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- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
sustainability. “Private investors will need to fund not only real estate development, but also the supporting urban infrastructure systems” In his multiple roles as a member of the HBS faculty teaching courses in Real Estate Development and Executive View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
approach not just to insurance and reimbursement, but also to the places where medical services are delivered, the way we use technology, the way pharmaceuticals are developed, the way we educate medical professionals, and who performs...
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- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
China has nearly twice the number of college students that we do. World-class institutions such as Tsinghua University, where HBS has a long relationship, Wuhan University, and Peking University, among others, are terrific success stories. China is moving toward View Details
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by Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
energy sources and state-of-the-art systems, machinery, and products — often come to mind, the most dramatic inroads may be made in much more prosaic ways, especially in the urban setting. “Nontechnical solutions — such as making cities denser and more vertical, with...
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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
"name your own price" devices, permission marketing, group buying, price comparison engines, car purchase Web sites, mass customization, etc. It is still largely a new way of thinking whose domain and modalities remain to be...
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by Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
with HBS professor William Kirby and Regina Abrami (PMD 76, 2001) of the Wharton School. In addition to teaching in several HBS Executive Education programs, McFarlan has been a guest professor at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics...
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Deborah Blagg
- 08 Apr 2015
- What Do You Think?
Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?
smartphones for the masses to similar other innovative technologies for rural households." Heaven forbid, Kapil Kumar Sopory even suggested that the problem is us. "Each one (of us) has his limited priorities and remains content...
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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
linkages with the local economy. Another approach to cluster development is to attract multinationals that will become demanding customers of local suppliers. After that, it's essential to create specialized training programs in the local View Details
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Re: Michael E. Porter
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
contribution? As Ante writes, "ARD was the first professional venture firm that sought to raise money from nonfamily sources—primarily institutional investors such as insurance companies, educational organizations, and investment...
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by Spencer E. Ante
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
EVs want to conquer the mass market, they’ll need to, well, crush it. Until recently, the EV market had a high end and a low end—but no real middle. On the one hand, there was Tesla, which entered the market from the top. On the other,...
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Annual Report 2016 - Annual Report 2016
through innovative teaching and course design. Combining a weeklong on-campus module and a regional in-depth case-writing workshop, educators learn how to become more effective teachers using the case method. 705 Participants from 71...
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- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
theoretical illustrations and Monte Carlo simulations to validate our claims. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52743 Executive Education in the Digital Vortex: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms
very deliberate in setting, establishing, and reinforcing norms with students,” said Creary. “It’s important to introduce the case as one that might be deeply educational for some and cause anxiety in others, and to remind the class of...
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- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
member of the Omaha Tribe and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. I traveled to Omaha because I wanted to see Keen's work with Sacred Seed, a nonprofit he started in 2014 to educate others about an indigenous, centuries-old approach to...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
where there’s a critical mass of people who are actually using these currencies for transactional purposes, rather than speculation. Kominers: You raise a good point. If this stuff does become backbone transaction infrastructure, I think...
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- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
to solve first-world problems when you can create generational impact or wealth by solving a much lighter problem, as simple as, like, somebody cannot pay for their kid's education or somebody cannot save for a rainy day, or somebody can...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
1.1 billion citizens surviving on less than $2 a day. Education remains inaccessible or insufficient for millions, and the country has the world’s second-largest HIV-positive population. Mumbai’s airport is emblematic of the country’s...
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Julia Hanna
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
the second theme, which is mass production. So we're taking the mechanization and we're just doing it faster and more of it. Once we get good at that, then we begin to run out of customers. Beginning after the Civil War into the turn of...
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- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
public market. Explores at the corporate level the tension between Edison's effort to generate profits while achieving excellent educational outcomes. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813113-PDF-ENG Harvard...
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Sean Silverthorne