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  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

distribution services (GDSs)—such as SABRE—to reach travel agents. But GDSs held significant tactical advantages. For example, GDSs had signed long-term exclusive contracts with the corporate customers who were American's best customers.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Rajiv Lal

    Rajiv Lal, is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course... View Details

    • Web

    Africa - Global

    leaders. Five years later, he and his team established Ashesi University, which differentiated itself from Ghana’s traditional educational model by remaining privately funded (and therefore independent from Ghana’s public school system), religiously unaffiliated, and –... View Details

      Rosabeth M. Kanter

      Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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      • 14 Jun 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: June 14

      turning an internal capability into a client facing revenue stream. This is made especially difficult by the fact that the parent company is a manufacturing firm and InterfaceRAISE is a professional service... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Career Coach

      Alejandro Maldonado

      talent-related topics at Advent International Private Equity, where he works closely with investment and portfolio professionals as well as c-level executives of its portfolio companies as an executive coach. He also has a private... View Details
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      • 26 Sep 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

      help companies quickly hire qualified professionals from racial minorities. Traditional platforms, where the average candidate was white, that employed this same transactional approach did not elicit the same reaction. ShopCo leaders... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz
      • Web

      Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

      describes its co-founders' motivations and their strategy for disrupting an industry in the midst of dramatic structural change; and asks whether a16z's success to date has been due to its novel organization structure. a16z's 22 investment View Details
      • 27 Jun 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

      United States. As Asian companies rely more on professional employees of all sorts, and as professional services become more important in Asian economies, the less autocratic... View Details
      Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
      • 23 Jun 2009
      • First Look

      First Look: June 23

      variety of applications and services that drive the popularity of software. The first principle focuses on enabling choice: firms should allow consumers and partners to have a real choice between complementary products and View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 16 Nov 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

      customers by matching them “by hand” with early suppliers (e.g., Etsy scoured craft fairs to sign up artisans); acquiring them in bulk (Uber ran promotions during concerts and events); and doing whatever it took to make their offerings attractive, even if it wasn’t... View Details
      Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations
      • Web

      First-Generation Students - MBA

      first gen experience. Students who have only one parent who completed a four-year degree. Students who are the second sibling in their immediate family to attend college. Support Services Harvard Business School offers a variety of View Details
      • 16 Oct 2015
      • Blog Post

      HBS and the Arts

      opportunity to combine my interests in art and finance by working for an asset management firm where I helped to establish a group focused on financial services for the art community. We worked with museums, artist foundations, artists,... View Details
      • 2017
      • Report

      The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors

      By: Laura Huang, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson and Elaine Bolle
      Early-stage financing from angel investors is critical to the success of high-growth startups. Recent estimates suggest that annual US angel investment activity may total as much as $24 billion each year, contributing to the growth and success of more than 64,000... View Details
      Keywords: Angel Investors; Geography; Risk; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Demographics; Geographic Location; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      • December 2009 (Revised February 2010)
      • Case

      The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF) in 2009

      By: Luis M. Viceira and Brendon Christopher Parry
      In late June 2009, management at The Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF) was considering expanding the footprint of the TIFF Diversified Fund (TDF), the first truly comprehensive endowment management vehicle offered under the TIFF banner. The recent large capital... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Crisis; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Investment Funds; Risk Management; Product Marketing; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies

      The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a... View Details
      • 14 Aug 2023
      • Blog Post

      Crossing the Bridge: A Reflection on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

      Can you tell us about your background, including your pre-MBA industry and role? I am a joint degree MBA/MPP (Masters in Public Policy) candidate at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. I graduated summa cum laude from Howard University... View Details

        Jerry R. Green

        Jerry R. Green

        David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

        John Leverett Professor in the University

        Harvard University

         

        Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

        Keywords: professional services; professional services; professional services; professional services
        • Program

        Value Creation Through Effective Boards

        global governance challenges affect the business Improve governance processes relating to strategy, risk management, integrity, and oversight Prepare your board to react to crises and deal with exposure to risks Expand your personal and View Details
        • 15 Jul 2008
        • First Look

        First Look: July 15, 2008

        results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w14085   PublicationsPublic Action for Public... View Details
        Keywords: Martha Lagace