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- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
Kimberly Jung, pictured in a field of crocuses, returned to Afghanistan to understand how she and her cofounders could import saffron to the United States. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Jung During their first semester at HBS, former United States Army engineer officers...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
RapidSOS safety agents, 911, and first responders globally Trove Health—gathers an individual’s medical records to enable them to earn passive income by choosing what records they want to contribute to medical research Vaxess—transforms the efficacy and access for...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
needed. On the Brink of Utopia, by authors Thomas Ramge and Rafael Laguna de la Vera, and with a foreword written by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell, offers just that—a new and coherent framework for fostering breakthrough View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
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Body, Heal Thyself
breakthrough in] the biotech industry takes a lot of time; it takes a lot of money; it's complicated science." And it takes a lot of people—from scientists to executives to board members. Bancel admits that people see the potential fairly...
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- 01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier
members to test out theories and analyze results that often lead to breakthrough ideas. Scott Duke Kominers Shai Bernstein Scott Duke Kominers Shai Bernstein EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD WIDE WEB Web 1.0 1990–2005 Web 2.0 2005–Present Web...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
To Market, to Market
BLAVATNIK Photo courtesy of Blavatnik Family Foundation Universities are ripe with new advances in science and technology, and Harvard is no exception. But developing those findings into breakthrough therapies and cures for disease is a...
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- 01 Mar 2019
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The Blue-Green Revolution
biotech company cofounded by genomics pioneer Craig Venter and Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith, together with writer and life sciences investor Juan Enriquez (MBA 1986). And it may soon come to fruition: Last March, in the wake of a scientific View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
quickly. This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible. Can we really engineer a climate fix? But first, we're...
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- 01 Mar 2018
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Alumni Connections: Photos of Recent Alumni Events
Maple Leaf Chapter co-hosted HBS professor Leonard Schlesinger (pictured) at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel in January. Professor Schlesinger led all 110 attendees in a case discussion and lecture on delivering breakthrough service in the...
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- 01 Jun 2004
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The Ambidextrous Organization
processes of the past, while also gazing forward, preparing for the innovations that will define the future. This mental balancing act is one of the toughest of all managerial challenges — it requires executives to explore new...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
breakthrough innovations and competitive advantage. Broke: What Every American Business Must Do to Restore Our Financial Stability and Protect Our Future by John B. Mumford (MBA ’71) (Wiley) If the business...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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How to Close the Health Gap
companies largely ignored the world’s poor: few new drugs were created to combat tropical diseases and TB. The needs of the developing world also were neglected by the Human Genome Project, one of the great health-care breakthroughs in...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
strong results." Lafley has been credited with turning P&G around since taking the helm of the consumer-products giant in 2000. In addition to superlative earnings, P&G has seen its stock price double. The ingredients for Lafley's success include a laser-like focus on...
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- 01 Sep 2003
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Books
Technologies for Innovation, Thomke argues that many companies are not yet making the best use of breakthrough technologies for experimentation — including simulation and computer modeling — to generate and test new product possibilities....
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Collaborative Cures
Photo courtesy of Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship Harvard University is ripe with new advances in science and technology. But developing those findings into breakthrough therapies and cures for disease is a complex...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Alumni Books
The Innovator’s Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work by Scott D. Anthony (MBA ’01), Mark W. Johnson (MBA ’96), Joseph V. Sinfield, and Elizabeth J. Altman (HBS Press) Building on HBS professor Clayton Christensen’s The...
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- 01 Dec 2001
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A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built (HarperBusiness), a new book by HBS professor Richard S. Tedlow, presents fascinating biographical essays of seven men whose products and practices have...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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HBS Press Books in Brief
best way to intelligently and successfully test and launch innovative corporate growth strategies. Through vivid stories from all walks of life, Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading, by Ronald A. Heifetz...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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Alumni Books
out in India over the next few decades. Serial Innovators: How Individuals Create and Deliver Breakthrough Innovations in Mature Firms by Abbie Griffin (MBA 1981), Raymond L. Price, and Bruce A. Vojak...
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- 25 Feb 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Public Affairs Over a decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter cofounded and then directed Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her View Details