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Melody Koh
Melody is a Partner at NextView Ventures, based in its New York office. Prior to joining NextView, Melody was Head of Product at Blue Apron. Melody joined Blue Apron as the first product hire post Series A and helped scale the business... View Details
- 24 Mar 2016
- News
A Fitness Industry Innovator Powers On
rebranding the club, and those that followed, as 24 Hour Fitness—would alter the industry forever, with 24 Hour Fitness growing to 420 clubs, 20,000 employees, and over $1 billion in annual revenues. “In the fitness industry, there are very major economies of View Details
Henry F. Henderson, Jr.
After working at Richardson Scale Company for a number of years, Henderson’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to start Henderson Industries (HI) in 1952. Winning a contract from Richardson, HI began growing rapidly. Manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
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Eric Li | MBA
Unlike many other mechanisms of change, tech allows us to scale impact in a way previously impossible. I'm excited to find the use cases where tech is an outsized lever achieving better societal outcomes. X: Eric Li Personal Website: Eric... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
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Tickling the Ivories
producer (sex, lies, and videotape), and is a prolific author. Founder and chairman of the San Francisco–based Institute for Large Scale Innovation, he advises corporations and governments on innovation, organizational transformation, and... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Betting big on star power can be a winning strategy in business—not just show business
business,” says Elberse. Blockbuster strategies work because audiences value high production values and strong brands—notably A-list stars—and they like to make choices based on personal recommendations and buzz. Further, blockbuster View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
(MBA 1994) "For a pioneering intermediary like Gazelle, there are in principle two ways (not mutually exclusive) to sustain its advantage over the late but numerous entrants. One is to create network effects by moving to a marketplace intermediation model. The other is... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
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Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect
The creation, commercialization, and scaling of science-based enterprises will be a crucial segment of the global economy in the decades to come. Harvard Business School—through its educational programs, the research of its faculty... View Details
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Randy Haykin Archives | Social Enterprise
developing an approach to scaling of social enterprises that I... INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details
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Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog
a production scale Gen AI application using a no code platform. The HBS digital transformation (DTX) team will assist in the delivery fot he project. Learn about the basic foundations of the technology as well as the latest developments... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
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A Clean Start
it a reality, and the plants and factories to scale it. OCO’s bread and butter is a processing device called an electrolyzer, which combines electricity and CO2 and splits water to make formic acid. That formic acid can then be sold to... View Details
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
informed individuals is likely to lead to improvements in dealing with the problem of economic benchmarking. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2517496 Scale and Innovation During Two U.S. Breakthrough Eras By: Nicholas, Tom... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Aug 2020
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A Clean Start
ultimately lies not on the R&D or the tech itself, but rather in the scale of the business. “Unlike most of the chemical or energy industry, where you have to build mammoth plants in order to be economically viable, we want to become... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
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MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID | MBA
policy from within government, scaling impact ventures, advancing global development goals, or designing inclusive financial systems, joint degree alumni are positioned to lead change where it matters most . Curriculum Admissions &... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
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Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
professionals, and 77 corporate and government officials — contacts that will be helpful in future research and course development activities at the School. The group learned that government at all levels is supportive of entrepreneurship. “It is impossible to grasp... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
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HBS Students Negotiate a Victory
airline, curtailed the union's right to strike, and indexed pay scales to profitability. “We concentrated on our common interests; the measure of our success was that both sides felt they got a great deal,” said Chung. View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
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Applying business practices to nonprofits to strengthen impact
The nonprofit need of for-profit acumen is acute, says Jeff Bradach (AM 1990, PhDOB 1992), cofounder and managing partner of The Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists. Bridgespan collaborates with... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
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Carbon's Second Act
on carbon conversion and turning his garage—temporarily—into a laboratory. TB: I ultimately came upon an electrochemical type of process which turned out could be pretty easily prototyped at a very small scale in one's garage—buying some... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
entrepreneurs as they pursue impact or scale, or both. In our framework, scale can be interpreted at two levels: either as operational efficiency, which is achieved by minimizing unit costs, or expanding reach to cover a large proportion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows
launched and scaled digital health products and founded the digital health team’s first diversity, equity, and inclusion program. This initiative was instrumental in lifting up underrepresented voices, creating systems for equitable... View Details