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  • 25 Sep 2018
  • News

Corporations of the World! Young Scientists Need You

  • 15 Feb 2016
  • Blog Post

Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background

Charlotte Steel, a former political science major at Brown, was inspired to become a teacher after taking a “Politics of Education” class at her alma mater.  When applying to business school, Charlotte had concerns about whether she had... View Details
  • 14 May 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? Field Experimental Evidence from Scientific Peer Review

Keywords: by Misha Teplitskiy, Hardeep Ranu, Gary Gray, Michael Menietti, Eva Guinan, and Karim R. Lakhani

    Malcolm P. Baker

    Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the required course in finance and a short immersive program on investing in life sciences.

    His research is in the... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; biotechnology; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds); shipping; transportation
    • 2019
    • Article

    Big Data

    By: John A. Deighton
    Big data is defined and distinguished from a mere moment in the “ancient quest to measure.” Specific discontinuities in the practice of information science are identified that, the paper argues, have large consequences for the social order. The infrastructure that runs... View Details
    Keywords: Big Data; Digital Infrastructure; Privacy; Algorithm; Data Generators; Marketplace Icon; Analytics and Data Science; Infrastructure; Power and Influence; Society
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    • September 2023
    • Article

    Top Talent, Elite Colleges, and Migration: Evidence from the Indian Institutes of Technology

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ina Ganguli and Patrick Gaulé
    We study migration in the right tail of the talent distribution using a novel dataset of Indian high school students taking the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE), a college entrance exam used for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). We find a... View Details
    Keywords: Higher Education; Immigration; Talent and Talent Management; India
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    • 05 Aug 2021
    • News

    Professor Marlous van Waijenburg Awarded $330,000 NSF Grant

    • September 2010 (Revised January 2012)
    • Case

    OPOWER: Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (A)

    By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Kyle Todd Doherty and Maarten W. Bos
    The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies Cialdini's principles of social influence to successfully encourage consumers to reduce their energy usage. OPOWER was co-founded in 2008 by two young Harvard graduates, Dan Yates and Alex... View Details
    Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Applications and Software; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Energy Conservation; Power and Influence; Growth and Development Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
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    • 08 Jun 2017
    • News

    Behavioral ‘Nudges’ Offer a Cost-Effective Policy Tool

    • September–October 2024
    • Article

    Boards Need a New Approach to Technology

    By: Tarun Khanna, Mary C. Beckerle and Nabil Y. Sakkab
    The boards of too many publicly traded companies are downright timid when considering matters involving science and technology. More often than not, they focus on security and digitization—a defensive posture that fails to consider the bigger opportunities emerging... View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Opportunities; Technology Adoption
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    • 01 Jan 2005
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    Curriculum | MBA

    Curriculum MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Students complete degree requirements over two academic years, augmented by coursework during August at the beginning of the program and during both January terms. Students have the summer... View Details
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    Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

    Admissions & Financial Aid MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences The program seeks a diverse group of outstanding students who have an undergraduate degree in life sciences and/or significant workplace... View Details

      Jeffrey T. Polzer

      Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

      • 06 Oct 2020
      • Blog Post

      2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Curtis Wu (MBA 2018)

      Charles Cooney, taught me that the hardest problems often occur at interfaces between multiple sectors. The 2+2 program offered me a way to learn the language and tools I would need to tackle tough problems at the interface of science and... View Details
      • March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
      • Case

      The University of Utah and the Computer Graphics Revolution

      By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
      Computer science departments were new to universities in the 1960s, and the one created at the University of Utah by David Evans and Ivan Sutherland had a research mission to invent the field of computer graphics. Details the research process that led to many of the... View Details
      Keywords: Engineering; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Mission and Purpose; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Computer Industry; Education Industry; Utah
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      • 01 Jan 2010
      • News

      Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowships in Entrepreneurship Research

      • October 2018 (Revised July 2023)
      • Case

      Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

      By: Chiara Farronato, Alan MacCormack and Sarah Mehta
      Set in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This product offers a reduced price to riders willing to carpool, walk a short distance to/from their pick-up and drop-off points, and wait a... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Decision Making; Technology Industry; California; San Francisco
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      Overview | MBA

      Overview MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Harvard offers a joint degree program that confers an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science, Biotechnology: Life Sciences from the Graduate... View Details
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      Faculty & Research

      for acute symptoms, more than improving patient education, may reduce avoidable health care. Featured Case Radical Transformation at Bayer: Dynamic Shared Ownership By: Boris Groysberg and Gamze Yucaoglu In 2023, Bill Anderson became CEO of Bayer AG, a 160-year-old... View Details