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- 08 Sep 2008
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The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World...
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- 24 Feb 2020
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The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
numerous pieces of critical infrastructure. But without appropriate investment and maintenance, that widespread adoption has the potential to become a liability. A preliminary study released February 18, which we directed alongside the...
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Joe Khoury
case method focus and international reach. I always wanted to start or join a company where I could make a difference in the world and HBS was just the ideal place to achieve my goals and aspirations. How has your overall HBS experience...
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Robert Leke
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? An MBA at HBS was important in providing the opportunity for me to step back, assess my current capabilities, and develop the additional skills I lacked to become a successful manager in the future. The diversity of...
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
insurers added technology as a major asset, and VCs and PEs invested heavily in these new businesses. But the powerful status quo opposes these innovations unless they own them. Space, the Final Economic Frontier Professor Matthew...
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Leo Markel
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? I came to Harvard Business School to further develop my leadership ability. While confident in my analytical skills, I recognized that I did not have the leadership skills necessary to achieve my...
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- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
this case:http://hbr.org/search/513001-PDF-ENG Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Marquis, Christopher, Zucheng Zhou, Mo Chen, and Heng FanHarvard Business School Case 413-083 Over the past...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2023
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Free Spirits
Pepper invested $50 million in the company, part of a $75 million round announced in 2022, and the company has racked up industry awards in competition against beers with and without alcohol—the larger effect of which has been to carve...
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Evelyne White
that our business works very well in a particular kind of medium-sized city. And in those cities, we can invest in the market to bring it to saturation. But many would argue that we should tackle the biggest cities immediately,...
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Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I want to be more efficient in business, more savvy in my decision-making. Long-term, I may be interested in starting my own business. The skills I learn now will be very helpful later. How has your overall HBS...
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Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
struck a deal: “He convinced me to do the MBA; I convinced him that we should do it at HBS.” Why the insistence on Harvard? “I reasoned that if I were to invest two more years in studies,” Tuce explains, “I wanted the case method. I...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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America the Difficult
portfolio investor that predominantly makes asset allocation decisions. For U.S. regulators, these patterns do not recommend increasing barriers to foreign investment. Indeed, America should be rolling out the welcome mat and thanking...
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Sherry Chen
Why was earning your MBA at Harvard Business School important to you? The MBA at Harvard Business School does not only offer me professional knowledge and broad network, it also gives me the confidence and courage to jump out of my comfort zone and choose the career...
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John Rogers
financing for the post harvest handling and storage of staple crops in rural Rwanda. This project, coordinated and supported by HBS, proved critical in providing me with the experience and perspective necessary to secure a summer internship with an impact View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at HBS, recently led a research study aimed at quantifying the economic and social contributions of Harvard University...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know
mind.” “Aggressive deficit spending may help in a number of ways, but it won’t solve the tangible barriers to production and consumption that the pandemic has imposed. So it won’t be enough to turn a downward spiral into an upward spiral,...
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- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
America By: Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—This article draws on historical material to examine the co-evolution of economic science and business education over the course of the twentieth century, showing that fields evolve not only through View Details
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Anna Secino
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Jack Perkowski
Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring...
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Scott Wu
and make the government’s international outreach efforts—from agriculture and education to health care—more effective and scalable. Wu describes the work at USAID as “essentially a two-and-a-half year-old venture capital fund housed in...
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Kamen Bliznashki
Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill...
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