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Zihan Lin
Medical. In collaboration with three engineering colleagues and a cosmetic surgeon, Zi designed a superior, post-surgery "splint" to improve rhinoplasty recoveries and reduce revision rates. Heal Medical has already moved beyond... View Details
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Impact on a Global Scale | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
to Bridgespan. “In the years ahead, we have an historic opportunity to fundamentally attack social problems,” he adds. “Not just to contain or ameliorate problems, but to actually achieve step function improvements in the welfare of... View Details
- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
figures, Joe Seydl cited another more basic remedy for inequality. In his words, "The key to improving mobility is to improve educational experiences at the earliest age possible." This debate... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
leading to the farmer associations fully repaying the initial investment in just 1 to 2 years. By fostering entrepreneurship, SELCO’s livelihood innovations create a ripple effect of inclusive, environmental, economic growth. Energy for Health Reliable energy is... View Details
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
organizations’ impact on society are effective at improving disclosure quantity and quality as well as corporate value. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54148 The Real... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
resources furnished by its partners. Receptivity in turn portrays how organizational capabilities and the quality of ties to partners facilitate flows of network resources. We propose that the interplay of these three mechanisms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2018
- Blog Post
HBS/HKS Alum Regan Turner on Empowering Veterans
and readjustment in some way. At the same time, the communities that these veterans are returning to after their service are struggling with issues like urban blight, school infrastructure, and access to quality parks and green spaces.... View Details
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
forced me to work hard to develop ways to support my proposition, which ultimately they came to see as reasonable, if not obvious in retrospect. Since that time, my research has continued to investigate how group dynamics affect an organization's ability to learn—to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
productivity but also by offering a sustainable means for families to improve the quality of their lives through their own hard work and initiative. The goal is to empower individuals so they can mobilize... View Details
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
entrepreneurship researchers. Working PapersSpeaking Up Constructively: Managerial Practices That Elicit Solutions from Front-line Employees Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ideas that could enable organizations to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
about how to improve the quality of education for students in urban areas. Sarah and Matt were in the classroom when we discussed the case, and as much as the students admired their commitment to New... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
on the quality of alumni programs and services. Monty, we salute you! As I reflect on my two years as president of the HBS Alumni Association, I am moved by the potential we all have to help the School meet its goal of continuing to View Details
- 04 Jun 2014
- What Do You Think?
Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?
lead to greater brand loyalty, justifying today's massive expenditures to preserve brands. The other view is that the quality of Internet "technologies," such as search and feedback mechanisms, is View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Blog Post
Mid-summer Update
Business System) and witnessed its culture in action at “ground zero”. There was much emphasis on being data-driven and self-driven. We spoke to past MBA interns who have joined the company full-time and have done exceptionally well. We learned about new HR initiatives... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
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Talia Gillis
other disciplines. The HBS Experience The administrative support is outstanding. The dedicated staff has provided me with guidance and support and truly encourages students to do the best they can. The research agenda of HBS faculty, which manifests a commitment to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Vision: Learning Curve
Indian nonprofit devoted to supporting the millions of low-income women who toil in the country’s informal economy. Serving young people and working mothers, brother and sister each came to believe that intervening at the preschool and primary-school levels was... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
first time? Hardly likely, because auto loans still aren't readily available and many poorer people would buy a better quality used car rather than a new car. Used car prices poor people have to pay are now higher thanks to the compulsory... View Details
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
want them to look around and see that there's not much fun or profit to be had so that they'll leave in search of better prospects. Relying too heavily on audits is problematic for the same reason that relying on inspections to improve... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
supply contamination, etc.), as long as production takes place in a state or other legal jurisdiction with a history of sensible oil and gas production regulations and regulatory capacity in-place to enforce those regulations. “Cleaning up Chinese air View Details