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History, and has held fellowships from Yale University and the Massachusetts Historical Society. Dean has published widely on American history and is the author of American Heretic: Theodore Parker and Transcendentalism (2003), which won...
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1.10 Cross-Registration - MBA
in good standing at their home school. Students must be enrolled in a graduate-level degree program at one of the following schools: Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at...
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Tennessee Texas Wisconsin Northeastern US/Boston Connecticut Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont Northeastern US/New York Delaware Maryland New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia Washington, D.C. West Virginia...
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- 31 Jan 2023
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It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
organizational purpose or social responsibility—reduce the overall bump paid to college-educated workers by about 5 percent, finds the study, which Zhang wrote with Nathan Wilmers, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of...
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by Rachel Layne
- May 2016 (Revised March 2020)
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Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model
By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella
Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride as opposed to the 20-30%...
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Information Technology;
Transportation;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Transportation Industry;
Boston
Zhu, Feng, and Angela Acocella. "Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model." Harvard Business School Case 616-062, May 2016. (Revised March 2020.)
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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education
student center for the MBA program. The hours of operation are Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The large COOP in Harvard Square at 1400 Massachusetts Avenue also should not be missed. Can I pick up a COVID test at the Chao...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering
as Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and Special Advisor to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker for technology and innovation competitiveness. Most recently, he was Secretary of the...
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Past Issues - Alumni
Officer Christian Charnaux and investor Keith Pascal of Act III Holdings trade perspectives on the restaurant industry with Senior Lecturer Lena Goldberg and Visiting Lecturer Michael Kaufman Prognosis Professor Robert S. Huckman and Peter Slavin, president of View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
that personally inspired me.” To make this career transition, Leahy made the move from New York back to her home state of Massachusetts to attend Harvard Business School. “HBS opened up my global perspective,” said Leahy. “It allowed me...
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2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy - MBA
to comply with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and with all HBS rules governing possessing or serving alcohol.[2] HBS holds its students, faculty, and staff responsible for the consequences of their decisions to use or...
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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...
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Margie Kelley
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
July 12, 1920, after an additional six years and $53 million. By the time all was said and done, the construction of the Panama Canal cost 2.0 times its initial estimate, after adjusting for inflation. The overruns exceeded those on the View Details
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Cumnock Hall | About
of the Lowell Textile School—the first school in Massachusetts where the theory and technique of textile manufacturing was taught. He acquired the Appleton mill with a group of family and friends and headed the company until his death,...
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- January 2014 (Revised July 2016)
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Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing
By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew Guilford
At the time of the American War of Independence (1776-1783) and for several decades after it, Great Britain dominated the global production of cotton textiles. In fact, Britain became so dominant in textile manufacturing and trading that Manchester, its industrial...
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Technological Innovation;
Production;
Business History;
Manufacturing Industry;
Great Britain;
Massachusetts
Nicholas, Tom, and Matthew Guilford. "Samuel Slater & Francis Cabot Lowell: The Factory System in U.S. Cotton Manufacturing." Harvard Business School Case 814-065, January 2014. (Revised July 2016.)
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Capitalism faces systemic challenges that require systemic solutions. A Harvard Business School fellow makes the case for rethinking business education and research - Blog - Business in Global Society
most to blame and have the resources to adapt to its effects. Hoffman’s thinking is influenced by his own evolution as a management scholar. As a PhD student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early 1990s, he said...
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- 23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988
Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1961 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1984 Earns BA, Art History, Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1985 Joins Booz Allen Hamilton, Research Associate 1988 Earns MBA 1988 Joins Fidelity,...
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Susan Young
- 12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps
Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts (Figure 3) [9]. Figure 2: TCO of electric heat pumps mostly lower or on par with natural gas furnaces, while much lower than propane / oil furnaces Source: my analysis Figure 3: Residential natural...
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- September 2009
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The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc.
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Stephen P. Bradley and Natalie Kindred
Through its uniquely proactive approach to medical malpractice risk management, the Risk Management Foundation (RMF) has decreased claims—and premiums—for the Harvard hospitals it insures. The RMF is the captive medico-legal insurer of the Harvard medical institutions...
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Cost Management;
Insurance;
Health Care and Treatment;
Risk Management;
Performance Improvement;
Safety;
Health Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Boston
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Stephen P. Bradley, and Natalie Kindred. "The Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 610-014, September 2009.
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with an emphasis on agricultural and financial management. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2005, where he was an NSF and Javits Fellow, and an A.B. in Economics and German Literature from...
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- March 2021
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VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory
By: Karim R. Lakhani and Amy Klopfenstein
Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup that used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. A process for quickly building and iterating on new...
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Artificial Intelligence;
Innovation and Invention;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Entrepreneurship;
AI and Machine Learning;
Technology Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
North and Central America;
United States;
Massachusetts;
Cambridge
Lakhani, Karim R., and Amy Klopfenstein. "VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory." Harvard Business School Case 621-021, March 2021.