Agile Project Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
News

Tech for the People

project to livestream city council meetings on Facebook Live. His collaborations also included a partnership with the cloud file-storage company Box to archive videos of city council meetings, and a registry designed with IBM to monitor... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

11 Oct 2022
News

Righting the Ship

When Ross Stuckey (PLDA 21, 2016) joined the NAVSEA Warfare Centers—a part of the naval research labs responsible for developing science and tech for national defense—as their capital improvement program (CIP) manager in 2016, he was... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Project Management at an Education Non-Profit Dan Hall 12 Sep 2019 Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviat... What SEI is Reading Shelby Longland 06... View Details

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

public-private partnerships to stimulate commercialization of Danish scientific research within the country's industry. DNATF established a process for evaluating proposals, making project awards, and then actively View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

that using the judo strategy approach allows small, agile start-ups to turn an opponent's size into a disadvantage. The closing presentation was delivered by Senior Research Fellow and Director of the HBS Life Sciences View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

Profile

Matt Segneri

projects and serve as advisors to the Bureau's senior leadership." Once he completes his MBA, Matt may continue with consulting. "Consulting helps you become a better leader because you are compelled to consider all the... View Details

28 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Duolingo

taste of the product world.” A sample task might include picking a specific feature on a Duolingo app and walking through what you would change, what analytics you’d be tracking, and what would be the product road map. As Shehata noted, this is a high-level product... View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Mar 2013
News

2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness

competitiveness over the next three years, although pessimism has eased somewhat from an earlier survey conducted in 2011. "They see the boat as sinking more slowly, but still sinking," says Jan Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration and... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

half of all EC courses, part of the traditional thirty-session class structure is now used for group project work, field research, and the preparation of papers on "frontier" business issues. New EC courses are continually being... View Details

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur

the intrapreneurial effort fails, you'll still have a job tomorrow, said HBS assistant professor Clark Gilbert, who served as moderator. And for managers of the start-up, a corporate benefactor can make starting a new organizational life... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021

the course as students and Tōhoku-based project partners. Professor of Management Practice Hirotaka Takeuchi hosted a virtual reunion in March to mark the 10th anniversary of the Immersive Field Course in... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Water for Life

develop alongside the company through our Vendor Management program. Since 2007, Manila Water has generated more than 20,000 jobs through these local enterprises. Similarly, Manila Water gives community-based cooperatives sustainable... View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Waste Management and Remediation Services

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

challenging assignments, adequate resources, supportive work groups, management that places a premium on creativity, and project leaders who understand the creative process and have strong communications... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 1999
News

New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information

Two years ago, Thomas J. Michalak, executive director of Baker Library, got a phone call from a Boston-area HBS alumnus. The graduate was researching a management project and wanted online access to the... View Details

February 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Bardhaman (A): Shrachi and the West Bengal Housing Board

By: John D. Macomber and Viraal Balsari

A real estate developer decides whether to enter into a public private partnership with the government of West Bengal to develop a township on farmland. The decisions include whether to expand operations from the company's base in Kolkata to Bardhaman, 100 km away;... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Decisions; Private Equity; Design; Housing; Infrastructure; Projects; Real Estate Industry; West Bengal

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01 Dec 2012
News

50 Years & Counting

the Bias Trap Max Bazerman "The project...taps into earlier work I've done on how joint evaluation leads to better and more ethical decisions." - MAX BAZERMAN In a research project conducted with colleagues at the Harvard Kennedy School,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

of the hacker style of programming with the need to be more predictable and coordinated in managing software releases. Projects that are more closely coupled with commercial firms have experienced direct... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

Career Coach

Doug Marsan

Doug is excited to help fellow students find their work purpose, especially those looking to fight the climate crisis through climate tech or looking to pivot into VC/startup land. He studied mechanical engineering at Notre Dame (Go Irish!) and worked in View Details

01 Mar 2003
News

Books

Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan Selling China by Yasheng Huang What Customers Think by Gerald Zaltman Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan (Harvard Business School Press) A recent study by the View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

course in corporate finance and the tools to apply the field’s proven, time-tested principles in the context of the family’s financial situation, including the key principles of wealth creation and management and methods for making one’s... View Details

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