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Field Course: Advanced Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog
Innovating in Health Care in Q1. Q: Can I take the class if I just have an idea, but I have not started yet? A: Not a promising idea, as your classmates will be far along in the development of their business plan. Q: What if I do not have... View Details
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Derrick Leung
that connect our communities to one another. Roadways and power plants are the arteries and organs of our living society. But what I see is far from an image of good health. The skeletal remains of our nation’s infrastructure show us... View Details
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Carl Petty
I look at the rest of my life as one big bonus round. The decade I spent flying fighters in the Navy was a childhood dream come true – more than I ever could have asked for. But I left the Navy feeling an obligation placed on me by terrible chance – the loss of friends... View Details
- 28 May 2014
- News
Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners
things so far in the history of Khan Academy. This validates us, not just, ‘Hey, here’s this nice thing that might be helpful for you to learn.’ This is going to be systemically important. “The College Board has recognized—they have... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the... View Details
- 26 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Winners and Losers in the Internet Economy
computer programmers. “Mobile is getting a lot of attention, but we're not seeing mobile as a big employer yet.” "You might go so far as to say that four or five years ago, the beneficiaries of the Internet economy were very large... View Details
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
themselves so far that day. Consistent with our previous research, we found that spending more on others was associated with greater happiness among this sample of approximately 1,000 New York Times readers, even though the respondents... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 15 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner
investing) was a very American activity. Efforts to transplant the model were few and far between, and these efforts were usually unsuccessful. It is easy to see why it is hard to create a new venture capital industry "from... View Details
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Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success - Recruiting
think, in the traditional ways of race and gender but also diverse in ideologies and backgrounds. This type of program will help people see that we are far more representative of the country in terms of its many dimensions than people... View Details
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Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management - Course Catalog
$500,000 or more; in some cases far more. Students can expect to: Summarize and critique their existing business, its strengths and weaknesses, and set priorities for moving the business forward, including the most pressing priorities to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
unparalleled engine of growth. Amid concerns, we must not lose sight of how far we have come. Progress has been astonishing, and the data show continued economic growth for most of the world. Incomes are rising, the poor are getting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
center.” Instead of subsidizing this agency, Congress wanted the PTO to generate significant revenues for the government. As a result, starting salaries for examiners fell far behind the private sector, and it became difficult to recruit... View Details
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David Frankel
hope to use my life so far to help other South African entrepreneurs. Especially those who wouldn't qualify for traditional funding. By listening, by making every introduction I can possibly think of, by being a connector, I want to help... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about the Latino Student Organization
to not be inclusive within ourselves, by open to all affiliations and create a single HBS community that is comfortable and engaging for all. The major highlight for me thus far has been the immense amount of support ECs have provided to... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
store chain with twenty-four locations in fifteen cities. The traditional consumer model in the market is the family jeweler, he explained, with a relationship between parties carrying on for generations. The consumer in India is far more... View Details
- 21 Nov 2024
- News
Mother Nurture
Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered they shared a vision to create a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Spray Canon
cultural consecration does not necessarily translate to higher auction prices. Artist Barry McGee, for instance, started in the 1990s graffiti scene in San Francisco and has had a long, revered career filled with shows at high-profile museums, but his pieces are priced... View Details
- 04 May 2023
- Blog Post
Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World
trips are worth it. "We're showing that business travel matters for innovation, but it only matters if two firms' locations are either culturally or temporally far away from each other." The study offers him an answer: Yes, with an... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?
securing endorsements from party officials and funds from big money donors. On the other side, Trump, already a media personality thanks to “The Apprentice,” has so far secured $4 billion worth of free media coverage and continues to... View Details
- 06 May 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready for Personalized Predictive Analytics?
"Businesses are becoming so complex that integrating predictive analytics in decision making is not very far away I think 'predictive analytics' is the 'Moneyball' for businesses." Kapil Kumar Sopory said that, "Prevention... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett