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- 15 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
One Month into the New MS/MBA Biotech
perfectly for our August course. Initially, we planned to offer Lab Essentials as a hands-on lab course to immerse everyone back into the science, but with the coronavirus pandemic hitting globally, we realized that we had a unique... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
corporate environmentalism, which would assertively lobby for new environmental policies. The group’s exercise of voice, in the manner of the National Rifle Association, was considered one essential path forward. Such a path would move... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
An Unfinished Story
grout that hold it together. Without this bond it is nothing but a pile of rocks. You argue that immigrants are essential to the cultural fabric of the nation, but you also make a strong business case for immigration. We need immigrants... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care
cost of care. Farmer said that he has learned from his work in very poor countries that “comprehensive rural health care must go beyond the purely clinical by also providing socioeconomic support. Nutrition, for example, is an essential... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Alumni Books
results on the scale and higher energy levels. She dispels dieting myths, gives the lowdown on energy bars, green tea, and protein shakes, and offers unconventional tips (like how to break an exercise sweat at the office without anyone noticing). Built for Change:... View Details
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Lara Hodgson
It seemed patently inefficient; the small businesses with a high cost of capital essentially funding the big players with all the cash. While many entrepreneurs might have been sunk by the conundrum, Hodgson, an aerospace engineer by... View Details
- 08 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Fix a Broken Marketplace
markets must also overcome the fact that some transactions are considered repugnant, especially in the infancy of an industry. (For instance, life insurance—in which companies essentially place bets on when a customer will die—used to be... View Details
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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a Consumer Society Research Links Credits “To term an American farmer dilatory in regard to the payment of his bills is arrant flattery. 6 — Bookkeeper for the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company, c. 1850 Credit was... View Details
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Honors & Awards - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Honors & Awards Honors & Awards Porter Prize Japan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Adapting to Meet Changing Needs
Anthony Mayo—members of the School’s Organizational Behavior Unit recognized for their excellence in the classroom—quickly realized they needed to reinvent the way they taught. “We had to rethink basic factors, such as what information is absolutely View Details
- 20 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Lessons of Successful Entrepreneurs
popular in the 1990s—which essentially meant buying or otherwise acquiring many customers as quickly as possible. "You don't want to be in a business model that acquires customers cold," said Fialkow. His UPromise received some... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative VBHCD Initiative Cost Measurement Research The Value... View Details
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Digital Operations - Course Catalog
opportunities and challenges in digitizing operations and recognize the importance of operational enablers such as real-time data accuracy, process redesign, and system interoperability, which are essential for unlocking the full... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Good as Our Word
crisis, and in the firm itself. “The business models used and the whole structure of the industry are complex, and it can take us a while to sort that out,” he notes. “But it’s worth the trouble, because understanding the industry and its output, the credit ratings, is... View Details
- 05 Jan 2022
- News
Untapped Potential
overlooked, giant industry that is at the base of society. Water is essential to our ability to exist,” he says. “[The sector] employs 10 times the number of people who are employed in oil and gas.” Water problems have also become more... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)
my friends recommended a book called Moms on Call: Basic Baby Care. It’s essentially an instruction manual for infants, but I followed everything the book said, and it really worked. Did your business background come into play in your... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Inside MBA Admissions
diverse: 35 percent are female, 33 percent are international representing 73 countries, and 21 percent are minorities. The median age is 27. Such diversity is essential to prepare MBAs to live and work in a global economy, Dewey explains.... View Details
- 27 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy: Ananya Zutshi (MS/MBA '21)
and will call myself an engineer forever. But I recognized that my strengths and experiences are well suited for the business side of drug development.” Guardian Bio’s cell therapy uses dendritic cells, an essential component in the human... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
Ford, for the auto itself and his influence on the work force," while another noted Ford's "perfection of the use of interchangeable parts and the assembly line, concepts employed by essentially all of business today." Alfred P. Sloan of... View Details
- 24 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality
lessons and concepts our students learn here can have a tremendous impact on the structure and practice of education," he said. "One of my goals is to see if we can get more Harvard MBAs to take jobs in education, since the leadership and managerial skills we... View Details