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04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Aaron Sabin (MS/MBA 2023): Engineering a Climate Change Solution by Cutting the Cost of Carbon Capture

primarily to run current through the cells and run air over the exposed solution. Moreover, it can be scaled up, with large plants housing many units and concentrated in areas with low population density. An... View Details

21 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

run independent of one another just five to ten years from graduation. Reshma: The flexibility inherent in the JD/MBA has made it possible for me to explore new industries and passions that I might not otherwise have been as deeply... View Details

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FAQs for Alumni Virtual Programs - Alumni

link. Follow the prompts to download and run Zoom. Do I need to join the Zoom event before the scheduled start time? It is helpful to join the event five (5) minutes prior to the scheduled start. This will provide time to make sure you... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

has been consistent for years: involuntary turnover in sales organizations has remained at 13 percent, since peaking at 14.6 percent in 2009, and total turnover (involuntary and voluntary—i.e., retirements, moves, etc.) in both good and bad times View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

way: “What happened to the lessons I was taught on campus about running the business as a ‘going concern’?” How do we encourage CEOs to manage for sustainability? What do you think? On September 13, 1970, an opinion piece appeared in The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Nov 2018
HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

customers have bought the detergent anyway? “The folks who had the data did not go to the managers and say, ‘I have all this data. Let me tell you how to run your business now.’ They said, ‘Look, let me understand the key questions you... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

01 Jun 2023
News

Curb Appeal

the tiniest pieces possible.” “Garbage is messy,” Williams told the Times. “But Jessie is someone who doesn’t run away from that type of challenge. She embraces it.” That jibes with Tisch’s own feelings about leading DSNY out of a period... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Jun 2024
News

Again and Again

the ways in which they can add depth and meaning to life. Charles Duhigg: I think people are primed to think about habits in their lives all the time. I have a good habit, a bad habit. I want to build a habit of running or eating more... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

pursue a Ph.D. However, she now knew that she likely needed another advanced degree to be a decision maker in an industry like pharma/biotech. Zutshi joined the second-ever cohort of students in the MS/MBA in Engineering Sciences degree View Details

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

partners have significant others, do not lose sight that they too are going through this transition. A partner whose significant other is all of a sudden more available than they were when they were running a company, or who is feeling... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

appeared to be run little better than and little richer than most of Latin America. Second, why was the canal so much better run after the handoff to Panama than it had been before? The turnaround has been... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

with technology take longer, they're harder to follow. I'm involved, in addition to running Merck, I co-chair the commission in New Jersey about re-opening the state. Corporate America is asking what it needs to do about racial... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

01 Sep 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care

Illustration by Drue Wagner Mike H. M. Teodorescu (DBA 2018) CEO, SurgiBox Dan Brown (DBA 2019) CFO Concept: Founded in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, SurgiBox’s lead product is a portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; surgery; Ukraine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

January 2020
Case

A Tough Call: SEAL Team Leader in Kandahar (A)

By: George A. Riedel

The case, which is a disguised version of real events, is set in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2013) during the long running Afghan war. Lt. Paul Rickson, a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, is leading a team of 30 U.S. and Afghan soldiers on a mission to clear hostile forces in... View Details

Keywords: War; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Decision Choices and Conditions; Afghanistan

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In The Venture Capital Cycle, Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner correct widespread misperceptions about the nature and role of the venture capitalist and provide an accessible and comprehensive overview of the venture capital industry. Bringing together fifteen... View Details

02 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

names—including virtual kitchens, ghost kitchens, shared kitchens, dark kitchens, and shadow kitchens. “A brick-and-mortar restaurant in New York City costs $1 million to $1.5 million to set up, while a cloud kitchen can get up and View Details

Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

scheduling system. They also provided CHOP care for all children in the region at all times of the day, night and weekends through urgent care centers and a nurse run telephone triage system. They linked the network with their own patient... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

glasses and sends every three-year veteran of the company to a developing country to see its glasses donation programs in action. The company also broadened its social contributions, running programs that seek to expand access to eyecare... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

their work.” “Hold conferences when there is more critical work to be done.” The spy manual struck a chord with Stefan H. Thomke, the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, since he recognized that many of today’s... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

tech startup that aims to deliver “exercise as medicine” to people living with chronic disease. Simin first became a passionate believer in the power of exercise through her own experiences on the Harvard lightweight rowing team and View Details

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