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  • 18 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

newspaper sales, with little foundation in what's really important to know about a school. Q: What do you do in your spare time, if you have any? A: Sailing is an early passion that I continue to enjoy. When I have the opportunity to read, in addition to investment... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education
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Poor’s Manual: The Rise of Business Analysts - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

maintenance managers to freight and purchasing agents. Accounting operations were centralized through a company treasurer, and daily accounting figures were fed into weekly, monthly, and annual reports. The deepening granularity of data... View Details
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Entrepreneurs | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Howard E. Cox Greylock Michael Danzi US Labs William Donaldson Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Timothy C. Draper Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) William H. Draper, III Draper Richards, L.P. T. J. Dermot Dunphy Sealed Air Charles Ellis Greenwich Associates Orit Gadiesh Bain... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Info Amidst calls to increase consumerism in health care, large tech companies and retailers are making bold moves into the industry. These health care “entrants” aim to leverage their general skills in serving consumers to address... View Details
  • 18 Nov 2014
  • First Look

First Look: November 18

the management and business history literatures that entrepreneurship needs incorporating more strongly as an explanatory factor. This working paper argues that Koç acted as both a Kirznerian and Schumpeterian entrepreneur to build his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni

1930 The Two Hundred Fifty Associates program of Harvard Business School is established. Members agree to contribute $1,000 annually to support faculty research. This evolves into the current Corporate Associates through which companies... View Details
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Selected Digital Historical Resources – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

facilities, and a greenhouse. This pamphlet provides a complete introduction to this manufacturing plant. Relay Assembly Test Room Interviews, 1931-1932: Operators 1-5. (Western Electric Company Hawthorne Studies Collection, Box 3B,... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

accelerated insurance coverage the most for drivers who had no history of traditional coverage. Since the study in 2019, Hugo Insurance has gained traction with its pay-as-you-go contract and has expanded into 10 states, with plans to... View Details
Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance
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McCollum Center | About

where he served as chairman from 1947 to 1972. Leonard McCollum (1902-1993) gained a reputation as a skilled oil industry leader during his early career with Standard Oil. He joined Continental Oil when it was a medium-sized company with... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2023
  • Research & Ideas

What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?

The Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) welcomed scholars to Harvard Business School last year to advance their research about race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality. As the nation reflects on issues such as these during Black View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

research on admired companies from four continents, followed in over 20 countries, to derive six propositions about the role of humanistic institutional logic. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-119.pdf   Cases &... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Porter Prize India - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Porter Prize India Porter Prize India The Porter Prize India was established to recognize Indian companies competing on the basis of value creation, innovation, and strategy. View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

End Game

Illustration by James Steinberg In the 1960s and 1970s, as the environmental movement dawned in the United States, a new generation of activist-minded entrepreneurs appeared. Among them were companies like Body Shop, Aveda, Tom’s of Maine, and Whole Foods—all founded... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade
  • 16 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 16

  Publications 2006 Stanford University Press Wall Street Research: Past, Present, and Future By: Groysberg, Boris, and Paul M. Healy Abstract—Wall Street equity analysts provide research products and services on publicly traded companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Porter Prize Japan - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Healthcare Prize What Others Are Saying Porter Prize Japan Porter Prize Japan The Porter Prize, named after Harvard Professor Michael Porter, was established to bestow recognition on Japanese companies that have achieved and maintained... View Details
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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

HBS Community in 2022. Hubert Joly : Recipient of 2022 Stanley Hoffman Award from Sciences Po American Foundation. Geoffrey G. Jones : Winner of the Inaugural European Business History Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.... View Details
  • March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
  • Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman
Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details
Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania
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  • April 2004 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Jazztel

By: Marc L. Bertoneche, Laurent Jacque, Kenneth Hynes and Jennifer Woolman
Jazztel--an upstart Spanish telecom--is considering an IPO on the NASDAQ (rather than the Madrid Bolsa) for funding its ambitious capital expenditure program estimated at $750 million over the next 10 years. The alternative would be another round of high-yield debt.... View Details
Keywords: History; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Privatization; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Spain
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  • 13 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

flat top of the S). “Miles Davis forced the musicians to approach the music without any expectations or preconceptions, often by giving them minimal sketches and sparse instructions."—Carl Størmer: Companies experience a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music
  • 06 Aug 2019
  • Blog Post

Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling

Snigdha Sur (MBA 2017) is the Founder and CEO of The Juggernaut, a digital media company for South Asian stories. She’s on a mission to diversify storytelling and newsrooms and help challenge existing storylines.    Since writing this blog post, Snigdha Sur was... View Details