Educational Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

the growth of younger companies and revitalize large corporations through partnerships with innovative SMEs; 3) improving the match between education and employment opportunities, through apprenticeship... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2008
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

STRATEGIC ADVICE: HBS professor Michael Porter took a question before his presentation. What happens when you bring over 450 CEOs and presidents of New York City’s leading nonprofits together for a daylong educational summit? Answer: a... View Details

06 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

early-stage venture capital while at HBS, Coates is an active member of the Boston innovation ecosystem from the investor side as a Venture Fellow, now Managing Partner, at Rough Draft Ventures (student fund backed by General Catalyst)... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund

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Commencement 2013 Address | About

almost 100 years ago. It’s no exaggeration to say that you have probably experienced more innovations during your time as MBA students than most of the classes in the School’s 105-year history. I hope this status gives you a great sense... View Details

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Are interested in corporate innovation and applying the patterns of startup failure to innovation initiatives or incubator programs within traditional corporations Educational... View Details

01 Sep 2005
News

Clark Bids Farewell to HBS

new. It, too, has a long tradition and a rich heritage — based on carving a life out of a difficult environment — that is deeply grounded in that community. Yet it’s very new, in that it only recently became a four-year school. The challenge is to build and View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services

20 Dec 2024
News

Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

Washington DC, and HBS Club of Wisconsin. The HBS Executive Education program also offers a virtual course, Driving Nonprofit Innovation and Performance, which focuses on performance measurement and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Nov 2024
HBS Case

Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers

up providing the inspiration for his next business opportunity: a tech business that put “justice-involved” individuals to work. “Tech startups are so concentrated in a small number of places with a small number of types of people, so there’s View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Employment

10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

and then go further to consider ways the domain of innovation itself has changed. We suggest that because of fundamental shifts in communication and information processing costs and the increasing modularity of products and services, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

23 Apr 2018
News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

The online bio of EARTH University’s new president Arturo Condo (DBA 2000) describes him as “Ecuadorian by birth, Latin American by heart.” Condo, a distinguished scholar and author, and the former president of INCAE, followed both his heart and a lifelong passion for... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2008
Op-Ed

What Should Employers Do about Health Care?

monitoring, and care for routine health issues. On-site physical therapists offer coaching to prevent injury and services to speed recovery. On-site diabetes educators work with groups of employees to engage them in lifestyle changes that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Elizabeth O. Teisberg & Scott Wallace; Health

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

had founded “about an hour or two after Prohibition ended, so I’m told,” Cohen says with a smile. After graduating from Smith College in 1964, she spent a year at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education before enrolling at HBS, much to her... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

10 Feb 2022
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on HBCUs

Why did you choose to attend an HBCU? I come from a strong HBCU family. My grandmother, mother, and many other members of my family have attended HBCUs. I knew from an early age the value of an HBCU education as well as the importance... View Details

June 2024
Teaching Note

Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR

By: Boris Groysberg, David Lane, Susan Pinckney and Alexis Lefort

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 424-004. Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management... View Details

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24 Apr 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

Evidence on Attitudes, Behavior, and Cognitive Biases By: Carpena, Fenella, Shawn A. Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia Abstract—This paper uses a large-scale field experiment in India to study attitudinal, behavioral, and cognitive constraints that can stymie the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

but from Mexico, South Korea, and elsewhere — was coming in at a lower price point than our unionized operations could match,” Chirchirillo recalls. “And many of my OPM classmates were from outside the United States, so I was getting a first-rate View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

justify the higher Asian wages." Asian companies will need to move beyond OEM production and adopt real strategies involving unique ways of competing, Porter asserted. They will have to compete in more sophisticated ways, and the national business environment must... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Jun 2012
News

What Industrial Policy?

Manufacturing is a critical component of the American ecosystem for innovation and can be an important part of the knowledge economy. To let it erode would be a grave mistake. —Gary P. Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie Jr. Professor of... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

the post-pandemic stage. The focus on learning, on the student, and on the content will continue to be the key,” he observed. “A new stage of blended education is beginning, and UADE is ready to take advantage of it. We will have... View Details

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