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Avi Kremer

could convince them that ALS is a good investment, market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do.” In 2011 and 2012, Prize4Life awarded million-dollar prizes for tests that measure... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care

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Social Enterprise Track | New Venture Competition

an opportunity for eligible graduate students across Harvard University to explore social entrepreneurship and test ideas for social innovation in a rigorous and supportive... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

20, 2007, while Gisholt, Minard, and their three young daughters were waiting in line for Test Track, an auto-testing simulation that advises riders to “Strap yourself in to race up bumpy terrain, roar... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Food and Beverage Stores

01 Oct 2001
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The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision

a microentrepreneur borrows from a microfinance institution, such as ACCION International or Grameen Bank, to pay for a testing kit and eyeglass supplies. The entrepreneur, who also undergoes a one-week... View Details

Keywords: eyeglasses

26 Sep 2017
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A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee

resettlement in the US, which made our first task simply mapping out what problem we wanted to solve. Did we care most about employment rates, language outcomes of health and wellness? Fortunately, we had... View Details

14 May 2014
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(Re)moving the Needle

proboscis, the needle-like nose it jabs at you, to draw out your blood, is so thin that it fits between the pain sensors in your skin. The mosquito was the inspiration for a needleless delivery device, painless and silent, now under... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; medical technology; Scientific Research and Development Services

13 Jun 2017
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Finding Common Ground

devices were.” CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together to take on big, complex issues, such as endangered species trafficking, international food security,... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Marie Kyle

and worked with a firm helping retirement-age clients find opportunities for community involvement. In turn, Bridgespan led Marie to the Clinton Health Access Initiative where she helped open a new office in... View Details

24 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 24

to large exogenous sources of non-systematic income risk? We use a series of randomized field experiments in rural India to test the importance of price and non-price factors in the adoption of an innovative... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2014
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The Next Lessons

organizations such as the Museum of Modern Art, Stanford Medical School, and the Brookings Institution to contribute educational content on the visual arts, medicine, and View Details

Keywords: William Weber

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

determining per capita income today. We find technological persistence across long epochs: from 1000 B.C. to 0 A.D., from 0 A.D. to 1500 A.D., and from 1500 A..D to the present. Although the data allow only some suggestive View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

day.” Testing the unique benefits of work By all accounts, overcrowding, extreme poverty, and the experience of forced displacement inside the camps has taken a profound toll. Doctors Without Borders has... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Jun 2011
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The Best-Laid Plans

in on a treatment for age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. In October 2009 the company entered into licensing and purchase option agreements with Alcon, which is now taking Potentia’s drug candidate through... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; contests; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

01 Mar 2014
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Feedback

perseverance, and teamwork. —Michael Brown (MBA 1970) via LinkedIn Curing Health Care Re: How can our health care system be fixed? This is all very well View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

03 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 3

small cancer diagnostics start-up is deciding whether to acquire a laboratory to make and sell its bladder cancer test or build its own manufacturing and sales team. Purchase... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2011
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Students Start-Ups Tap New HBS Fund

Nine HBS student-led teams received grants in March averaging $5,000 to $7,000 to launch and test their start-up business ideas. A total of $50,000 was made available through the pilot Minimum Viable Product... View Details

Keywords: awards

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Mi Zhou

had little time for strategy. I helped him delegate authority and develop reporting relationships that would allow him to focus on the big picture.” Testing interests After five years with McKinsey, Mi found... View Details

20 Jan 2011
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Oil Spill Solution

plants, birds, fish, and shrimp. Smith’s planned two-day visit to test his products in the Gulf last May turned into an entire summer working with residents whose lives and... View Details

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Faculty & Research | MBA

inspire. Under skillful faculty direction, classrooms become crucibles for leadership: students test their judgment, explore complex ideas, reflect on their leadership styles, and embrace new models View Details

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From the Dean | Annual Report 2024

From the Dean We anticipate the start of every new academic year with excitement and optimism. However, events that unfolded during 2023-2024—in Israel and Palestine, and then... View Details

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