Point Four Program - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

as an additive union, rather than a point of intersection, encompassing all my Chinese heritage and all my American ambitions. Milly Wang – Class of 2022 I take great pride in embodying the beloved Asian values that I grew up with –... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

to “flatten the curve” and reduce the number of bankruptcy filings, at least by enough to allow the existing system to function effectively. Massive financial support available to distressed businesses under the CARES Act and various recently enacted Federal Reserve... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

management strategy for nonprofits is still relatively uncommon. Oftentimes an organization might be engaged in a partnership at one point or another, or be a member of an umbrella organization ... but it's not really a network approach... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

If your idea of a Ph.D. in business conjures up visions of spectacled scholars toiling in solitude in the library's darkest, dustiest corners, think again. At HBS, students in the School's Doctoral Programs are doing much more than... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Aug 2023
News

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

for as little as $3 a ton on the open market, perhaps of questionable quality. But $25 a ton is a reasonable price, it's still not the social cost of carbon as you pointed out. What could be really amazing as the Biden administration has... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

One Man Crime Wave

sat down at his table. He was barely 21, and she, Dorothy Prentiss, 26, would become his lifelong partner. In January 1938, MacDonald graduated from Syracuse; he and Dorothy, now married, left immediately for HBS, where MacDonald began a special eighteen-month MBA... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

do just that. Education has many unique facets to it. As people have been quick to point out, in the United States, education is highly regulated; it is first and foremost about the future of children—and thus the future of our country as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral View Details

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

rapidly leveraging new ways of doing things, both from an operational and commercial standpoint, quickly became a number one priority. Keeping up to date with the latest governmental information was a useful starting point for many, but... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

20 Jan 2023
News

Free Spirits

attention-begging designs give away its second disruptive innovation, which is to fully embrace its NA-ness, according to Annie Wilson (PhDBA 2020). A behavioral scientist and lecturer of marketing at the Wharton School who wrote a case about the company with HBS... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

bank accounts. She left her talking points and went on a tear: “I said, guys, if you don’t move now, the fintechs will take you over.” The bankers complained about the difficulty of gaining customers in rural markets with high rates of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

story. Offer free or lower-priced products to help people meet the challenges the crisis presents, particularly those most in need, such as healthcare workers or those forced into unemployment due to the changing economic environment. For example, Marriott’s and... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Reunions 2024 Reunion Presentations At Reunions, HBS faculty and other thought leaders address a range of issues facing business and society. Program recordings and materials (slide deck, handouts, etc.) are made available only when... View Details

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

opportunity to create open interfaces—APIs, or application programming interfaces—that enable third parties to build on your platform. Even highly focused transaction platforms like Uber have opened up APIs to enable third parties to add... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2022
Blog Post

2+2 Students Discuss the Value of an MBA

years (maximum of four years) working in a professional position in the public, private, or nonprofit sector. We encourage students from STEM and humanities disciplines to apply, but the 2+2 Program attracts... View Details

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By: Karim R. Lakhani

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vasilis Mornto

The HBS 2+2 program is a deferred admission process for current students in their final year of study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to View Details

14 Mar 2018
Blog Post

The 2+2 Program: Finding the Freedom to Take Risks

About the 2+2 ProgramThe 2+2 Program is a deferred admission process for current students, either in college or full-time master’s programs. Upon graduation, admitted 2+2 students spend a minimum of two years (maximum of View Details

10 Mar 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vika Wasyliw