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- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
Climate Stories: Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry In this first post of “Climate Stories,” Jacqueline Adams engages with Kameale C. Terry, CEO and co-founder of ChargerHelp! Terry is a veritable unicorn, an entrepreneur in the sustainability... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the latter half of the twentieth century , venture capital investment transformed groundbreaking technologies into sustainable enterprises and contributed to the View Details
- 12 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards
Both organizations can grow, transform, merge, or die. Success is not guaranteed for either type of organization, but requires sustained work. In both cases, cash is king. This for-profit focus is critical for a nonprofit board. In both... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Summer is Finally Over
are back in the field actually dealing with ‘real-life’ situations that you can truly appreciate the cause and effect relationship between culture and sustained organizational success. This summer, I got to work with passionate,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
advance, and sustain Intel's prominent position in the marketplace. What I'm advocating is an expanded view of R&D, blending the external with the internal —Henry Chesbrough The Intels of the world notwithstanding, however,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
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SEI25 Series: Misan Rewane, MBA 2013, CEO WAVE - MBA
Sciences Partners & Families Peek SVMP Social Enterprise Student Life Student Loans Student Profile Sustainability Video Blog Industries Industries Architecture Construction Consulting Consumer Packaged Goods Education Energy Engineering... View Details
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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society
with Burt Fealing, EVP, general counsel and chief sustainability officer at Southwire Company as a part of the 2024 BiGS Global Leadership Roundtable in Washington, D.C. focused on industrial policy. Burt discusses decarbonization and... View Details
- 29 May 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?
commented, "There is no way to grow other than [to] keep on increasing productivity." Hoshang Jhaveri sought to explain why the growth in service sector productivity has been so remarkable: "Workers in the service sector... View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
India's economic growth is an exciting new playing field for the retail industry and for entrepreneurs looking to get in on the ground level, a panel of that country's businessmen agreed. Rising incomes, increased advertising, and a jump... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Private Equity under Investigation
the taking of calculated risks based on limited information. Washington must understand that the many benefits private equity provides by facilitating economic growth are unlikely to be sustained if the... View Details
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Ivy So and Alina Staskevicius Description: The growth of impact investing has led to an unprecedented focus on impact measurement, with the aim of understanding both financial and social return on these investments. However, impact... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers
start-up into a sustainable national organization. With plans to expand next year into North Carolina, Chicago, and Denver, the organization’s leaders see management of its rapid growth as a major challenge.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
who've emerged as leaders in education reform at a time when charters have experienced rapid growth and decidedly mixed results. Together, they form a chorus: The charter school movement still has great promise. But it will take better... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
$70 million to almost $700 million—to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth. Then, with MCC assistance, countries take the lead in designing and implementing programs, with both the MCC and the recipient country... View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
evidence of when and why it occurs (Studies 2–4). Taken together, these studies imply that the proactive revelation of costs can improve a firm's bottom line. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48019 Public Sentiment and the Price... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
Dean Kim B. Clark. "He paved the way for the kind of international point of view that we regard as so essential today in educating leaders for the 21st century." Former HBS Dean John H. McArthur praised Fouraker's successful efforts to manage and control the School's... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Case Study: Declawing the Competition
in subscriber growth and customer feedback. However, the lucrative market opportunity ($8 billion, growing at 4 percent year-over-year) and the low costs of entry are attracting new competition. New cat-focused subscription boxes have... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
business. But it’s growing at a faster pace. Whenever possible, people switch from branded drugs to generics to cut their expenditures. The question is: Are you in it for the margins, or are you in it for growth of profits and top line?... View Details
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
have to make sense of this.” It was a fitting introduction to a multidisciplinary panel called The Future of Cities, which considered urban growth from as many diverse perspectives as there were panelists. Hosted by the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel