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From the Dean - Annual Report 2016

From the Dean Dear Friends, I am delighted to share with you the 2016 Annual Report for Harvard Business School. As you will see in the pages that follow, we continue to make remarkable progress on our strategic “5i” priorities of... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Q&A with Janet Cahill

know that HBS is using my gifts wisely? HBS employs a disciplined budget process—making trade-offs when necessary and focusing new investment in areas of strategic importance to extend the mission of the... View Details

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

Spain, was expanding and wanted to exploit customer information to increase commercial effectiveness. At the same time, it was pushing for innovation in the nascent Spanish credit card market. To avoid the considerable investments of time... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

(iStockphoto/Sanja Radin) Increasingly, I hear and read about questions such as: Why are my best tech people leaving our great company to work on something called crypto and Web3? What are the strategic implications for my organization of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2002
News

Karen Gordon Mills

with a group of other investment professionals, has $250 million under management and specializes in later-stage invest-ments in companies that could use a boost in capital to grow substantially. “Our operating philosophy is to View Details

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

and Competitive Imitation: The Case of Sponsor-Based Business Models Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Feng Zhu Abstract We study sponsor-based business model innovations where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

aligned. It was what we call in the book "forging strategic identity." Sometimes, usually with startups, this is done at the beginning of the CEO's tenure. In other instances this way of thinking develops over time. This process is often... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Patrick Chun

engrossed," Patrick says, "with the idea that strategic thinking and business had such a global impact, and where the world is going." Eager to learn more about "how strategy moves," Patrick spent two years with... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Helping high achievers achieve even more

venture capital firm that has invested in, and provided strategic guidance to, more than 365 businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stamps passed the torch to his management team in 2001 so that... View Details

Profile

Nathalie du Preez

Nathalie says. "Afterwards, five students approached me to talk about South Africa and investment opportunities. It struck me how inquisitive and curious HBS students are — and it made me want to go to school here." Now that... View Details

02 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

course, starting a company at an opportune time and place also displays a certain kind of skill as well.Q: What are some of the more actively pursued industries by entrepreneurs? A: Venture capitalists typically invest in industries that... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, and financial... View Details

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

curriculum provides a strong foundation in general management, builds students’ design skills, and extends their understanding of engineering. Upon completion of the program, graduates are prepared to make decisions grounded in technical and View Details

Keywords: All Industries

16 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

business. Cohen and his colleagues were concerned about this exact point. “Is this an area where energy firms are putting their investment dollars where their patents are?” questions Cohen, “or are they simply patenting to block other... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy

23 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

The size and funding of the European Union budget as well as the role of the European Investment Bank and the European Stability Mechanism should be enhanced. The issuance of Eurobonds to finance infrastructure, human capital, and R&D... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

tight monetary policy. The bank-to-bond substitution can only be measured for firms with access to bond markets. However, we show that this substitution behavior has strong predictive power for bank borrowing and investments by small,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Brandon Gayle

Bartending Course — it was a great opportunity to turn around a business that was struggling, which my team and I did," says Brandon. Approached by recruiters in investment banking and consulting, Brandon chose the latter. "I... View Details

Student-Profile

Rowan Clarke

randomly assigned to receive development funding and others that served as controls,” he explains. By analyzing the impact of investment on both the recipient business and the surrounding economy, researchers hope to better understand how... View Details

02 May 2016
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Samsung Global Strategy Group

on consulting projects at both the corporate and subsidiary level that provide strategic insights, innovative ideas and fresh perspectives to Samsung’s top executives worldwide. The program has had more than 120 alumni all over the globe.... View Details

Keywords: Technology

29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

of the industry cannot be overemphasized: they included pioneering players who launched important firms and invested in some of society's most important companies. As VC increasingly becomes a worldwide phenomenon, moreover, HBS will... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

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