blockchain - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

more than a dozen case studies on fintech, higher education, platform competition, remote work, global talent, and blockchain finance for the MBA curriculum and Executive Education programs. Additionally, she served as an IT project... View Details

21 Aug 2020
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Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree

year, I was able to split my time between a healthcare startup in New York and blockchain startup in Berlin. Especially during my startup internships, I was able to cross over and help out with legal work, even though my main roles were... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

Credit: pixelfit SUMMING UP How Will Digital Currencies Be Regulated? Blockchain technology has a brighter future than most digital currencies in general and Bitcoin in particular, judging from responses to this month’s column. It’s also... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

experience: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing Launching Tech Ventures Founders’ Journey Startup Operations Field X (provides funding) Get additional startup experience: Work on a project for a startup for credit through an Independent Project Attend Tech , CODE ,... View Details

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

growth. For example, digital banking allowed DBS bank of Singapore to expand into India with a fully digital bank—a market it could not compete in previously. Similarly, J.P. Morgan used blockchain technology to introduce Onyx, a new... View Details

23 Mar 2023
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Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

whose tools help developers accelerate blockchain development by automating the generation of back-end and client code, documentation, and testing. Jean-Philippe Emelie Marcos, MBA 2001, CEO & Founder Region: Western US/Northern... View Details

01 Apr 2022
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The Africa Business Conference at HBS: Reimagining the Road Ahead

Conference as well. I would like to offer special thanks to speakers on the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain panel, Ezra Kebrab (Founder of Caliza), Josue Mpai (Founder of Betterticket), Nelly Chatue-Diop (Founder of Ejara.io), and Dr.... View Details

21 Jan 2022
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Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

experimenting with using blockchain for transparency in the tipping process. It also is exploring whether cryptocurrency might allow for more efficient tipping in a café setting. The cost of transferring money between currencies makes... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

doesn’t have to die and can, in fact, be saved with blockchain networks. He separates this movement, which aims to provide a solid foundation for everything from social networks to artificial intelligence to virtual worlds, from... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

International Product Development Management Conference for “Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re-Shapes Two-Sided Platforms” with Daniel Trabucchi, Antonella Moretto, and Tommaso Buganza. Edward McFowland III :... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

STUDY Government in the Metaverse: A Live Case Discussion Faculty: Professor Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004) + More Info – Less Info Web3 has come for government. Cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies have wound their way into public... View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

‘godlike technologies’ that have passed commercial viability and are on- track to change the foundations of business and society in the next decade – AI, Blockchain and Synthetic Biology and examine their impact on who we are as... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?

Illustration by Jon Krause When trying to explain how blockchain works, it helps to have a mass-culture analogue. Mike O’Grady (MBA 1992), president of Chicago-based Northern Trust, uses social media: Blockchain, he says, is a transaction... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2024
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What is Web3?

secure, and decentralized framework where individuals own, and have greater control and sovereignty over, their digital assets and interactions within the digital realm. Blocks and Blockchains The foundational technology of Web3 is the... View Details

12 Jul 2022
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Expanding the Power to Prosper

send money home to help their families, for example. The blockchain could change all of that though, and cryptocurrencies could empower anyone with a smartphone to have access to an equitable set of financial tools. “Through decentralized... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

total cost of care for this patient segment. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/118053-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-089 Maersk: Betting on Blockchain In March 2018, international shipping giant Maersk is... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

examines 3 recently developed ‘godlike technologies’ - artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and synthetic biology- that have passed commercial viability and are on-track to change the foundations of business and society by 2035. These... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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Napkin Finance: Say It in a Picture

The humble cocktail napkin is a tried-and-true medium for honing a concept to its essential elements. For Tina Hay (MBA 2002) it’s also a business. As founder and CEO of Napkin Finance, Hay oversees a multimedia effort to simplify financial concepts ranging from... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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