Faculty and Research

The "TOM Seminar" is a weekly (Thursdays) seminar, where faculty, students, and guests from other institutions and departments can present their work-in-progress. Very often, the work has not yet been published, even as a working paper. This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to present fledgling work and benefit from the comments and suggestions of colleagues. Join us Thursdays, from 1-2:30 p.m. in Baker Library 102. For questions or to join the mailing list, please contact tomunit@hbs.edu.

The Science-Based Business Initiative sponsors a lunch time seminar on Fridays that brings academic and industry scientists to campus to describe some of the breakthrough ideas that impact current and future businesses. The 2008-2009 seminars are joint with Economics 2888hf: Economics of Science and Engineering Workshop, Harvard University. The seminars provide an intimate group of faculty and doctoral students to gather in a seminar environment, Baker Library 102, from Noon to 1:30 PM for a presentation and Q/A session.

Please RSVP no later than 72 hours prior to the seminar as lunch will be ordered for guests who RSVP. To RSVP or for questions on a seminar or to join the mailing list, please contact sbbi@hbs.edu.

This conference seeks to bring together scholars from a variety of disciplinary and methodological perspectives interested in advancing research on corporate sustainability, including those from operations, strategy, organizational theory, economics, sociology, psychology and decision making, law, political science, and other fields. This is the second annual conference of the Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS), a consortium of universities that provides data, tools, and networking opportunities to researchers who are developing a greater understanding of the opportunities and limits of policies and strategies to create sustainable businesses. For more information contact Professor Michael Toffel at mtoffel+hbs.edu

This event is sponsored by the Inventing Breakthroughs and Commercializing Science course. Inventing Breakthroughs and Commercializing Science is a multidisciplinary course at Harvard Business School, comprised of students from the schools of Business, Medicine, Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Law, Government and Public Health. Student teams from this class will present development plans for early stage science and technology projects based upon innovation from university laboratories, affiliated hospitals, and some local businesses. To join the mailing list, please contact sbbi@hbs.edu.