Basic Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

Harvard's School of Public Health since 1976 and has spent much of her professional career applying corporate and industrial models to the health-care field. Her research activity at HBS focuses on the current trend of hospital mergers... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

executive director of the Verité Research think tank, describing how Mawilmada initiated a public forum, hosted by Verité, to respond to an opposing viewpoint on the megapolis plan. “These two factions weren’t talking to each other, but... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

managerial demands of the war had prompted new courses in, and research emphasis on, human relations and control. Commensurately, the School began to boost its faculty (it had 98 members in 1946). By 1950, HBS was a commanding presence in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

The first charter school law was passed in Minnesota in 1991; by 2011, there were 5,275 charters nationwide, making up more than 5 percent of all public schools. In June 2009, however, the movement hit a bump. Stanford University's Center for View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1996
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1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"

the conference still acquainting themselves with the basics of "the Net," Ilene Lang (MBA '73), vice president of Digital Equipment Corporation's connectivity software business unit, furnished essential facts and background at a March 21... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Dec 2010
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Innovation Takes Center Stage

during Nohria’s summertime conversations. In his view, HBS should “chase knowledge, not demand.” The School’s strategy for more than a decade has been to establish a small physical footprint with six global research centers, but together... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

23 Jan 2019
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The Promise of Personalized Medicine

school there, MIT, and I met a really great individual, Jonathan Fleming. Jonathan and I connected. He knew what I was about, Duchenne, and trying to save my brother and the boys like him. He suggested I meet with a researcher over at... View Details

09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns

that companies with leading sustainability practices may be better long-term investments. Vikram Gandhi, a professor at HBS, did research and he shows that about 22 percent of baby boomers express an interest in impact investing. For Gen... View Details

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