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Maurice Taylor

Maurice Taylor was raised in Detroit, where his family still lives. “As a city, we’ve seen difficult times,” he says. “I’m driven to make a positive impact.” The challenge? “I needed to find an education with the optimal mix of practical... View Details

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

economy, and 87 percent believe that the United States should allow more highly skilled immigrants to move here to work and live (see Figures 2 and 3). Figure 2: Net agreement for belief statements about immigration Figure 3: Alumni views of immigration View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

offices—have promised to make patient data easier to analyze and move around to different care settings. But the biggest EHR players sell systems that are relatively closed, that are best at communicating within the walls of the hospital... View Details

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Jacqueline Beato

As an undergraduate, her business ambitions percolated within what might seem to be a technically oriented degree. "Industrial engineering is the best major there is," Jacqueline says. "Yes, it does include the core skills of engineering. But the real... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

How Technological Disruption Changes Everything

education programs or, as we like to call it, Harvard Business School. In health care, Christensen set the scene by outlining the four layers of health care professionals: The specialist and sub-specialist physicians top the pecking... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

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Europe - Global Activities 2021

Systems Change was straightforward: Write a paper using the concepts explored in the course to analyze a social entrepreneur tackling an important social problem. After students reviewed each other’s papers, one would be selected to be... View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

Siebel Addresses HBS Northern California Club

Northern California, took place at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame. In his introduction, Sean W. Jacobsohn (MBA '98) noted, "Siebel Systems was founded in 1993 with no venture capital and needed only $1.8 million in revenues to attain... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

terms of specimens' sex, marital status, educational levels, and estimated incomes. However, donors to the entrepreneurial venture were younger (65 years old on average, vs. 76 years old) and more likely to have died of cancer (71 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. Kaplan’s research, Executive Education teaching, and consulting focus on linking cost and performance management View Details

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Vaughn Bryant Archives | Social Enterprise

Filter Results: (1) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive Education Faculty Research Future... View Details

14 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 14

October 2014 Review of Financial Studies Money Creation and the Shadow Banking System By: Sunderam, Adi Abstract—Many explanations for the rapid growth of the shadow banking system in the mid-2000s focus on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

for everyone and also highlighted the important link between research, discovery, and cure." The GPP is a statewide prevention program aimed at reducing the use of dangerous drugs among teens and young adults through awareness campaigns, View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

book, Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, coauthored with HBS professor William Kirby and Regina Abrami of the Wharton School. In addition to teaching in several HBS Executive Education programs, McFarlan has been a... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

01 Feb 2002
News

Design Fair

of Pinball, pictured at far right. The team, in collaboration with the Design Continuum and the MIT Media Lab, created a system for fashion retail stores that utilizes weight-sensitive floor tiles in order to know where shoppers are... View Details

Keywords: MIT Media Lab; Educational Services; Educational Services

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Jeremy Sasson

would take the advice. Meanwhile, he applied his computer-science education to a number of technology roles. At Appconomy, Jeremy tackled mobile applications. The experience introduced him to the challenges of “understanding requirements,... View Details

Keywords: Tech

01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

Global Financial System: A Functional Perspective, which analyzes the world's financial institutions, Professor Merton addressed seminar participants - including HBS faculty, research associates, and students - on behalf of the School's Global Financial View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

01 Mar 2010
News

Faculty Books

achieve sustained high commitment and high performance. Basing his approach on leaders who have the right values, Beer shows how to build a complete system that will spell business success no matter how challenging the economic climate.... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

16 Dec 2010
News

The Emergent Arab World

Last month, the fourth annual “Harvard Arab Weekend” conference was held at venues around the University, including HBS. The theme of the conference was “Leadership in the Private, Social, and Public Sectors” in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The accent was... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

greater risk and thus affects resource allocation. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and... View Details