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- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
drug approval times and propelled the agency to adopt 20th century information technology. She doesn’t like the word “retired.” Instead, MJ says that she “ceased paid employment” in 2003 as a partner at Accenture. Only now, however, does she feel that she is creating a... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Faculty Focus Their Research on COVID-19 Issues
accelerated shift to digital operations.” Among 11 key lessons they identified were: “Be transparent about your challenges” by keeping teams abreast of the state of the organization, priorities, and principles; and “find new ways to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- News
Baker Library Webinar Features Resources for Alumni
analyses, business launch data and company comparisons, as well as how to use a variety of online search tools (eBaker), and how to connect with a team of research staff at Baker who can help them find anything they might need. The Baker... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
finance, and ethics. I also spent some time at Lehman Brothers in London learning about international finance and business. I can’t say enough about the people I met at the School. During the IPO road show, for example, at one of the group lunches, I View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Education, Technology, and Business: What’s the Catch?
Sector? MacCormack opened the session by asking why, of all business sectors, the panelists chose this one. Kosmas Kalliarekos (HBS MBA '91), founding member and senior partner of The Parthenon Group, a strategic advisory company, and... View Details
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
Yael BraidHarvard Business School Case 813-101 HealthCraft's three founders are about to craft their founding agreement and split the equity among themselves. Uncertainty lingers over each member's future contributions, though-how is the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
intellectual talents of the founding team may be stellar. However, many of these entrepreneurs discover they need to attract money to fully commercialize their concepts. Thus they must find investors—such as... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 11 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 11
what they should decide. Paper: http://hbr.org/2012/12/how-much-is-sweat-equity-worth/ar/1 When Identities, Interests, and Information Collide: How Subgroups Create Hidden Profiles in Teams Authors:Polzer, Jeff, and Lisa Kwan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
Finally, new actors had entered the region such as governments, corporations, foundations, academic institutions, and NGO's to take a supporting role. In response, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) had created the ORP as a dedicated View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
need to get new customers and/or get more orders from our current customers. I have to come up with a marketing plan, then implement the ideas that the team finds agreeable.” So far, Rahil has pursued options such as a referral program, a... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
willing to consider a variety of sectors in a wide range of locations. After weeks of reviewing internships posted in Career Hub, Felipe found his big break through a friend who had graduated from HBS five years earlier. “He had an... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
(one student invited me to his event on Sustainable Organizations, another student from an UK b-school and I collaborated to promote his climate pledge initiative, and many online follow-up etc.). Thank you BEI team to provide this... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Tech Trekker
have similarly discovered over the past 25 years. By supporting Lang's creativity and unconventional thinking, high-tech startups and established computer firms alike have found their assets turning to gold under her fingers. "I've always... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
companies they will be visiting, and what makes them interesting case studies: Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, Montana). USA-made work clothes designed to fit women, including 70 sizes of pants. Founded in 2006 by Montana... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
Nikhil G. Thaker Abstract—The goal of a health care system should be to deliver the most value to patients: the outcomes achieved for treating a medical condition relative to the costs incurred over a complete care cycle. We have found... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
academic studies on the periphery of HRM are beginning to adopt such a view. We argue that the HRM studies so far have given us much valuable learning but that the subject has now reached a point where we need to take a wider, more contextual, more multilayered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them
rare, she said. People answering the phone are part of the product development team and they are expected to talk with the engineers about the calls they receive. These employees are paid more than their counterparts in other companies.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
important strategic choice for the future. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617062-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-065 Luminopia: Improving Treatment for Visual Disorders Luminopia—a start-up founded in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
disclose extensive financial information. Thus Koehn and her team had to search high and low to try to piece together Winfrey's business model and understand her company's revenues, costs, and competitive advantage in the crowded,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
and Life by Rob and Steve Shallenberger (OPM 6, 1982) (Eagle Systems International) After four years of intensive research into 50 different organizations, the authors found that not a single company had a common approach to navigate... View Details