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- 06 Aug 2015
- News
Making coding cool
20 years in the tech sector, is encouraging middle school and high school girls to learn the language of the 21st century as a board member of Girls Who Code. Women are underrepresented in the tech industry and, too often, Maybank says,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
someone from HBS before deciding to come here.” The personal touch doesn’t stop there. Dewey calls or e-mails every newly admitted MBA student. “It’s important to reach out to let them know we’re glad to have them and to answer any questions,” she says. On the View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Energy & Environment Club
by the technological innovation happening in the climate space, and curious about how we can bring them to market to drive down global emissions. Our MissionThe mission of the E&E Club is to empower and support our members dive into... View Details
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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
strip of film. As opposed to traditional stereo prints, Vectographs represented shadows in high polarization and highlights in low polarization, thus combining polarizing technology with photography. When... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
schools and universities are closed this week. Shutting down to help stop community spread Across the country, at least 21 million kids, now home from school. Students are often not at high risk, but their parents, grandparents and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
States. I didn’t want to just take a job. I wanted to have tangible outcomes to my endeavors. Jamaica is the largest English-speaking country in the Caribbean, with a relatively high number of universities. Recently, we’ve seen government... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future
at a company that would act as an avenue rather than a barrier to his vision of the future of technology. It was Noyce's silicon integrated circuit that gave "Silicon Valley" its name. Andrew Carnegie's career provides a guide to the View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Twenty-five students from Brighton High School toured the Chao Center construction site as part of the Urban Neighborhood Design Alliance’s City/Build project, which teaches students about design and engineering. On campus to kick off the... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
Course MaterialsCellular Service Harvard Business School Case 707-424 Background on cellular service technology and "friends and family" plans as foundation for discussing network effects. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors
to different players in this quest. From incumbents in traditional businesses revamping processes and technologies to account for emissions to startups creating new solutions to existing challenges such as agriculture, mobility and waste... View Details
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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
everyone. A designer with an inclusive approach might speak out against automatic car door unlocking when considering the high rates of femicide around the world. On a structural level, in order for more perspectives to be heard, they... View Details
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
leadership, governance, innovation management, the networking of organizations, and social responsibility—as the "single most important development(s) in the area of management in the just-ended decade of the new century." Developments in information View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
lending her expertise to an initiative aimed at making the city a hub of technological innovation. From left: Alex Meyer (MBA 2005) with Penny Pritzker Pritzker was the latest guest speaker of the HBSCC Entrepreneurship Council, which... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
networks take on distinct structural forms. Technologically stable industries feature clan networks, characterized by low network connectedness and rather strong community structures. Technologically dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
seemingly simple business that continues to demand new approaches to management and product design. Attention to the simplest details, it seems, can lead to dramatic change. Jim Sharpe of Extrusion Technology laughs when he describes some... View Details
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
means to issue an integrated report is not yet well defined. At least five US companies—AEP, KKR, Southwest Airlines, Pfizer, and United Technologies Corporation—declare that they practice integrated reporting. Natura, Novo Nordisk, and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
focused on general merchandise, where retailers have a high cost of goods sold and where low perishability lets merchants hold inventory for an extended period. In contrast, recent discount voucher services have focused on sectors with... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Syngenta Tomato Vision
growing, high yields) and retailers. It usually takes 8-10 years to develop a completely new tomato variety. Using modern gene mapping technologies to identify traits and accelerate the screening, crossing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Hierarchy's Last Stand
It’s a puzzle that some people still seek high status for its own sake. Leadership, wealth, and well-being have increasingly little to do with hierarchy, and the perks of power aren’t what they used to be. Hierarchy hasn’t disappeared,... View Details