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January 2020
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Terra Nova: A Social Business Trying to Unlock Land Rights for the Urban Poor in Brazil

By: Julie Battilana, Ruth Costas, Marissa Kimsey and Priscilla Zogbi

Brothers André and Daniel Albuquerque founded the company Terra Nova in 2001 to mediate land disputes between poor families illegally living in urban areas and the official landowners—with the aspiration to improve the lives of the poor. A business-led approach to the... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Power and Influence; Social Issues; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Government Relations; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Brazil; Latin America

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June 14, 2023
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Research: Your Love for Work May Alienate Your Colleagues

By: Mijeong Kwon, Julia Lee Cunningham and Jon M. Jachimowicz

Research shows that employees who are passionate about their work are more productive, innovative, and collaborative. New research suggests that these employees also see passion for work as a moral imperative, and they’re more likely to judge colleagues who are... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Motivation and Incentives

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28 Apr 2020
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HBS African American Student Union

transition to EC year and beyond graduation. Our current membership includes over 130 first years, second years and partners who engage in social events, cultural activities View Details

May–June 2021
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Why Start-ups Fail

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

If you’re launching a business, the odds are against you: Two-thirds of start-ups never show a positive return. Unnerved by that statistic, a professor of entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School set out to discover why. Based on interviews and surveys with hundreds... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Problems and Challenges; Failure

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Site Credits - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Wallace, Executive Director, Knowledge and Library Services Laura Linard, Director, Baker Library Collections, Knowledge and Library Services Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien... View Details

October 2022
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Sustainable Finance at Itau BBA

By: George Serafeim, Maria Loumioti and Benjamin Maletta

As of August 2022, the Itau BBA had structured dozens of sustainability linked bonds, which made future interest payments a function of the borrower meeting a target for a sustainability metric, and had solidified its reputation as a pioneer of sustainable finance in... View Details

Keywords: Sustainable Finance; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environmental Sustainability; Growth Strategy; Debt Contracting; Performance Metrics; Risk Assessment; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Financial Instruments; Risk Management; Debt Securities; Measurement and Metrics; Banking Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Latin America

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Scott Duke Kominers is a Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit; as well as a Faculty Affiliate of the View Details

18 Jun 2024
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What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

preferences contribute to disparities in the workplace. Ultimately, this study aims to extend this line of research to include non-binary individuals, revealing how their beliefs and preferences compare and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Not Waiting for Progress: Diversity and Inclusion in the Film Industry - MBA

star-studded Sundance event. “There was no secret formula,” he says. “We just created a supportive space where black artists can mingle, shine, and learn about financing, production, marketing, View Details

23 Mar 2022
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Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

Indian nonprofit devoted to supporting the millions of low-income women who toil in the country’s informal economy. Serving young people and working mothers, brother and sister... View Details

02 Jul 2008
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Harvard University Opens Office In Shanghai

04 Dec 2013
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Crowdsourcing: Why many heads are better than one

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Women’s health is more than female anatomy and our reproductive system—it’s about unraveling centuries of inequities due to living in a patriarchal healthcare system. - Blog: Health Supplement

Maven , now a $1 billion women’s telehealth company, some investors said that employers would never pay for a solution that “only” supported half the population. What they didn’t consider is that pregnancy View Details

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Celebrating our Student Fathers - 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... View Details

14 Jul 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces Its 2023-2024 Blavatnik Fellows

Patrick will focus on product and research development at Raia Health with the goal of using AI-driven supported care to reduce patient-related symptom load and improve... View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

also supporting health care initiatives and U.S.-Asia cultural exchanges." In 2012, the Chao family donated US$40 million to Harvard Business School, View Details

Jan W. Rivkin

Jan W. Rivkin is a Professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Faculty Chair of the MBA Program, Senior Associate Dean for Research, and head of the Strategy Unit. His research, course development, and teaching focus on... View Details

Keywords: airline; computer; internet; music; transportation

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

support of Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School and the Pforzheimer Fellowship, Harvard Library. Sources for further reading: Berkhofer, Robert F. 1978. The White Man's Indian: Images... View Details

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

sons whose mothers were employed spend more time caring for family members, a much-cited working paper by Professor Kathleen McGinn, Elizabeth Long Lingo (PhDOB 2005), and their coauthor found. Darrell... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
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South Africa – a 'Just Energy Transition'

By: Richard Vietor

South Africa, like most other countries, is in the process of reducing its carbon emissions to comply with COP26 and, hopefully, reach net zero emissions by 2050. However, because South Africa relies almost wholly on coal (93%) for electricity, and on coal for... View Details