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- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
parent's strategic focus." The Xerox Corporation originated as a photography-paper business called the Haloid Company. 3 The Haloid Company's entrance into what would later become its principal business... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
The sport of rodeo kayaking—the use of specialized kayaks to perform acrobatic tricks and maneuvers in rough white water—began around 1968 when an avid sportsman by the name of Walt Blackader developed techniques for entering waves... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
hoping leaders could achieve with these principles? Amy Jen Su: My greatest hopes with these five principles is that we address the whole person, that someone leaves the book saying, "Wow, I now have a holistic framework to think about not only being more effective and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
drop in the price of the shares, which could hurt their annual performance bonuses. So you have a whole daisy chain of preoccupations that are short term in nature, created in part by the institutionalization of the market and the growth... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
world's most influential women business executives gathered at Soldiers Field for Women Leading Business: An Executive Forum, the first-ever HBS Executive Education program developed for businesswomen. Anchored in the School's... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser to corporations and... View Details
- 05 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 5, 2007
Cases & Course MaterialsAcelero Learning: Building a Culture of Performance Harvard Business School Case 307-048 No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2020
Financials Supplemental Financial Information 3ms page 1 of 2 Revenues HBS funds its operations with cash from three primary sources: MBA tuition and fees; earned income from Harvard Business Publishing (HBP), Executive Education, and HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
trained in agronomy and business, dispenses advice on everything from best practices to business ethics, while keeping track of growth rates and other performance measures with a smartphone app. This process... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
recent investments in facilities upgrades, renewal, and modernization. Professional Services A large portion of the School’s professional services expense is related to spending that a for-profit business would categorize as cost of goods... View Details
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
opportunity cost of their time. Yet by law, such meetings are not allowed to convey material information. "There seems to be a disconnect," says Eugene F. Soltes, an assistant professor in the Accounting & Management Unit at Harvard View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
clear that if my family was going to stay in manufacturing, we would have to become globally competitive.” The Wisconsin businesses were sold in 2002, and a new company with a new strategy, Chirch Global Manufacturing (CGM), was born.... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
music that tackles issues of modern gender equality today, and I travel the world to speak and perform about these issues.” Tucker: “I’m a principal at Troy, a venture capital firm investing in what we believe are the most... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
increased their communication if teammates were also actively participating. Additionally, team performance is uniquely driven by the level of emergent interdependence, as indexed by the diversity of topics discussed and the temporal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
What makes a movie click with an audience? How important is buzz in the success or failure of an entertainment product? Should worldwide releases of movies be done over time, or all at once? Those are the kinds of questions that interest Harvard View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008
usable by consumers so that they are empowered to make healthier decisions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-082.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsItaly: If Not Now, When? Harvard Business School Case 707-051... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
technologies developed by the Sony Corporation. In this same astonishingly brief period, Japan's computer makers had become Europe's dominant suppliers of large computer systems and had captured the U.S. market in memory chips. International View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
Obstacles facing companies in today's hyper-competitive global markets are seemingly more complex than ever, to the point that managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management, says Robert Hayes. In a new book, Hayes and three co-authors... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace