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01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Takes Center Stage

of what it means to come here even more compelling.” While remaining steadfast about the central educational role of the case method, he noted that the School has been trying new approaches to learning. For example, the Immersion... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep

well in the future only if it holds stocks that are primarily held by historically successful managers.— Randolph B. Cohen A: The increase in precision that our method obtains compared to the standard approach was really striking to us. In many View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Dec 2019
News

What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?

sure that point-of-sale checks are done correctly. SC: That’s an especially exciting example because we taught a module on public markets engagement in the spring, and then by the fall we had a new case View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2014
News

The Digital Deck

As a professor in the Strategy Unit, Bharat Anand has studied how media companies move a traditional product into the online space. Some have managed that transition well, he says, and others have not. In the early days, Anand observes,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

overcome barriers to trade. But after nearly five years, Johnston realized he wanted business exposure, too. "As a European, I was very aware that American business schools were the place to learn business," he says, "and Harvard was my first choice. I was attracted to... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

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Barakat Bundle Wins Social Enterprise Runner-Up 2015 | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Barakat Bundle Wins Social Enterprise Runner-Up 2015 Karima Ladhani, HSPH 2015 More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS... View Details

04 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks

faculty, Toby Stuart studies networks and how they enable or impede certain organizational and entrepreneurial behaviors. In a working paper, "The Evolution of Venture Capital Investment Networks," he and coauthor Olav Sorenson... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

Profile

Suchita Prasad

that the first job out of HBS would define my entire career, but now I look forward to those points in time where I can take on different roles and explore different industries of interest. How has HBS prepared you for your current role & your long-term career? The... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Manufacturing

07 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 7, 2006

fear of speaking up, even with pro-organizational suggestions, is pervasive and, for many, a source of intense negative affect. A second study used scenarios about speaking up to deepen and extend these findings. Quantitative and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?

incorporates a focus on gender issues. His studies include a comprehensive global survey of board members, as well as a series of case studies that approach the issue of women... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation

be in a position to do that." Mills is looking at models for delivering capital to these companies, including the SBA's Small Business Investment Company program (SBIC). This program, which in most cases allows private investment... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Financial Services

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

service. What kinds of resistance have these companies experienced? Has the resistance surprised you? A: Like many recent newborn companies, the ones we have studied have made bold claims such as: "Let's change the balance of power... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2018
Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

group of students specifically interested in your industry/function/location. I – Industry Education. Industry Education presentations are non-recruiting educational events open to both first year and second year students. Come to campus to talk about a recent deal, an... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Post-war PR Campaigns Reaching Wide Audiences | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

1930s. 43 HBS faculty used photographs contributed by U.S. Steel for exhibition and classroom instruction. They also drew on the images as a source of illustrations in case studies, the HBS instructional method centered on students... View Details

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

discrete industries. First, there's in vitro fertilization, probably the most obvious piece. This is a service industry, like medicine in general, which caters to infertile couples. Then there are what I call the component industries, which provide the missing... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

Profile

Caitlin Reimers

Affairs, where she studied international development and wrote her thesis on "microfinance and health-insurance product integration in Uganda." "When I was graduating," Cait says, "microfinance was just beginning... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School drew upon the findings of the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

endogenous vertical differentiation concerns. We discuss how our study helps improve our understanding of notions of strategy, business model, and tactics in the field of strategy. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Apr 2019
Blog Post

HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders

employee. In order to achieve this it is necessary to design a system to support a high level of service and consistently reinforce that culture. Human resources practices have the power to impact company culture. The case View Details