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01 Dec 2015
News

Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check

the same tools that they’ve seen in the [Strategy] course,” he adds. “We can have a case discussion to determine whether ideas are reasonable or not, but there’s no way for us to test them in the classroom. In the simulation, students... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Reinventing the Wheel

extracting carbon black from discarded models to create new ones. Cardozo first heard about the idea in 2013 while serving as an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Dutch incubator YES!Delft. The idea of... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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Patrick Chun

engrossed," Patrick says, "with the idea that strategic thinking and business had such a global impact, and where the world is going." Eager to learn more about "how strategy moves," Patrick spent two years with... View Details

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

Howard Stevenson, senior associate dean for External Relations, emphasized the unique learning environment that exists in a classroom of “experienced” alumni students. Building on this knowledge, Breakthrough Insights is content-rich, designed to stimulate the sharing... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

22 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

together, we interpret our results such that those individuals most sensitive to business cycles are enticed to lower the quality threshold, the bar, for turning existing ideas into new ventures during downturns, resulting in negative... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Frederick W. Smith

Capitalizing upon an idea that came to him while in college, Smith and his company have single handedly built and dominated the overnight delivery industry. Though the idea was slow growing at first, FedEx... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

make great progress in society. How can we get started down this path? One way is to introduce progressive ideas and practices that demonstrate to the world we care about more than profits. It's not that profits aren't important; no... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

bigger the company the more responsibility in those building blocks. Today they are called SBUs—Strategic Business Units—or they are country organizations. The people who run them have a lot of responsibility. If you add up what those people actually do, which View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

Michael Collins is looking to diversify. His company, Big Idea Group, currently produces only children's toys, but he thinks his process for discovering, refining, and bringing ideas to market can work in... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gray

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Date: April 17-18, 2008 Faculty Chair: Richard S. Tedlow Faculty Summary Report: Colloquium: The Intellectual History of the Harvard Business School: Six Case Studies What were the overall goals of the colloquium? The colloquium had three goals. The first was to... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

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Resources | New Venture Competition

Resources Across Harvard Business School and beyond, resources are available for you—regardless of track—as you consider and bring to life an idea for the New Venture Competition. Baker Library Berkman Center for Internet & Society CS50... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

From Das’s Desk

happiness––each with two speakers offering back-to-back, full-length presentations. At the spring reunions, this deep-dive concept was well received, with many attendees staying in their seats for both sessions of a topic that satisfied their strong interest in that... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas

01 Sep 2006
News

HBS Student Battles ALS

people every year, is not a high priority for either the public or pharmaceutical companies. To stimulate novel treatment ideas and to raise the venture funding needed to get those ideas to market, he... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

31 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap

Quartner started her career in banking at Credit Suisse and Nina Mullen started her career in consulting at Bain) ended up starting a natural remedies brand, Hilma. Our process before taking the entrepreneurial leap: 1. Have an idea... View Details

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Impact Investing Interest Group | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

This group focuses on facilitating connections and sharing ideas amongst alumni interested in impact investing through regular webinars, live gatherings, and a LinkedIn group . Find Fellow Alumni Find other impact investing alumni with... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Five Degrees of Doriot

influence extended well beyond the classroom. Here, a few of the ideas and inventions that Doriot helped bring to the masses. (Baker Library Historical Collections) Venture capitalism Before Doriot founded the world’s first VC firm,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; George Doriot; Educational Services

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview (25,829) While humblebragging runs rampant on Twitter, it's a lousy self-promotion tactic that usually backfires according to recent research by Ovul Sezer, Francesca Gino, and Michael Norton. How to Predict if a New Business... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott

Jennifer Scott doesn't just have a knack for turning an idea into a reality, she has a passion for it. "I see myself as a builder," says Scott, "someone who takes ideas and makes them happen." A former Bain... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Roniesha Copeland

“very flat, entrepreneurial – we had lots of autonomy to explore ideas and test operational improvements.” In fact, McMaster allowed her to gain management experience early in her career, giving Roniesha responsibility for leading a... View Details

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Mardie Oakes

in affordable housing and community development is driven by my desire to foster dignity in all people, regardless of whether their talents are rewarded in the marketplace. I plan to create fabulous places and spaces where strong, healthy families, diverse neighbors,... View Details

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