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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Motors, automaking and product choice is a participative open-development process taking place both at Local Motors’ regional Micro-Factories, and via www.local-motors.com. Local-motors.com hosts monthly car View Details
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Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
design, and diversity work. In our design track, we highlight the importance of radical curiosity, humility, and an approach to engaging with underrepresented community members as partners and co-designers, among other fascinating topics.... View Details
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
House of Representatives on September 10, 2009. The subject of the hearing: "The World Bank's Disclosure Policy Review, and the Role of Democratic Participatory Processes in Achieving Successful Development Outcomes." [Webcast]... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 26 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 26
Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, and Kelsey Jack Abstract A substantial body of research investigates the design of incentives in firms, yet less is known about incentives in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45468 August 2013 Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing Where Not to Eat? Improving Public Policy by Predicting Hygiene Inspections Using Online Reviews By: Kang, Jun Seok, Polina... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17
behavioral indicator of liking. We trained a natural language processing algorithm as a “follow-up question detector” that we applied to our speed-dating data (and can be applied to any text data to more deeply understand question-asking... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Cheers to the American Consumer
litany of reasons why America spawns so many entrepreneurs. There is barely an acknowledgment of what Amar Bhide (HBS MBA '79) has appealingly termed "the venturesome consumer." Yet this willingness to adopt new products, new View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
manufacturing workers on a computer system used for data reconciliation. The assignment proved challenging. “I was a total outsider running a class designed to change the work patterns of an experienced manufacturing team,” she grimaces.... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Really Drives Your Strategy?
strategy (and some consultants who advise on strategy) is that they assume that once you design strategy it gets executed. They don't look inside the process and realize that it's much more complicated.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Colt Stander
business problem better through things like marketing, finance, and operations. At the same time, I saw my design principles would have a greater influence in the larger business channel, impacting more people for the greater good. The... View Details
- 09 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from CPG to a Self-Driving Car Startup through my Summer Internship
Determining the best processes to work cross-functionally with the engineering organization has been an exciting aspect of my internship. I feel excited by Cruise’s mission and the impact I was able to make on the business in just 11... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Robots Are Coming to Save Your Job
robot, meant for simpler jobs like unpacking boxes; Sawyer is a one-armed robot designed for more precise tasks like placing memory cards into motherboards. The humanizing is intentional and essential to integrating the bots into a... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 12 Apr 2012
- News
HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups
compete for a $50,000 grand prize and a $25,000 second prize—plus meet this year's Social Entrepreneurship Fellow. The contest, designed to support promising alumni ventures, is hosted by HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Books
The Heart of Change by John P. Kotter and Dan S. Cohen Searching for a Corporate Savior by Rakesh Khurana Making Markets: How Firms Can Design and Profit from Online Auctions and Exchanges by Ajit Kambil and Eric Van Heck Leading Terms:... View Details
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Cornell Tech, Initiative 31 was established to: Make New York City the global hub of urban innovation. As part of her Independent Project, Zoe collaborated with the NYCEDC team to design a research-backed roadmap incorporating all... View Details
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South Asia - Global Activities 2021
offering designed to help senior executives in India, one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, elevate their leadership skills and drive success in this competitive market. Since then, some 300 business leaders have participated... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Venturing: Entrepreneurship on the Inside
transformation" of large firms. What are some of the challenges you've faced, he asked the panelists, as you've tried to start new ventures inside of companies? The biggest challenge, said Dipender Saluja, who leads a thousand-person technical services venture... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
- 10 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
IFC India 2025: SELCO - Decentralized Renewable Energy to Develop While Decarbonizing
SELCO’s Approach SELCO is a social enterprise that operates with a mission to make energy access equitable and transformative through microgrids. The organization’s approach revolves around three core principles: decentralization, democratization, and disruption. SELCO... View Details
- 27 Feb 2025
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IFC India 2025: HBS Visits Jindal Steel Works (JSW) Steel Dolvi Plant
action-packed days split evenly between Mumbai and Bangalore. We toured factories, met with executives, visited cultural and historic landmarks, and consumed more chai than we could’ve imagined. The course was designed to give us a... View Details