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Judging | New Venture Competition

address and can be sustained for a period of time consistent with achieving the desired social impact. (If growing the organization is not the preferred strategy, the program is transferable and replicable.) Concept (35% of score) Idea/Concept The concept reflects an... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Europe Business Conference Forecasts the Future

a New Yorker. In the business world, Hannezo predicted that synergies will continue to develop between Europe and the United States, thanks to a shared system of values and a wealth of talent on both sides of the Atlantic. "Together, we... View Details

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What Others Are Saying - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Technology & Innovation Professor of Business Policy, INSEAD “Michael Porter’s stature as the preeminent business strategist in the world is unassailable. He invented the theory of competitive advantage and continues to View Details

21 Aug 2014
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HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC

Transit Authority, he often finds himself going between on-the-ground construction sites and strategic planning meetings at the central office with the Recovery and Resiliency group – a team that started in 2013 in response to the effects of Hurricane Sandy to make the... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

08 Jun 2023
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Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Flight Path

engineers devoted a good chunk of 2015 and most of 2016 to developing a drone that could be piloted in real time through a complex, three-dimensional course of gates and obstacles. That meant creating a lightning-fast radio system and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Debora L. Spar

enables individuals—a teen manipulating the stock market—to overthrow established players. The old rules no longer apply. You argue that during these periods of change the old rules may not apply for a period of time, but in the end the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

will be brought to market by a combination of pure start-ups and large multinational energy corporations." Charley Cummings MBA 2011 | Addressing Climate Change through Agriculture "The great thing is that in addition to making systems... View Details

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

one of four topics: different models of consumer-driven health care; the role of consumer-driven health care in supporting innovative solutions to chronic problems in the industry; the new breed of consumer information and support... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

dynamic innovation Provide feedback on peers’ personal case projects 6-7 hrs Module 6 Leading Change Explore the link between personal and organizational renewal. Assess the core issues in leading systemic... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

is the kind of question that RMI is tackling as a member of the Energy Transitions Commission—a global coalition of energy companies, nonprofits, academics, and innovators working toward the goal of “reforming the energy system.” RMI CEO... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work by Vijay Govindarajan (DBA 1978) and Ravi Ramamurti (DBA 1982) HBR Press Though still a pipe dream in the US, value-based competition (value as measured by patient outcomes... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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Books

as by the innovative technology that makes them possible. Companies must learn to build and foster these relationship networks because they engender speedy and seamless interaction, encourage creativity and collaboration, and release the... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2011
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An Economy Undermined

know was the damage — not always damage, but on balance, plenty of it — that some would do over time. In the name of profits, the workings of a free market, pure self-interest, and outright greed, the American financial system stopped... View Details

Keywords: Jeff Madrick; Finance

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

notably higher entry rates and increases in plant productivity. These results are not present for districts located on another major highway system, the North-South East-West corridor (NS-EW). Improvements for portions of the NS-EW system... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Aug 2023
Blog Post

Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change

This article was originally published by MBAGRADSCHOOLS, a leading source of information for prospective MBA students. Climate change is not a problem for the future generation, it’s here and now. As the clock keeps ticking, HBS MBA students are bringing forward View Details

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

panelists at Harvard Business School's Cyberposium 2003 to address the technology trends, developing markets, and pressing concerns of a swiftly developing market. At this point, panelists agreed little new innovation is necessary.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In doing so, we show that fiscal spending shocks appear... View Details