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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy 4.0 General Policies This policy outlines guidance and requirements for and restrictions on demonstrations and other forms of dissent on the Harvard Business School campus. It complements the... View Details

09 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Addressing Inequities in Education: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Amal Tariq (MBA 2025)

The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are... View Details

25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007

Working PapersIntra-Industry Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract We use a new firm-level data set that establishes the location, ownership, and activity of 650,000 multinational subsidiaries—close... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

Analysts and Research Reports," and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) issued Rule 472, "Communications with the Public." Both were effective in May of 2002, which is subsequent to the data used in our study, but seem to... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53493 November–December 2017 Harvard Business Review Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy By: Porter, Michael E., and James E. Heppelmann Abstract—While the physical world is three-dimensional, most... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

increase is largely driven by more functional specialists like CIOs or CMOs, not general managers.” “There ultimately is no such thing as effective selling that is not tied to the company’s strategic objectives” The reason for that is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the global commodity chain approach that argues that manufacturing/core economies absorb the bulk of surplus View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

investments by sharing in the profits generated by broadcasting rights and advertising revenues. The founders initially placed a $100 million fundraising target on the fund, which will invest in young growth-stage companies. Causeway has... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

company’s products, employee commuting, and business travel. Scope 3 also includes emissions generated by the company’s products. Lifecycle assessment: Companies can often calculate their Scope 1 and 2 emissions based on invoices that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Dec 2017
News

Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley

membership records. He couldn’t find one specializing in record keeping, so he and fellow research assistant, Tom Jones (MBA 1968), offered to serve as consultants and complete the project. That’s how Epsilon Data Management was born in... View Details

17 Dec 2015
News

Applying Strategy Concepts In Innovative Ways Through Technology

aggregated into an industry. Team members study data and collaborate on beer design, pricing, and packaging, as well as on decisions about manufacturing and marketing. After each round of play, reports are View Details

30 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

incremental shifts towards sustainability to abandoning for-profit business entirely and re-wilding and conserving millions of acres of lands in Latin America. The book's distinctiveness lies in the use of original empirical data and the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data and some resulting empirical regularities. Innovative activity tends to be more concentrated than industrial activity, and we discuss... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

is not much historical data and experience for managers to draw upon when developing or applying metrics, and many economic benefits of e-commerce projects are seen as difficult to measure. Further, the pace of change in e-business and... View Details

Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

public sector is dynamic, generating possibilities that neither sector alone could create. Reconciling social equity and economic justice with the profit motive continues to be one of our world’s greatest challenges, and my studies helped... View Details

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

additional revenue streams and vertical growth capabilities? What about the cohort analysis and data generated from order histories? He motivated the management team to come up with new ideas to put the vast... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

learned during the conference. Scott Jacobs, CEO of Generate Capital, a leading sustainable infrastructure platform, offered several surprisingly upbeat messages. Jacobs wrote: “Solving the Net Zero challenge is a physical problem, not a... View Details

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark

intricate manufacturing process of Vestas' V174 nacelle, a vital component of the 9.5 MW wind turbines. The nacelle, a housing unit that encapsulates the generator, gearbox, and other key generation and safety components, is the... View Details

19 Jan 2016
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January 19, 2016

on the financing of innovation, inclusive of large companies and new startups. This research strand has been very active over the past five years, generating important new findings, questioning some long-held beliefs, and creating its own... View Details