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Executive Education - Global

faculty forges powerful alliances with leaders of industry, government, and academia. The groundbreaking research they mine is transformed into breakthrough leadership insights that are delivered in our... View Details

25 Jan 2021
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In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

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Varnika Menghnani

Coming to HBS is like Traveling the world in 637 days. It resembles a local, authentic travel experience: You meet people from all over, move past talking about the weather to real problems they want to solve. You sit and enjoy a meal... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

opportunities. Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain The case describes Harvard University's consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a... View Details

Louis T. Wells

Professor Louis T. Wells is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at the Harvard Business School. He has served as consultant to governments of a number of developing countries, as well as to international organizations and private firms. His... View Details

Keywords: mining; mining; mining

21 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Do TV Debates Sway Voters?

assistant professor of business administration. “But we find that debates don’t have any effect on any group of voters.” Pons and co-author Caroline Le Pennec-Caldichoury, a doctoral candidate in economics at the University of California,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Mollie Breen

After demonstrating exceptional math and computer science talent at Duke University, and more than three years of service as an applied research mathematician in the Department... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

James R. Moffett

In 1981, Moffett orchestrated one of the largest and most profitable mergers in Wall Street history – the merger of his oil exploration company, McMoRan Oil View Details

Keywords: Agriculture & Mining

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Christina Byrd

mine last October. It was part of National Coming Out Day, and I got to give my section mates a glimpse of what makes me, me.” This summer, Christina will take on an HR position with Nike in Oregon. “It... View Details

June 2023 (Revised February 2024)
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Doing Business in Lima, Peru

By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Max Hancock

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Peru. It highlights Peru's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Peru; Latin America

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Education (1) Mining (1) Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising (1) Mission and Purpose (19) Mobile Technology (8) Money (4) Monopoly (6) Moral Sensibility (25) Motivation View Details

27 Mar 2024
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Video: Inspirational Women in Business

View Video In honor of Women’s History Month, MBA Class of 2025 students Aastha Bhardwaj, Whitley Cargile, Briti Ghosh, Veronica Chua, and Eunjin Lee discuss women leaders and case protagonists who have... View Details

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

oil and ecotourism Giacomin draws on two very different cases to analyze that phenomenon, first examining the evolution of the rubber and palm View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

16 May 2000
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Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

explains it like this: "If you and I went to the same page of the same Web site at the exact same moment, we would likely see different ads—yours relevant to your areas of interest and View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

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Past Issues - Alumni

in Asia Beyond Accommodation Jim Gibbons Blazes a Trail Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer Practicing What HBR Preaches Complete Table of Contents February 2001 Drilling Down Beyond the headline-making mergers of corporate conglomerates, small, specialized View Details

18 Sep 2017
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'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

a bit of listening and data mining on social to get a feel for public sentiment. Nike can track whether people are talking about the company in relation to sweatshops, how expensive its products are, or if... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future

instability surrounding world oil supplies, the uncertainty about the reserve base and the depletion rate of U.S. oil and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

14 Oct 2020
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Veteran Financial Aid Outlook

are paid very generously. I probably should have put mine towards tuition, but I decided to travel over winter break and chose to put much of it toward travel. Now for some tough love. Harvard’s Financial... View Details

28 Jan 2016
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Why Get an MBA?

element of an MBA is whether you learn true, hard skills. How can you teach accounting and finance through the case method? A mentor of mine put it best when he said “HBS will teach you how to think about... View Details

06 Feb 2014
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