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22 Nov 2024
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Deep Reading

and the Tanach. It was expanded to 40 million words from Sefaria’s library in December. As of August 2024, there were 222 users from 10 nations posing all kinds of questions about the Jewish faith and teachings. For instance, one user recently asked what the Talmud,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

02 Aug 2011
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A Fearless Force for Change

sense of empowerment and spiritual well-being in the minibattles that were fought and won on the "hills" at the gym's spinning studio. Finding that personal source of support and inspiration was essential for Linn's mental and physical... View Details

01 Jun 2014
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Screen Saver

service outlets. "When Gerry was hired, it was the company's first deliberate action to view consumer packaged goods as an important growth platform for Starbucks," says Barry Beeninga, a 16-year veteran of the company who worked with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

09 Nov 2016
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The Seeds of Learning

that Harvard opened my eyes to the opportunities in which I could place my unique abilities in order to make a difference. “Gardeneers is a nonprofit organization that does school garden programs for students. We work with about 1,000... View Details

01 Jun 2020
What Do You Think?

Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

organization and prepared to challenge its own doctrines about how it operates to drive more resilient features into the entire platform (e.g. supplier partnerships and sourcing under duress, prime... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

28 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

Yelp on a number of research projects, ranging from pinpointing restaurants with hygiene issues to finding ways to make Yelp itself more accurate. Improving policy analyses with new data sources Beyond the findings on the minimum wage,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

26 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

forthcoming Management Science Frenemies in Platform Markets: Heterogeneous Profit Foci as Drivers of Compatibility Decisions By: Adner, Ron, Jianqing Chen, and Feng Zhu Abstract— We study compatibility decisions of two competing View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2022
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Ink: Start Small, Rise Above

want to write this book? Stacey and I realized we’d overcome all sorts of obstacles to eventually build ventures that scale, and we wanted to use our story to help level the playing field for other small businesses. They are the source of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Sep 2015
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Case Study: Golden Ticket

(iStock) The startup shorthand for the year-old G8 Rocket (pronounced “gate rocket”) is SAP meets Square—an enterprise platform designed for local vendors. In G8 Rocket’s case, those vendors are typically high-school athletic departments,... View Details

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

such a way that talent is developed along with the business. Publisher's link: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/esm/doifinder/10.1057/9781137294678.0085 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Information and Two-Sided View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Patrick Chun

wanted to do." Seeking an opportunity to reflect, a platform for pursuing entrepreneurial ideas, and an opportunity to return to Harvard Square, Patrick applied to HBS. Putting concepts to the test In his RC year, Patrick entered not... View Details

18 Sep 2019
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Level Up

fed by some four thousand media sources that can give sports business executives an immediate idea of what platforms, products, or people are moving the industry—and which ones aren’t. “We’re helping our clients stay on top of comparative... View Details

Keywords: Paul Flannery and Dan Morrell; illustrations by Matt Chinworth

March 2024 (Revised May 2025)
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Governing OpenAI (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz

In late November 2023, OpenAI’s new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—computer systems with capabilities exceeding human abilities—was looking to regain its footing after a chaotic... View Details

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29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner

source of potential investment. “We want to democratize investment,” Aditya says of Republic’s mission. “This is about leveling the playing field. From the founders’ perspective, it means greater access to capital, and from the investors’... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

and respond more quickly to emerging issues in the business world. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS READ MORE STORIES The launch of the Institute in July marked the opening of 12... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Clean Slate

For the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the pandemic opened up the rare opportunity to rethink “everything we do and how we do it,” says CEO Lisa Wieland (MBA 2001). The independent public authority that owns and operates the... View Details

10 Aug 2022
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Generosity Multiplied

not running the wildly successful recruitment firm, Reed is deeply involved with the Big Give, an innovative match-funding platform that hosts online fundraising appeals for charities. By engaging philanthropists and companies to match... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems - Course Catalog

years, the course has enjoyed very high ratings from PE firms and students and is an excellent relationship-building opportunity. Projects range from sector vertical analysis, portfolio operations, re-underwriting failed deals, deal sourcing, View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Euro Vision

Neil Rimer (MBA 1991) could have been a San Francisco venture capitalist. He worked there once; it would have been easy enough to open his own shop and join the horde converging on the town's buzziest tech companies. But instead, he went... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

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Foreword | Baker Library

Foreword Laura Linard Director, Special Collections September 2013 Building the Foundation was originally launched in 2013. The website was migrated to a new platform in 2025 with the guidance of Adam Jacobi and Jennifer Wilson. Baker... View Details

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