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18 Jan 2017
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HBS Gains New Insight Into Africa

Senior Lecturer John Macomber, far left, and students in the Africa: Building Cities course toured the Rappie Waste-to-Energy Power Project in Addis Ababa with developer Samuel Alemayehu of Cambridge Group Companies. With a growing... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

From resolving a labor dispute to orchestrating a merger to getting a new company off the ground, negotiation plays a vital role in nearly every facet of business. In response, Professor James Sebenius, founder of the HBS Negotiation Unit... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

01 Mar 2009
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A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

CHRISTENSEN: “By some estimates, 50 percent of all health care is driven by physician and hospital supply, not by patients’ needs.” An acclaimed author and expert on the development and commercialization of technological and business... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

March 2016 (Revised May 2021)
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IBM and the Reinvention of High School (C): Toward P-TECH's Rapid National Expansion

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Kelsi Stine-Rowe

In early 2016, Stanley Litow, IBM's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs and President of the IBM International Foundation, made his travel arrangements for still another flight from New York to discuss possibilities for application of a new... View Details

Keywords: IBM; P-TECH; Stanley Litow: Robin Willner; Cuomo; Scaling; Innovation; New York State; New York City; Business Model; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Education; Business and Community Relations; Change; Growth and Development; Technology Industry; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)

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24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

firms and shareholders. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51128 Harvard Business School Case 418-019 Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi Inspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
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New Fund Supports FIELD Module 3

HBS has received a $1 million commitment from the DS Foundation MBA Program Innovation Fund to help underwrite the costs of ongoing MBA curriculum innovation. The fund will be used to cover expenses first-year student teams incur while preparing to launch... View Details

Keywords: Profess Rebecca M. Henderson; Professor Robert Steven Kaplan; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Oct 2015
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How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

Operations Management unit at Harvard Business School. “They didn’t know it would turn out to be a multibillion dollar industry.” “By definition, when an investor makes an investment, it changes the probability of success” In a new... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden

Eileen Rudden A native of Nutley, New Jersey, Eileen Rudden always loved math. So it was only natural that she spent her summers programming computers as an undergraduate at Brown University. "That was back in the mainframe generation,"... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

(BRFSS) data on 2.3 million U.S. respondents, and Eurobarometer data that cover multiple business cycles over four decades. This research provides a new perspective on the welfare cost of business cycles, with implications for growth... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

industry-regulatory culture that accepts timelines measured in decades as normal. The world needs a New Nuclear miracle today. Entrepreneurs in the US, EU and Japan have the ideas. China and India and every other View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

May 1997
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Center for Women & Enterprise: Looking for a Director of Development with "The Scrappiness Factor"

By: Thomas J. Kosnik and Natalie Zakarian

Andrea Silbert is founder of the Center for Women & Enterprise, a nonprofit with a mission to empower women to become economically self-sufficient and prosperous through entrepreneurship. She must select a new senior sales executive, decide how to share... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Selection and Staffing; Entrepreneurship

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10 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end of the Middle Ages. New Perspectives on the History of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2000
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A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

Silicon Valley and Hong Kong. As for Latin America, in addition to the new Center in Buenos Aires, according to Stevenson, there is also a satellite office in Rio de Janeiro and may soon be one in Mexico. "Our purpose with the Center... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2010
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A New Oath for Business Leaders

At the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Forum for Young Global Leaders (YGL) resolved to study the idea of developing an oath to guide decision-making when facing tough business choices. HBS professors Rakesh Khurana... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

30 Apr 2001
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New Paths to Success in Asia

agree. In Japan, for example, Professor Lynda M. Applegate is working on a case on the launch of Nasdaq Japan. "This new venture is developing a hybrid financial market model for Japan that integrates... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

13 Oct 2015
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Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

On September 12, 1980, the military launched a coup on the government in Turkey. For many executives, such instability is the worst nightmare of doing business in a developing country. But for Turkish entrepreneur Hamdi Akin, usually on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Launching New Ventures—Jump-Starting Innovation for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners (Executive Education)

By: William R. Kerr

Starting up a new venture amid rapid change is fraught with challenges. Whether you are starting a new business, launching a new business line, or building an entrepreneurial culture within a small-to-midsize company, this program provides a new perspective and core... View Details

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Tribal Business News Digital publication delivering in-depth stories, analysis and business intelligence on all aspects of Native business and economic development activities. Read More Analysis of Native... View Details

19 Apr 2018
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