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    Leslie A. Perlow

    Leslie Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She recently launched a second year elective, Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA. This course encourages students to... View Details

    • July 2024
    • Case

    Jacqueline Cook at Vendasta: Debating an IPO

    By: Reza Satchu, Tom Quinn and Andrew Kosc
    In May 2021, after a surge in demand for digital services that prompted high valuations for startups across the Canadian tech sector, Saskatchewan-based Vendasta entered the final stages of the initial public offering (IPO) process. COO Jacqueline Cook had invested her... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Cost vs Benefits; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Investment Banking; Stock Options; Financial Markets; Initial Public Offering; Institutional Investing; Price Bubble; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Agreements and Arrangements; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Performance Expectations; Work-Life Balance; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Rank and Position; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Happiness; Reputation; Status and Position; Well-being; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Canada
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    • February 2022
    • Supplement

    Agora (B)

    By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
    This is the conclusion to Agora (A), where founder Elsa Sze decides if she wants to continue investing energy in her civic technology startup.
    Agora was a civic technology (civic tech) startup founded by Elsa Sze, who wanted to enhance the connection between... View Details
    Keywords: Civic Technology; Government Administration; Conferences; Business Startups; Business Strategy
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    Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

    quickly find that the costs outweigh the benefits. According to the authors, the only reliable path to maintaining market leadership is transformational innovation: major changes to products and services that redefine what customers... View Details
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    Social Recycling Transforms Unwanted Goods into Happiness

    By: Grant Edward Donnelly, Cait Lamberton, Rebecca Walker Reczek and Michael I. Norton
    Consumers are often surrounded by resources that once offered meaning or happiness but that have lost this subjective value over time—even as they retain their objective utility. We explore the potential for social recycling—disposing of used goods by allowing other... View Details
    Keywords: Disposition; Well-being; Prosocial Behavior; Pro-environmental Behavior; Happiness; Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Environmental Sustainability
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    Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

    forecasts had been close to target. What had happened? And how would Maurides share the news with the board? Keywords: Acquisition ; Business Growth and Maturation ; Communication Strategy ; Decisions ; Forecasting and Prediction ;... View Details
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    Strategy - Faculty & Research

    banking in emerging markets and the broader fintech funding environment. Keywords: Banking Industry ; Financial Services Industry ; Technology Industry ; Philippines Citation Educators Related Wu, Andy, Maliha Malek Quadir, and Aticus... View Details
    • September 20, 2024
    • Article

    It’s Time to Unbundle ESG

    By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
    ESG is at an inflection point. It has come to represent a broad and inchoate aspiration for what business should be doing beyond maximizing shareholder value. With ESG advocates on the defensive, business leaders need a new roadmap to determine which factors to... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; ESG Disclosure; Sustainability; Climate; Climate Finance; Climate Risk; Social Accounting; Investment; Governance; Safety; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry
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    • 17 Jan 2024
    • HBS Case

    Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues

    considered especially effective today—as well as those that are losing luster. Tiered pricing guides consumers to make the ‘right’ choice An increasing number of firms are starting to use tiered pricing, a strategy that provides customers with several product or View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Retail
    • August 2012 (Revised October 2015)
    • Case

    LinkedIn Corporation, 2012

    By: David Yoffie and Liz Kind
    Since its inception in 2003, LinkedIn had become a leading Silicon Valley institution with a brand name that was recognizable throughout the U.S. and in many countries overseas. As of March 2012, LinkedIn was the world's largest professional network on the Internet... View Details
    Keywords: Social Networking; Media; Technology; Strategy; Growth Management; Internet and the Web; Corporate Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Brands and Branding; Social Media; Service Industry; Service Industry; California
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    • 23 Aug 2016
    • First Look

    August 23, 2016

    meet the quarterly earnings targets of increasingly short-term–oriented investors. Reality: Companies that pursue major sustainability initiatives, and publicize them in integrated reports and other communications with investors, have... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Africa - Global

    (FGI) Reception and Dinner with Prof. Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie in Nairobi In May 2024, the ARC Executive Director joined Professor Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie , his students, and members of the Harvard alumni community at a reception and dinner... View Details

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
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      Organize Care Around Medical Conditions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

      their ability to serve the complex and interrelated needs of each patient over the full cycle of care. The greatest improvements in health care outcomes and efficiency will come from sustained, team-based focus on a carefully defined set of medically integrated View Details
      • 01 Sep 2023
      • News

      Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

      For 17 years, Andre Kearns (MBA 1999) has been tracing his family tree. One by one, he has added branches, grounding himself in a long and sometimes complicated lineage. Through family stories, forgotten heirlooms, and vital records, Kearns has traveled back through... View Details
      Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
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      Student Association - MBA

      feedback, planning social events, and, offering products and services to students (e.g., yearbook and the HBS Survival Guide). All members of the MBA student body are members of the SA. Structure The SA is composed of the Executive... View Details
      • 20 Jul 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation

      nature of the innovation problem at hand, the motivation of the external developers, and the firm's platform business model. Depending on these factors, the outside innovation might be fed and managed either by creating collaborative View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
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      Partners and Families - MBA

      integrated into life at HBS. The answer is a resounding yes! HBS warmly welcomes significant others and children into the campus community . MBA Partner Resources Partners are vital members of the thriving HBS community. Some of the... View Details
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      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
      • 23 Jan 2024
      • Book

      More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

      open up markets and help build loyal communities of customers. In the following excerpt, the authors shed light on the value and potential of NFTs. Could digital “tokens” possibly be worth hundreds or thousands or even millions of... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services; Financial Services