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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
large corporation to buy and run a business, as well as the questions of working with your spouse and maintaining a balance between traveling and having time for family. “Entrepreneurial,” for me, meant running my own company. It wasn’t a...
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- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
in the candidacy response after a major quota-led expansion in the share of women in lower tiers of government, which makes it unlikely that the results are explained by a shortage of suitable women. Download working paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
Argentina, multiple business leaders explained how they were obliged to adopt a short-term decision horizon in response to policy fluctuations, macroeconomic instability and high inflation rates. “Volatility,” one business leader noted,...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
year, to $137 million. The increase resulted primarily from the arrival of students who had elected the deferral and leave options implemented in fiscal 2021 in response to the pandemic. Total enrollment in the MBA increased to 1,870...
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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2020
to 750 students. The program supplements salaries for MBA students working in entrepreneurial organizations, social enterprises, and other non-traditional sectors. Approximately half of the School’s MBA students currently receive...
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- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
speech, standing on the stage. So I've come a long way from that, obviously. But on the flip side, I think what the book and what this process of writing, it really helped me to work through, was that so many of the gifts that I had come to develop were actually things...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
journey became the genesis of Saga. Cofounded with Nicole Wee (MBA 2018), Saga is a social mobile app that helps families save and share stories in an audio format. Launched in mid-2020, the company currently has six full-time employees...
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- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: sharing addresses impedes new Internet applications and does not seem to be scalable. A new numbering system ("IPv6") offers...
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Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
iStock The faculty, students, and staff of Harvard Business School are thinking about the people of Turkey and Syria who were impacted by the recent earthquake. We have all been touched by the loss of life, the hopeful stories of survival, and the rapid View Details
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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative Talking the Walk: Possibilities for Change through Dialogue, Expression, and Narrative 31 MAR–01 APR 2016 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Aida Hurtado Aída Hurtado, a View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
historical scholarship and address a wealth of questions emanating from them, Global History, Globally is a must-read book for all students and scholars of global history. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54306 in press View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
Marketing; Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization; Real Property Asset Management; Venture Capital and Private Equity; Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector; and Running and Growing the Small Company. Several related courses...
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- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
bar for which he became responsible accounted for $80,000 annually of the $500,000 business. With his personal style of leadership, that brand grew into the Neutrogena Corporation in 1961, went public in...
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- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
credit analysts exhibit a sizable partisan gap in their economic outlook, with roughly two-thirds the size of the gap observed among households. This bias affects analysts’ decision to upgrade or downgrade corporate credit ratings,...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
number of black students at HBS, the hiring of black faculty members, and the creation of more socially relevant electives. By establishing the African-American Student Union (AASU) in 1968, the five founders also hoped to support...
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- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
two steps to the side, and jumps over a large pothole. Congress took a giant step forward by establishing a framework for monitoring and addressing systemically risky institutions (SRI). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is...
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- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
political, economic and cultural purposes," Abdelal writes. "It is the nation connected to a project." Nationalism can propel economic policy in four ways. It sets a direction for policy, partly in response to a perceived...
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by Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
hard for them to accept the fact that a lot of the debt obligation is for commitments that have already been made—things like social security, disability benefits, and Medicaid. That said, I am reminded of a paper co-written by my...
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by Jim Aisner
- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
workers. And let's hope that's not just sort of PR. And that it really is something that's happening because we do need to change the dynamics for the working class. April: One of the things you emphasized in the book is that these social...
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- January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
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Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth
By: William W. George, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Amram Migdal
Royal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM’s global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company’s...
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Organic Growth;
Organizational Change;
M&A;
Mergers And Acquisitions;
Divestment;
Business Ventures;
Business Divisions;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Restructuring;
Change;
Change Management;
Transformation;
Transition;
Engineering;
Chemicals;
Mining;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Finance;
Capital Markets;
Financial Markets;
Food;
Globalization;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Health;
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Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
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Management Practices and Processes;
Management Style;
Organizations;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Ownership;
Public Ownership;
Performance;
Strategy;
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Consolidation;
Corporate Strategy;
Value;
Value Creation;
Biotechnology Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Mining Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Europe;
Netherlands
George, William W., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Amram Migdal. "Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth." Harvard Business School Case 317-063, January 2017. (Revised March 2017.)