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- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
established companies to pull off the new growth that business model innovation can bring? Here's why: They don't understand their current View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni
journeys. HBS for Life Stay Engaged with the School Strengthen your lifelong connection to Harvard Business School. Through exclusive events, thought leadership, and opportunities to engage, you’ll stay aligned with the latest in... View Details
- 11 Apr 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching a ‘Lean Startup’ Strategy
doing that, and waste a lot of money on sales and marketing trying to sell that wrong product," says Tom Eisenmann, a professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. "It takes a lot of time, time... View Details
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
Questions To Be Answered: What are the best techniques for fostering innovation in multicultural teams? I want my functional experts to influence high-level strategy. How can managers get the best thinking out of support staff? What role... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
pondered the impact of fake news on democracy, the potential for government regulation of the internet, and the future of business models that support traditional media such as newspapers. The event was... View Details
- October 2024
- Case
Reed Group and Succession in a Family Business: An Impossible Job to Fill?
By: Lauren H. Cohen and Tonia Labruyere
James Reed had taken over Reed Group, the recruitment and career services company his father had founded and built, in 1994. He was now reflecting on succession planning and other challenges that lay ahead: with no obvious choice among his family members, he needed to... View Details
- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
building and well-being. The fellowship’s unique model provides funding for one graduating student to join an organization dedicated to creating local financial and business opportunities. The RISE Career... View Details
- 09 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase
working paper, Ascarza and coauthor Nicolas Padilla, a doctoral candidate at Columbia Business School, show that a statistical tool known as a deep exponential family model can effectively sort the most... View Details
- Web
The Gift of Global Talent
Gas Restoration William R. Kerr 29 Oct 2018 | Bloomberg Radio Global talent fosters innovation and collaborative patents Sari Pekkala Kerr & William Kerr 28 Oct 2018 | LSE Business Review America’s Need for... View Details
- October 2024
- Case
SWEN Blue Ocean: Impact Investing Goes to Sea
By: Vikram S Gandhi and David Allen
In August 2023, SWEN Blue Ocean, a €170 million impact fund that invested in startups contributing to ocean sustainability, faced a critical investment decision. Part of SWEN Capital Partners, an €8 billion, Paris-based private equity fund, Blue Ocean was co-founded in... View Details
- October 2023 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Revvity: A Symbol of Change
By: Satish Tadikonda and William Marks
After selling the PerkinElmer name and several ancillary business units, Prahlad Singh (CEO) and his team at the newly christened Revvity faced a challenge on how best to capitalize on the opportunities ahead for the business and emerge as winners within the Life... View Details
Tadikonda, Satish, and William Marks. "Revvity: A Symbol of Change." Harvard Business School Case 824-071, October 2023. (Revised June 2024.)
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
in a business environment awakening to equity and inclusion. One of the first Black portfolio managers, Eddie Brown, founded the eponymous firm in 1983. It was only the second Black-founded investment firm in the US. Its performance in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
From Big Pharma to Startup
Hunter Goble (MBA 2022) did not enroll in Harvard Business School with dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. After earning his MBA, Goble intended to return to Eli Lilly to continue to work building brands and launching products. He envisioned himself leading a big,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice
- 17 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS
The frigid temperatures on the Harvard Business School campus in mid-January were a minor inconvenience for the 641 students enrolled in Short Intensive Programs (SIPs), the no-fee, no-credit elective courses now in their fifth year. The... View Details
- 2016
- Working Paper
Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues
By: Jody Grewal, George Serafeim and Aaron Yoon
Shareholder activism on sustainability issues has become increasingly prevalent over the years, with the number of proposals filed doubling from 1999 to 2013. We use recent innovations in accounting standard setting to classify 2,665 shareholder proposals that address... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Activism; Activist Investors; Activist Shareholder; Corporate Social Responsibility; Environment; Corporate Performance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Activism
Grewal, Jody, George Serafeim, and Aaron Yoon. "Shareholder Activism on Sustainability Issues." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-003, July 2016.
- September 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a Strategy for Long-term Impact
By: Stacey M. Childress, Geoff Eckman Marietta and Sara Suchman
In June 2008, Jesse Solomon, the founding director of the Boston Teacher Residency (BTR), faced an important decision about the organization's strategic direction. Since its founding in 2003, 125 of its graduates had joined the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and BTR had... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Teaching; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Business Strategy; Education Industry; Boston
Childress, Stacey M., Geoff Eckman Marietta, and Sara Suchman. "Boston Teacher Residency: Developing a Strategy for Long-term Impact." Harvard Business School Case 309-043, September 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- February 2016 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier
By: John Beshears, Francesca Gino, Jonathan Lee and Sean (Yixiang) Wang
By 2013, the U.S. wireless industry was in the midst of a costly transition. As consumers began to embrace more sophisticated mobile devices, the industry's four main players spent heavily to improve their infrastructures for providing reliable high-speed data... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Positioning; Competition; Wireless Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Beshears, John, Francesca Gino, Jonathan Lee, and Sean (Yixiang) Wang. "T-Mobile in 2013: The Un-Carrier." Harvard Business School Case 916-043, February 2016. (Revised September 2020.)
- October 2012
- Case
Riding the Wave of Technological Change at RE/MAX, LLC.
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ramiro Montealegre and Jeffrey Sweeney
David Liniger, cofounder of RE/MAX, LLC., wondered if his business was prepared to exploit the next wave of business opportunities in the real estate market. This industry had moved from one in which broker/owners controlled all of the consumers' access to information,... View Details
Keywords: General Management; Business Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Information Technology; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Applegate, Lynda M., Ramiro Montealegre, and Jeffrey Sweeney. "Riding the Wave of Technological Change at RE/MAX, LLC." Harvard Business School Case 813-054, October 2012.
- Web
Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
for Philadelphia by Michael E. Porter The third installment of the Fox School's Innovation Leadership Speaker Series featured Professor Michael E. Porter, William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard View Details