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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

with respect to three areas of knowledge: Design Knowledge: The use of human-centered design methods to understand users, identify solutions to their needs, and gather feedback via rapid, iterative prototyping. Technical Knowledge: The use of rigorous View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

RoboCar, the Sequel

Alden Photo courtesy William Alden Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur. Consider the case of William Alden (MBA ’52), as reported in the Cape Cod Times (April 12, 2011). More than 50 years ago, Alden was working on an automated mail-flow View Details

Keywords: Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details

14 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 14

are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of multinational firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

students will work on-site with a nonprofit or government client in Boston, New York, or Washington, DC, to analyze a problem and develop recommendations based on behavioral decision research and economics—the idea that we can build behavioral “nudges” into the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

operating system and application software. At the same time, the producers of minicomputers used the microprocessor to develop the workstation for its engineering and scientific customers. The new array of... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

increased information about the plans and their providers. After lunch, Dr. Robert Waller, president emeritus of the Mayo Clinic, gave a talk on the impact of consumer-driven health care on the current system, using the Mayo's lauded View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

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Andrew Dervan

Like many of his colleagues, Andrew Dervan entered medical school to fulfill a passion. And like many of them, Andrew says, "I'm frustrated with the system. One out of seven dollars in the US is spent on health care. It's just incredible that so much money is... View Details

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

capacity of 240 kW. At the site, we were met by the CleanMax asset manager tasked with managing the operations of this solar site. We followed him up three flights of stairs to the roof of the factory where the solar panels were situated... View Details

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

developing products created by hard-to-find customer-centered software engineers. But now Microsoft's proposed settlement of its dispute with an even bigger sumo—government—would involve giving computers equipped with its operating View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

knew the goal of the procedure, and making sure they had ample blood available. Since the checklist system has been deployed throughout several operating rooms, he said, there has been an average reduction... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

21 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Grundfos: Innovation & Inspiration for Sustainable Product Design

rooms, 2000 degree incinerators. We came to Denmark and the Netherlands in the dead of winter to learn what best-in-class companies were doing to transform their operations for a lower-carbon future. One of our most striking realizations... View Details

November 1997
Background Note

Note on Knowledge Management, A

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

Provides an overview of knowledge management, including descriptions of knowledge management strategies, processes, organization, infrastructure, systems, and challenges. Describes the approaches at two leading consulting firms, Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young, that... View Details

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Management Style; Management Systems; Infrastructure; Organizations; Business Strategy

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01 Feb 2001
News

The Doctor Is In

Dr. Peter L. Slavin (MBA '90) nods toward a long line stretching back from a gourmet coffee counter. "That's one of our most utilized facilities," he says with a smile. "The joke around here is that the hospital operation is a loss leader... View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

18 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS

few other operations and finance courses. My only healthcare work was an independent study that extended some interesting research on cancer treatment access with an HBS professor, and helping another professor write a biotechnology case.... View Details

17 Apr 2020
News

Decreasing the Wealth Gap

need—took a moment to share his thoughts with NPR’s Morning Edition on how the ever-increasing wealth gap could be addressed as the world’s economies grapple with the social and economic effects of the Coronavirus pandemic. “There’s a wonderful opportunity here, if we... View Details

29 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy

generation systems are helping businesses become more resilient and reduce uncertainty from grid dependence. Our technology, first developed for NASA's Mars Program, is among the most efficient power generation technology on the planet,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Profile

Jacqueline Beato

As an undergraduate, her business ambitions percolated within what might seem to be a technically oriented degree. "Industrial engineering is the best major there is," Jacqueline says. "Yes, it does include the core skills of engineering. But the real... View Details

07 Jul 2016
News

Creating a Viable Future in Rural Africa

Louise Fenn Ruhr (MBA 1977) is helping empower poor and displaced communities in the developing world—particularly women—cope with the impact of climate change through sustainable food, water, energy, and income-generation programs. As chief View Details

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