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Magashe Ngoepe
period gives us time to be home with more space to enjoy our new life together. Additionally, entrepreneurs are always taking risks. HBS has inspired me to be bold and make decisions knowing that I will...
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- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
experimenting with using blockchain for transparency in the tipping process. It also is exploring whether cryptocurrency might allow for more efficient tipping in a café setting. The cost of transferring money between currencies makes...
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- 13 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
What." Since 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Kind of Blue, it's a good time to ask: How did he do it? One of the answers is "radical simplicity," according to HBS professor Robert D. Austin and Carl...
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- 21 Nov 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Stella McCartney Combines High Fashion with Environmental Values
how we shop. So in that sense, if you create a sustainable business within that industry, you’re much more likely to have impact because it’s so influential. Q: Tell us a little bit about the fashion industry. A: Fashion is one of the...
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- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
political dissidents and Falun Gong activists whom they attempt to track as equivalent. Q: It was interesting that no other companies backed Google in this dispute. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called it "Google's problem." A:...
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- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
producers face very long lead times," Trichakis says. "They basically have working capital tied to inventory for two years. They could shorten the maturation to cut down on costs, but then the cheese that we eat would not be as tasty." Due to the slow...
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What Does PRIDE Mean to You? - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
A Sustainable Solution for Fashion
READY TO MAKE AN IMPACT READ MORE STORIES Syrup works by integrating a retailer’s data—historical and real-time transactions and inventory, e-commerce patterns, and marketing and promotion plans, among other things—with weather, search, and social media trends. The...
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April White
- 09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9
social and political systems; identify opportunities to fill those voids, for example, by building or improving market institutions yourself; and exploit those opportunities through a rigorous five-phase process, including studying the market over View Details
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Martha Lagace
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Business Economics Online Course | HBS Online
program Harvard Business School offers to incoming students. I majored in engineering and minored in economics as an undergraduate, but the content of Business Analytics and Economics for Managers showed me new ways for using the...
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HBS Global Initiative & Research Centers - MBA
Aviv. Today we are in 13 cities worldwide: Menlo Park, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Paris, Mumbai, Shanghai, Istanbul, São Paulo, Singapore, Dubai, Tel Aviv, and Mexico City – using these locations to cover most areas of the globe. I n...
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- 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26
company was still dealing with multiple purported class action and derivative lawsuits that had been filed against it. It was during this time the board started looking for candidates both for the CEO and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4
by smart competitors and changes in their industries. In each case, there were opportunities to act before a crisis engulfed the organization. At Kodak, for example, CEO George Fisher attempted to move the company into the digital era in...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
Focus. Nonprofits start with a sharp focus on a problem—a focus that over time broadens as related issues are addressed. (Sometimes a nonprofit's cause is broadened to appeal to a larger donor base.) By contrast, the focus of businesses...
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by Manda Salls
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
(1776). Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55548 Harvard Business School Case 719-456 OTE: Managing in Times of National Crisis (A) In late 2010, Michael Tsamaz was appointed View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jan 2020
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Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67
and taught for many years the MBA elective curriculum offering, Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise, which uses a general manager's lens to evaluate theories about strategy, innovation, and management to predict which tools,...
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- 06 Feb 2013
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Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
times the average for all. Is this an important answer to the inequality now thought to be burdening economies from the US to India and even China? Or is it an exercise in self-indulgence associated with a...
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by James Heskett
- 05 Nov 2014
- HBS Seminar
CV Harquail, Authentic Organizations and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1) - MBA
raised children who pursued education without hesitation. It could have been easy for them to expect me and my siblings to find jobs right after high school. Instead, they encouraged and supported us to do and be more, even sometimes...
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- 11 Jul 2023
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Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
mind was working. With so much time available, how best should he use it? “It occurred to me that I didn’t have to concentrate on one thing, but could have a portfolio-like encore career,” says Kloeblen, “I...
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