September 25, 2018

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HBX Live Program Teaches Entrepreneurs How to Scale Their Businesses

Using HBS’s innovative virtual classroom, HBX Live, the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship is reaching leaders in a range of industries and locations in order to teach them how to scale their business ventures.
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“Harder, better, faster, stronger”: tethered soft exosuit reduces the metabolic cost of running

This new robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the Wyss Institute and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) could push the limits of human performance and lead to new wearable technologies for athletes and consumers.
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Dawn of Vive Reality

In this keynote from our 2018 Digital Transformation Summit, Rikard Steiber (HTC VIVE/Viveport) lays out the possibilities of an exciting, new super reality that combines the latest technologies in AR/VR, 5G, and artificial intelligence. The future of VR is here.
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Why Should Society Care About the Quantified Athlete

Technology is rapidly transforming the entire sports industry and revolutionizing how athletes train, perform and heal. This event, co-hosted by the Harvard Innovation Lab, OneTeam Collective, and the Sports Innovation Lab, provides an overview of the quantified athlete and sports technology space, from fitness tracking and predictive performance analytics to real-time analytics and athlete career management.
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Sports Genomics

What if you could create designer probiotics using the gut bacteria of elite athletes, and what if those probiotics could enable consumers to tap into the biological advantages that make those athletes so special? Sound like science fiction? Maybe not…
06
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

When you picture a screaming, sold out crowd at Madison Square Garden, esports (AKA professional gaming) might not be the first thing to come to mind. But with a current global audience of 385 million people and annual revenues of nearly $700 million, esports has become a growing and lucrative industry that’s promising enough to have even the owner of the New England Patriots investing.
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Seminar Highlights: Hal Varian on the Future of Work

On May 9th, 2018 the Digital Seminar series and the TOM Seminar jointly hosted Hal Varian from the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley and Chief Economist at Google.
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Seminar Highlights: Tim O’Reilly on What’s the Future and Why It’s Up To Us

On March 28th, 2018 the Digital Seminar series hosted Tim O’Reilly from O’Reilly Media, Inc.
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Seminar Highlights: Kartik Hosanagar on the Impact of Personalized Recommendations

On February 28th, 2018 the Digital Seminar series hosted Kartik Hosanagar from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
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Making Sense of the Modern Startup

When then relative HBS newcomer Professor Bill Sahlman introduced the idea of an Entrepreneurial Finance course, he received little to no encouragement. Fast forward 30 years, and not only was Sahlman’s course hugely successful and popular among the students, but he succeeded in developing an entirely new framework to think about finance in entrepreneurial ventures that still rings true today.

Events

Oct 10 2018

When Do User Innovators Become Entrepreneurs? Examining the Role of Design Costs

Doctoral Student Workshop Series: Ohchan Kwan, Harvard Business School. This event is open to faculty, doctoral students, and academic researchers.

Abstract: TBA Speaker Bio: Ohchan Kwon is a doctoral student in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) unit at Harvard Business School. He is broadly interested in the economics of innovation and entrepreneurship, and particularly in the antecedents and consequences of various career choices made by scientists and engineers.

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Oct 16 2018

Innovation Leader: IMPACT 2018

Impact 2018 is the only conference designed just for corporate innovators, to help you achieve more impact in your organization and your career. Come hear several speakers form Harvard Business School.

Impact 2018 is Innovation Leader’s annual conference, which brings together 300+ corporate innovation professionals to help them create meaningful change within their organizations. You’ll learn from peers at companies like Hyatt, Walmart, Pfizer, Neiman Marcus, Boeing, Anthem, BNP Paribas, Porsche, Dell EMC, and more. Plus, dive into a case study at Harvard Business School, learn…

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Oct 17 2018

Digital Renaissance: What Data and Economics Tell Us about the Future of Popular Culture

Digital Seminar Series: Joel Waldfogel, Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. This event is open to faculty, doctoral students, and academic researchers.

Abstract: The digital revolution poses a mortal threat to the major creative industries―music, publishing, television, and the movies. The ease with which digital files can be copied and distributed has unleashed a wave of piracy with disastrous effects on revenue. Cheap, easy self-publishing is eroding the position of these gatekeepers and guardians of culture. Does this…

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Influencers

Feng Zhu

Feng Zhu is the Piramal Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
David Yoffie

David is the Max & Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Jeffrey Rayport

Jeffrey is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the Entrepreneurial Management unit.
Mitch Weiss

Mitch is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School.
Michael Tushman

Michael is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the Chair, Program for Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School.
Ryan Raffaelli

Ryan is an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit and the Richard Hodgson Strategy & Technology Fellow at the Harvard Business School.
Henry McGee

Henry is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Warren McFarlan

Warren is the Baker Foundation Professor and Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.
Alan MacCormack

Alan is the MBA class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
John Jong-Hyun Kim

John J-H is a Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School and the CEO of The District Management Council.