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- 01 May 2017
- Blog Post
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone at HBS
belonging, the representation of different cultures and backgrounds is certainly quite vast among the student body. I’ve learned about so many different religions, tried food View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the City of Boston
Kiernan Schmitt (MBA 2018) is a 2017 Social Enterprise Summer Fellow working with the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology this summer. Imagine if, when it came to delivering city services online, your local government...
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- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
denial has become so high. We are living in a less forgiving world than we once did." We asked Tedlow to discuss how denial can cripple a company, and what can be done about it. Martha Lagace: What is the meaning of denial as you...
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- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
credit constraints, and I find no imbalance in observable characteristics between treatment and control groups. These findings strongly suggest social safety nets have spillover benefits on the supply of...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
these questions: Should he continue to push forward with a change agenda? Or should the organization pause and catch its breath? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417049-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
On important occasions, we gather for family portraits. If you were to take a picture of your family business today, what would it show? Family businesses represent the aspirations, achievements, and struggles of one or more generations...
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- 21 Feb 2012
- News
Sustainability Is Good Business
on the payroll, the Nature Conservancy isn’t shy about offering its science-based expertise to help corporations soften their environmental footprints. Dow Chemical and British Petroleum are among its...
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- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
executive roles at Kemin since joining the company in early 2006. Most recently, as corporate vice president, she managed marketing, sales, IT, operations, and HR. She honed in on personal care in 2010, as consumer demand for natural...
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- 24 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Want People to Save More? Send a Text
experience planted a seed for Pomeranz's future research: how to promote financial savings among "microentrepreneurs" such as food cart owners, street vendors, and cosmetics saleswomen, whose...
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by Kim Girard
- January 2015
- Case
Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen
By: Joan Farre-Mensa and Stephanie Siu
The case discusses the trade-offs associated with the different exit options that private equity firm Brentwood Associates contemplated for its investment in Zoës Kitchen during the summer of 2013: an IPO, a sale to a strategic or financial acquirer, or waiting a few...
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Farre-Mensa, Joan, and Stephanie Siu. "Brentwood Associates: Exiting Zoës Kitchen." Harvard Business School Case 815-102, January 2015.
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
Harvard Business School Case 514-067 India's Amul: Keeping up with the Times Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative founded in 1947, eight months before India's independence from British rule, and owned by over three million farmers in the...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 27 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
other business practitioners. Much of the science discussed will unfold in the Allston complex's four buildings, which will house Harvard's initiatives in stem cells, bio-inspired engineering, systems biology, chemical biology, View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
As the new managing director of Hall & Woodhouse, one of England’s leading regional breweries, Matt Kearsey (AMP 193, 2017) knows that the best-tasting beer requires more than premium hops and pure spring water. “We give the process the...
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- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
exists." "What better way is there to approach questions?" observed Jonathan Coles, whose company, Mavesa, a Venezuela-based food manufacturer, has been the subject of seven different cases. "It also limits the...
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by Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
of how the topics of nonfinancial information, sustainable development, corporate disclosure, and integrated reporting, among others, overlap. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/411049-PDF-ENG Belco Global View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
Arnold O. Beckman
Beckman is considered one of America’s foremost inventors. Starting with the invention of the pH meter (the first accurate test for acidity) in 1935, Beckman went on to secure 14 patents and produce dozens of scientific instruments that...
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Healthcare
- December 2009 (Revised November 2012)
- Teaching Note
Global Wine War 2009: New World versus Old (TN)
Teaching Note for [910405].
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- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
helped raise equity for two retail food chains, Café Coffee Days and Barista. "It's possible to adapt successful U.S. strategies to India," said Raheja, "but you need a sustainable competitive...
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- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
solution identification. To help the hungry, he went to SNAP offices to observe and talk to people applying for food benefits. So, the practicalities involve customer discovery View Details
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by Martha Lagace