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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
devise a new way to do contact tracing, Weiss says, “I became very interested because I’ve been so focused on the question, ‘Can governments try new things?’” Bluetooth vs. GPS Technology When TraceTogether is downloaded and left running, the View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Social Entrepreneurship Fellows Named
McKinsey & Company. Faith currently serves as the site’s content manager. Last year, sectionmate Melissa Hayes, with MillerCoors, joined as a partner. Darren’s dream is to profitably grow AbilityTrip into a major online community serving... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
optimize performance and overall health. The device has become a fixture on the PGA Tour, and golfer Nick Watney credits his strap with first alerting him that he might have coronavirus by detecting an increase in his respiratory rate—and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
car and truck company, but also a technology company.” Accordingly, the teams focused on out-of-the-box approaches to enhancing the way passengers experience mobile communications and computing. Unlike most... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
research and development that go into developing tricks. He personally creates technology and builds devices in his own machine shop to achieve illusions and make magic. As Alyssa Martin (MBA ’09) explained later, “He told us that he... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
Dallas Children’s Museum. One of her pressing details involves predicting the future of handheld technology at the museum. “Right now we need to figure out which handheld device people will own when the museum opens in three years,” says... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Snapping Up Voters
supporters to donate and volunteer to one where they can persuade undecided voters. At Snapchat, the mobile app known for its ephemeral messaging, prospective targets are likely to be much younger than those who can be reached elsewhere... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading in the face of complex challenges
ultimately an investment in a better world,” says Hess, “one led by alumni who build more effective, sustainable institutions and organizations and inspire hope and opportunity in communities around the world.” Hess understands the... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- News
The Three HBS Alumni “Defining the 2016 Campaign”
article: Stephanie Hannon (MBA 2004), CTO for Hillary Clinton’s campaign and former product director at Google; Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995), COO of Facebook, who is “leveraging her influence with Lean In followers to mobilize female... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Taking MBA know-how on tour across America
mobile consultation service for entrepreneurs called MBAs Across America. “We felt a responsibility to use our resources for a nobler purpose,” says Gerald. The MBA students met with American business owners, advised them on everything... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
The power of storytelling can be a catalyst in advocating for the rights of women
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) believes stories “are the best way to reach people you otherwise couldn’t. But storytelling is just a start; you then have to mobilize people and support the push for change through policy.” As the author... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
which HBS faculty are already studying. While one faculty member, for example, might look at the role that stock options played in a company that failed after it went public, another might investigate how a medical device company marketed... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
height of the COVID-19 pandemic, he and some of his fellow medical students and doctors founded GOTVax, a mobile clinic that vaccinated about 8,000 people in Black and brown communities in the greater Boston... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
delivering internet at, say, $5 a month. So, for just over $100 a year, you can get a device and internet access for a home. It’s not a huge amount of money, and it would be a major leveling of the playing field in society. Why is it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
cents a day, are then enrolled in the program, and cash transfers are delivered via mobile payment. Each recipient receives about $1,000—the equivalent of a household’s annual budget. This fiscal year GiveDirectly expects to transfer $43... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
says Letelier. About a quarter of nonprofits offer some revenue-creating programs, Letelier observes. For instance, a nonprofit offering free medical assistance in remote Brazilian communities would be eligible for government... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
process. In most work settings, I’m the person with the data-driven point of view. I used to get annoyed if people came in with personal stories and emotional stuff. But what mobilized people was the emotion. There are so many stats I... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping
Technology is changing everything about how we shop. Two decades ago when we needed something, we went to the store. That’s what we’d done for hundreds of years. Then we began to turn to the computer. Now shopping means reaching for our phones; today, over half of all... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet
Dwight Crane. "There is a learning curve in conducting business over the Internet. After people break through a few initial barriers and see the power of the medium, there is no telling what will happen." One futuristic device that... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
How Deep Brain Stimulation Could Change Medicine
tone quality, it was nothing short of a nightmare. After exhausting other treatment options, Frisch chose a radical alternative: having tiny, needle-like electrodes placed inside his brain. Those electrodes are part of a device called... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos