, during, and after the course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program are added to the HBS Online... View Details

April 2024 (Revised August 2024)
Teaching Note

Silicon Valley Bank: Gone in 36 Hours

By: Jung Koo Kang, Krishna G. Palepu and Charles C.Y. Wang

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-001. View Details

Keywords: Accounting Standards; Bank Runs; Financial Accounting; Financial Reporting; Social Media; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Investment Portfolio; Interest Rates; Debt Securities; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Statements; Risk Management; Financial Services Industry; United States

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2013
Working Paper

Separating Homophily and Peer Influence with Latent Space

By: Joseph P. Davin, Sunil Gupta and Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

We study the impact of peer behavior on the adoption of mobile apps in a social network. To identify social influence properly, we introduce latent space as an approach to control for latent homophily, the idea that "birds of a feather flock together." In a series of... View Details

Keywords: Social Influence; Social Network; Mobile App; Peer Effects; Latent Homophily; Latent Space; Proxy Variables; Familiarity; Behavior; Consumer Behavior; Applications and Software; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Power and Influence; Social Media

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01 Jun 2005
News

Faculty Research Online

Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model Associate Professor Tarun Khanna examines a “Robin Hood” cardiac hospital in India, which treats patients regardless of their ability to pay. His findings? A solvent, successful model of international health care. Is Business... View Details

Keywords: nonprofit; social impact; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Vogel clearly viewed deregulation as the right direction for Japan, he said that in most industries, especially communications and finance, the country is not ready. "There are a lot of politicians who are going to slow down that... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

06 May 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup

Solutions, where I helped to launch a service aimed at making transportation easier, more affordable, and more efficient for communities in cities around the world. Through this work, I was able to immerse myself in the evolving landscape... View Details

01 Apr 1999
News

New Releases

The Intellectual Venture Capitalist(Harvard Business School Press) In the ninety-year history of Harvard Business School, John McArthur's fifteen-year tenure as Dean is exceeded only by Wallace B. Donham's 23 years at the HBS helm. When McArthur stepped down in 1995,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

stands to reason that what and how people communicate will determine the success or failure of an enterprise. Says HBS's Chris Bartlett, "We need to think about organizations in a more flexible way, in terms of processes — not as a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Wendy Lim

a commuter school nor is it just a few buildings in a city. This is a place at the center of student life, both socially and academically. That’s why there’s a great sense of community here.” Making connections for life Since completing... View Details

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