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Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
and their establishment becomes Lehman Brothers. 1858 Lehman Brothers transitions into the cotton commodity business and opens a branch in New York City. 1861-1865 The Civil War causes devastation to the Southern economy and cotton trade....
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- 2022
- Working Paper
Getting on the Map: The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance
By: Michael Luca, Abhishek Nagaraj and Gauri Subramani
We evaluate the extent to which small businesses maintain an online presence, looking at restaurant listings on a major online review platform. While the majority of restaurants have an online presence, we find that roughly 18 percent in our sample have no presence as...
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Keywords:
Small Business;
Internet and the Web;
Revenue;
Digital Marketing;
Food and Beverage Industry
Luca, Michael, Abhishek Nagaraj, and Gauri Subramani. "Getting on the Map: The Impact of Online Listings on Business Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-031, December 2022.
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
interests of the United States,” and “opposes undue burden on members of our community.” As of this writing, the signatories include some 50 Nobel Laureates and more than 14,800 faculty members at US colleges and universities. Harvard View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Filter Results: (220) Submit Author Types Alumni HBS Staff SE Practitioners SEI Faculty SEI Team Students Topics Alumni for Impact Alumni Programs Arts Business for Social Impact Business School Executive...
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- October 2002 (Revised November 2002)
- Case
Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness, The: Sweden Inc. for Sale?
By: Huw Pill, Petter Johnsson, Ola Nordquist and Ingrid Vogel
The Swedish Model--sometimes presented as a third way between savage capitalism and unrealistic socialism--was much lauded in the 1960s. It was viewed as a strategy that addressed social concerns while supporting economic growth. However, the financial and currency...
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Economic Systems;
Welfare;
Government and Politics;
Taxation;
Competition;
Public Administration Industry;
Sweden
Pill, Huw, Petter Johnsson, Ola Nordquist, and Ingrid Vogel. "Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness, The: Sweden Inc. for Sale?" Harvard Business School Case 703-019, October 2002. (Revised November 2002.)
- 19 Sep 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Say Again? Uncommon Advice for Common Business Problems
iStock Much has been accomplished by business leaders who turned left when told to turn right, who reached for the door instead of for the stars, who hired A when the search committee unanimously recommended B. The following research...
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by Sean Silverthorne
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
social enterprise. 2015 New MBA Elective Public Entrepreneurship is introduced. 2014 HBS-led forum on Business for Social Impact convenes over 100 practitioners and academics to discuss the global role of View Details
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Farfetch: Digital Transformation for Luxury Brands
By: Jill Avery and Sunil Gupta
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-051. Farfetch, a global luxury technology platform and digital marketplace had been surfing the wave of digital transformation in the luxury fashion industry since 2008. While the company’s stock price and market valuation had...
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- 11 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge
- 20 Aug 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
The New Venture Competition is an annual competition sponsored by the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise Initiative open to all students and alumni who are launching new business and social impact ventures. This year,...
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- 21 Oct 2015
- HBS Seminar
Shai Bernstein, Assistant Professor of Finance, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Global Centers Broaden Understanding of Business and the Pandemic
As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, HBS’s 15 global centers and offices have been instrumental in supporting faculty members’ research into the business impact of the pandemic and supporting alumni who have...
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- 2011
- Teaching Note
Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A) (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Donghong Li and Hong Zhang
In the past two decades, along with China's rapidly growing economy and its integration into the world economic system, the Chinese software outsourcing industry has also risen from zero to being fairly significant in the world IT market. It is currently growing much...
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Keywords:
Business Models;
Competition;
Competitive Strategy;
Computer Software;
Emerging Markets;
Outsourcing;
Strategy;
China;
Applications and Software;
China
McFarlan, F. Warren, Donghong Li, and Hong Zhang. "Beyondsoft Co., Ltd. (A) (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2011.
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
new opportunity, Linzmeyer found himself drawn to the entrepreneurial aspects of the industry where he “reveled” in building business plans, hiring staff, developing marketing strategy, and managing...
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- November – December 2008
- Article
Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?
By: Anette Mikes
Risk management departments in financial institutions have been undergoing major transformations. New regulatory requirements have raised the bar on compliance, and expanded the remit of risk management significantly. The compliance imperative requires banks to... View Details
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Banks and Banking;
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Managerial Roles;
Risk Management;
Partners and Partnerships
Mikes, Anette. "Chief Risk Officers at Crunch Time: Compliance Champions or Business Partners?" Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions 2, no. 1 (November–December 2008).
- March 2010 (Revised May 2012)
- Case
Bank of America: Mobile Banking
By: Sunil Gupta and Kerry Herman
In January 2010, Jen McDonald, head of Bank of America Corporation's (BAC) Digital Marketing group, was discussing the bank's mobile strategy with Douglas Brown, senior vice president, Mobile Product Development. BAC launched mobile banking in 2007 and within three...
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Marketing;
Digital Marketing;
Financial Services;
Mobile Banking;
Channels;
Strategy;
Banks and Banking;
Marketing Strategy;
Service Delivery;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Banking Industry;
United States
Gupta, Sunil, and Kerry Herman. "Bank of America: Mobile Banking." Harvard Business School Case 510-063, May 2012. (Revised from original March 2010 version.)
- October 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
One Game to Rule Them All: Lord of the Rings Online and the MMO Market
Halaburda, Hanna, William Collis, Rob McKeon, and Ivan Nausieda. "One Game to Rule Them All: Lord of the Rings Online and the MMO Market." Harvard Business School Case 712-434, October 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- May 25, 2016
- Comment
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
By: John A. Quelch
Healthcare and education are two issues in which citizens around the world, rich and poor, are passionately interested. It has long been appreciated that the way that a society treats its youngest and oldest members says much about its moral maturity. Economic...
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Keywords:
Healthcare;
Consumer Power;
Innovation In Healthcare Delivery;
Mobile Healthcare;
Transition;
Transformation;
Trends;
Customer Satisfaction;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Management;
Marketing;
Markets;
Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Biotechnology Industry;
Chemical Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Distribution Industry;
Fashion Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Health Industry;
Insurance Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
South America;
North and Central America;
Middle East;
Europe;
Asia
Quelch, John A. "How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (May 25, 2016).
- March 1999 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Pandesic: The Challenges of a New Business Venture (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Clark Gilbert
Pandesic is a joint venture of SAP and Intel designed to develop turnkey information architectures for marketspace companies. The case explores the problems of developing the joint venture from the perspective of its general management. Describes the development of its...
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Keywords:
Joint Ventures;
Design;
Information;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Resource Allocation;
Marketing Communications;
Performance
Bower, Joseph L., and Clark Gilbert. "Pandesic: The Challenges of a New Business Venture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-129, March 1999. (Revised August 2005.)