A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2015
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Pearson Affordable Learning Fund

By: Michael Chu, Vincent Dessain and Kristina Maslauskaite

An in-house venture capital fund for affordable private schools at the base of the pyramid established by Pearson, the world's largest education company, PALF sought to invest in business models providing superior educational outcomes in emerging markets on a... View Details

Keywords: Impact Investment; Low Cost Private Schools; Investment Fund; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Transition; Investment; Development Economics; Business Growth and Maturation; Social Entrepreneurship; Emerging Markets; Private Sector; Education; Education Industry; Asia; Africa

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Research Links | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

1980s, the collection documents the development of this genre of twentieth-century film produced by businesses. Beginning in the 1930s, partnering with the Harvard University... View Details

25 Apr 2017
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Harvard Business School’s annual contest for entrepreneurs is a case study unto itself

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Global Reach | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

of Harvard Business School,” HBS Annual Report , 1965 24 Efforts by HBS to spread the teaching of case method instruction for the benefit View Details

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Contemporary African Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Art Collection and the C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection. Harvard Business School has recently acquired many of them. These artworks—by... View Details

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Archival Collections - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

of the Olmsted firm, which includes the landscaping plans for the Harvard Business School campus during its creation in the 1920s and expansion... View Details

March 2004 (Revised February 2005)
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Emerging Business Opportunities at IBM (A)

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque

By June 2003, IBM had made significant progress in changing the way it managed new, emerging businesses. Describes the development of a separate management program at IBM designed to identify, fund, and shepherd new businesses through growth. Traces the history of the... View Details

Keywords: History; Business or Company Management; Talent and Talent Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Strategy

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South Sea Bubble | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School Credits Illustration: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid... View Details

22 Sep 2015
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Reflecting on 24 Years at Harvard

I was born in Rajasthan, India, came to the U.S. when I was very young, and grewup in New Hampshire, Delaware, and Massachusetts. I attended Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and View Details

17 Jun 2015
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Harvard business professor discusses women in leadership roles

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium View Details

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Arthur Rock | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

invested $3 million and returned $100 million to their investors. Arthur shared his experiences as a venture capitalist and his insights into successful entrepreneurship during View Details

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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

was formally incorporated into the HBS curriculum. A graduate of Harvard Law School, lawyer, and HBS professor, Donham believed in the instructional value View Details

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Concrete Symbols - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links HBS Home MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions A Concrete Symbol The Exhibition Introduction Educating View Details

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Research Links - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Boston Sunday Post , June 15, 1921. Bunting, Bainbridge. Completed and edited by Margaret Henderson Floyd. Harvard: An Architectural History . Cambridge: Belknap Press of View Details

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Orit Gadiesh | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

on the board of trustees of the World Economic Forum and the board of directors of WPP, the Atlantic Council, and the Publications Review Board... View Details

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Charles Ellis | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Europe, and Japan. Charley also holds a doctorate in finance and economics from New York University and has authored several books and articles on finance. He served as president of the Institute View Details

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Transcript (PDF) Hakeem Belo-Osagie, HBS 1980, grew up in Nigeria, England, and the United States. After graduating from HBS, he returned to Nigeria to work in financial services. He started at a securities... View Details

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Erling Lorentzen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

shared his remarkable business experiences during a video interview at his office in Rio de Janeiro in March 2000. Interviewer: Amy Blitz, HBS Director View Details

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John Whitehead | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

deputy secretary of state during the Reagan administration. In December 2001, he took on the task of managing the redevelopment of lower Manhattan following the attacks View Details

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