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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

Harvard Business School. This approach reflects the School’s commitment to a full arc of engagement with students that begins before they apply, deepens during their time in the program, and extends throughout their lives and careers. During her 25 years at HBS,... View Details

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do about It. Government has played similar catalytic roles in creating hubs of innovation is places such as Tel Aviv and Singapore. Such success stories... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

01 Mar 2007
News

Pharma Suits a Farm Gal

GRAHAM: From rodeo to CEO. Amylin Pharmaceuticals CEO Ginger Graham (MBA ’86) had a good year in 2006, with Amylin stock up as much as 45 percent, with Byetta and Symlin, its two innovative diabetes drugs, performing well, and with the... View Details

Keywords: biopharmaceutical company; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao

Keywords: Real Estate; IT; Banking

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

problems ripe for innovations that can make a difference in the world. It is a privilege to work with enlightened SuperCorps to create partnerships across sectors combining capabilities for the greater good. That has the potential to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
News

Thought Leader

logical and linguistic analysis to the study of human nature and consciousness,” the Telegraph reported. Among his central achievements was to shed light on the nature of reality. By persuasively advancing “Wittgenstein’s notion that View Details

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

formed the venture was an innovative integration of these problems. We develop a process model that explains how, under conditions of ambiguity, new businesses can take shape through emergent design: a collaborative View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2009
News

Crisis and Creativity

"I'll be happy to give you innovative thinking. What are the guidelines?" © The New Yorker Collection 2005 Leo Cullum from cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, recently echoed Machiavelli... View Details

Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti

13 Jun 2014
News

The Art of Effecting Change

alma maters (Miami University of Ohio and Vanderbilt University). They've also taken a leadership role at the school, serving on the Board of Dean's Advisors and as cochairs of their 25th Reunion, and as early founding donors of the Harvard View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Arts, Entertainment

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Danelle Radney

strategic plan for the school’s innovative work-study program. “The Social Enterprise Initiative made it possible by matching my salary so that I could afford to live in New York.” In her EC year, Danelle... View Details

14 May 2024
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - How to Build a Culture of Intrapreneurship

importance of a culture that encourages progress, outlining how “sustainability-oriented innovation involves making intentional changes to an organization's philosophy and values.” But what kind of philosophy and values lead to a... View Details

27 Apr 2016
News

Health Care Takes Center Stage at Finale of New Venture Competition

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Gender Conformity & Nonconformity

Making Trans Visible With Technology

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

news these days. The last innovation we had was 200 years ago, through the Industrial Revolution,” says Hanazawa. “Fashion is not doing anything for our health. It’s not making the environment any cleaner. I feel strongly that we can do... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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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)... View Details

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Technology, Identity, and Inertia: Through the Lens of 'The Digital Photography Company'

By: Mary Tripsas

Organizations often experience difficulty when pursuing new technology. Large bodies of research have examined the behavioral, social, and cognitive forces that underlie this phenomenon; however, the role of an organization's identity remains relatively unexplored.... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Culture; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Identity; Perception; Technology Adoption

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01 Dec 2015
News

Giving Advice

(courtesy of Susan Wolf Ditkoff) The philanthropy economy is booming. Last year, America’s charitable giving totaled $358.38 billion, equaling 2.1 percent of GDP—a number last attained in prerecession 2004. With that growth have come a number of new options, including... View Details

29 Mar 2023
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Giving Hope and Comfort

Feingold says, paraphrasing a lesson he learned while at HBS. Over the next five years, Feingold hopes to expand the size and reach of the organization, distributing 10 million products annually, with Hope and Comfort leading the charge for transformative solutions... View Details

2007
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Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Creativity; Disruption