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- 01 Dec 2023
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Wide Horizon
There were three critical events that led John Rodakis (MBA 1997) to form the nonprofit N of One in 2014 and ultimately dedicate his life to surfacing breakthrough autism research. The first occurred on Thanksgiving of 2012. He had driven about four hours with his wife...
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Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
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HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
private employer in the United States, with 1.5 million workers (2.2 million worldwide). But that size and dominance doesn’t make Walmart immune to pressures faced by any other retail operation. In the second-year Harvard Business School...
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- 20 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It
time, cause impaired immune functioning, hypertension, and memory loss). The result? In addition to causing the desired hormonal shift, the power poses led to increased feelings of power and a greater tolerance for risk. "We used to...
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by Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Drop Everything, Read This
The Bookshelf Rick Rubin is one of the greatest music producers of all time. His book, The Creative Act: A Way of Being, is about the creative process and is based on his experiences with era-defining musicians. He encourages the reader to be open to clues and...
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- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
now. While some people find working from home energizing, many employees probably won’t be able to be as effective as they would be under normal conditions. Sadun, who spent the spring advising the Italian government about how to reopen its economy post-lockdown,...
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by Danielle Kost
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
recent vaccine for Ebola took five and a half years. And why does it take so long? First of all, it requires a rigorous scientific assessment. And here we didn't even understand the virus itself or how the virus affects the immune system....
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- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
in the South and North would function as end points, delivering and receiving goods at key port cities. The ship would be responsible for the majority of the travel—leaving the trucks to conduct short, mostly intrastate runs generally View Details
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows
industries, including: a novel enzymatic RNA synthesis platform, an immune system-driven dendritic cell therapy to combat cancer, new molecular technologies for the delivery of transdermal formulations, a lipid-targeting drug to treat...
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- 04 Apr 2024
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The Making of a Medical Milestone
On March 16, doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital made history when they successfully transplanted a kidney from a genetically modified pig to a living human. The groundbreaking procedure marked a significant milestone in animal-to-human transplant, or...
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Margie Kelley
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
You’ve advised digital leaders like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, but they haven’t been immune to challenges either. Do you think anyone has truly mastered AI? Iansiti: We do have companies who are leading in introducing these models, but...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
factors, with the ultimate driver being word of mouth. For the COVID-19 vaccine, the personal factors include people’s perceived efficacy and need for the vaccine, past immunization experiences, and opinions about vaccines more generally,...
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Winners & Runners-up - New Venture Competition
platform. We develop treatments that teach patients' immune systems to recognize and fight cancer. 2023 Social Enterprise Track The MV3 Foundation Ashley Kyalwazi (MD/MPP 2024), Leonard Nettey (MD/PhD) Social Enterprise Track Winner...
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- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
lives, in part because they didn’t understand the nature of power, but many of them learned along the way,” says Battilana. "Having once been wary of power is no guarantee that you will be immune to abusing it." Brazilian doctor Vera...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
actually makes you better.” An idea taking root Despite the success of his firm, Brown had not been immune to brushes with bias. Growing up in a small segregated town in Florida after World War II, Brown recalled being awestruck by white...
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Kraft Accelerator
what you can do about it now. Developing the Landscape: A Guide (pdf) Case Study: MMRF's Immune Landscape (pdf) Close Interview Key Opinion Leaders Learn how you can engage with other experts in the field. Interviewing the Key Opinion...
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- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
Tesco PLC is the third-largest retailer in the world, just behind Wal-Mart and Carrefour. But that didn't make the UK-based chain immune from many costly mistakes as it entered the US market in 2006. For example, it opened some of its...
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- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on neuroscience. There I was part of two academic labs, one focusing on the impact of stress on the immune system, and the other on translational bioengineering. Looking at my long-term goals,...
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Finalists - New Venture Competition
managers in corporate America. DoriVac Kevin Emancipator (MBA 2023), Claire Zeng DoriVac (DNA Origami Vaccine) is a biotech startup for improving cancer treatment using a novel DNA nanoparticle platform. We develop treatments that teach patients' View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe...
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by Dina Gerdeman