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10 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

offered by the CMOS technology. And he committed additional resources only when the management team identified and began developing new markets. Rather than pour money into the initial framing, he helped... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower

Web

DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

1957, Olsen and Anderson submitted a four-page, typewritten business proposal to ARD, followed in May by a nine-page proposal. 43 ARD offered the two entrepreneurs $70,000 in equity financing for a 70 percent share and an additional loan... View Details

23 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

concept of "Enterprise 2.0"—a term coined by McAfee on the general idea of how Web 2.0 technologies can be used in business—popped up on Wikipedia, McAfee beamed. "I was bizarrely proud when my work rose to the level of inclusion in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs

A few years ago anyone could become an entrepreneur. All you needed was a half-baked idea and a phone to hear offers from salivating venture capitalists. Now the environment is much more difficult. Question: Do you have what it takes to... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

Profile

Jaime Mendez

Jaime Mendez' high school choir director was such a powerfully positive influence in his life that at one point, he seriously considered becoming a music teacher himself. After Harvard, he went to Goldman Sachs instead, but his initial... View Details

11 Feb 2021
News

Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce

Many of the low-income employees who lost their jobs when white-collar workers stopped commuting may never get those jobs back, according to some economists, who point to COVID’s lasting impacts on the labor market. Now a national View Details

Blog

Crossing the Bridge from Program Learning to Practical Application

for her fourth appearance in the program as a guest lecturer. This type of teaching partnership was initiated when Robert Kaplan and Michael Porter invited past participants of some healthcare-focused programs to come back to the... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

visitors. “We are focusing on initiatives targeted to improve the economic prosperity of the people.” The message resonated with the HBS group, who visited 20 companies in Nairobi and Mombasa, Kenya; and Lagos, Nigeria, ranging from a... View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Book Review: The Old West

Pinto calls on his experience as a financial advisor to governments, corporations, and entrepreneurs in the East and the West to explain why. It's not a result of globalization, he says, or even the 2008 economic implosion. Instead, Pinto View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

08 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke

Schoonbeek. “I gave myself a few months after leaving McKinsey to ideate on the topics that aligned with my passions and the business problems I could address based on my background.” Meanwhile, van Poecke was closely collaborating with her portfolio companies on... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology

26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

around the country, and he credits the HBS Leadership Fellows Program as the springboard that launched his career. Now he is back at Harvard Business School as the Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative helping develop more leaders... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

01 Oct 1999
News

A Message from Dean Clark

the skills and knowledge our graduates will bring to their jobs but also on their values, their attitudes, and their character. To reach this goal we must continue the long-standing tradition of innovation in our educational programs. Over the past few years we have... View Details

02 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses

Administration (SBA), so we know payments arriving on time can make a difference. In 2011, while I was running the SBA, President Obama and I launched a bold initiative called QuickPay, directing federal agencies to pay their small... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

06 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 6

services into three new content areas—news, music, and popular bloggers. Each potential area of Daqi's expansion offered extensive benefits, such as major growth opportunity, as well as risks, including private lawsuits, government... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

frustrated by the "explanations" offered for the country's economic and social problems. One of the more standard arguments was that corruption was the cause of all our problems. It seemed that we could become rich by becoming... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change

not feel comfortable. Listening to the speakers and panels, I found myself both uplifted and devastated. I offer a few examples. Climate Finance Prof. Peter Tufano posed the question, “How do we 100x the amount of climate finance... View Details

10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

charities. The federal government contributed as well. SVA offered 12 percent return. Wind the clock forward eight years, and we met and exceeded our targets. We repaid the debt two years before expected, and there’s better quality early... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

expectations with promises of same-day delivery, the logistics industry is looking to completely new models, like crowdsourcing, autonomous technology, and on-demand delivery. Robert Reisner (MBA 1971), who led the Postal Service’s technology and strategic planning... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 1997
News

HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology

alumni all over the world to contact each other via e-mail and to find the latest HBS news, publications, faculty research, and alumni offerings listed on the School's area on the World Wide Web. "This is the latest development in the... View Details

26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

Clubs News Clubs News In partnership with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative (BEI), the HBS Club of New York tackled the issue of climate change from a business perspective in a spirited panel discussion moderated by clean energy... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

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