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Operations Management) Suraj Srinivasan Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Strategy Execution Robert Simons Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) (also listed under Entrepreneurial Management) Tatiana Sandino Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

Companies also are becoming more aware of the need to capture what data they can through first-party cookies, by creating value through content. He offers the example of the website Glossier, whose strategy is focused on serving its... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

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Organizational Behavior Columbia Business School Management Marketing Cornell University Statistics Fuqua School of Business (Duke University) Finance Harvard Business School Accounting & Management Organizational Behavior View Details

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

'non-strategic traders,' " Cohen says. Historically, Wall Street has failed to consider the local ethnic population trading strategy when assessing the value of a firm. In fact, the researchers found that analysts are significantly less... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2016
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Takeaways

make additional efforts to infuse scaling into the DNA of their business models, and institute appropriate strategies for recruiting and retaining talent, leveraging financing and partnerships for scaling... View Details

May 2022
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Grupo Big Exit: Options for Advent and Walmart

By: Victoria Ivashina, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

After conducting an impressive turnaround in Walmart’s subsidiary in Brazil, Private Equity firm Advent International has to decide how to exit this investment: through an IPO or selling the business to Carrefour. View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Divestiture; Finance; Strategy; Private Equity; Brazil; Latin America

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January 1, 1982
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Price Wars, More Liberal Credit and Other Competitive Maneuvers

By: M. E. Porter

Keywords: Competition; Price; Credit

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16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

turns waiting tables. (In fact, when Pisano first dined there, Oldani was his waiter.) This leads to a significant reduction in labor costs, even while allowing Oldani to pay his staff higher-than-average wages. Still, the chef insists that the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

01 Feb 2002
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HBS Expands Global Presence

the need to integrate multiple cultures in their management structure. The introduction of the Euro has also had a strong impact both on corporate finance and, not surprisingly, on the strategy of banking... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

that’s what I wanted to pursue for the summer,” said Kaelyn, who accepted an internship in strategic finance at Nature’s Fynd, a startup that created a new alternative protein. Adding value as a career switcher The MS/MBA curriculum... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

24 Apr 2014
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Teaching kids lessons in making choices and tradeoffs

tradeoffs, and how her current role compares with her career expectations when she graduated from HBS. “I’m the CEO of the Council for Economic Education. We’re a national not-for-profit that teaches little kids about the real world through lessons in personal View Details

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John Clayton

N.C., John says, “I loved growing up in the South, but I’ve always had an itch to see the world.” After moving to the portfolio’s global strategy hub, John worked directly with the World Bank’s vice president for sustainable development... View Details

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T. Stanton Marvin Bower Associate Professor Finance Unit Paul A. Gompers Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration Daniel W. Green Assistant Professor of Business Administration Max J. Miller Assistant Professor of Business... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

Finance in Emerging Markets–China offers a detailed analysis of China’s capital markets, ranging from the macroeconomic environment and political context to detailed microlevel study. Knowledge-Based View Details

Keywords: curriculum

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Working Knowledge | Harvard Business School

Working Knowledge Finance and Investing Crypto Is Growing Up. Are Companies Ready? Blockchain is so much more than Bitcoin, and the technology can be used to protect itself against cyber crime, says Daniel Rabetti. By Rachel Layne on May... View Details

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

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

targets, but a tactical tool that’s rarely part of strategy formulation. Develop the best product, and let the sales department figure out the best way to get it to the customer, they think. And many sales leaders like it that way.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Apr 2014
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Being 'helpful' has mutual benefits

Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role is being "helpful" to the governments and societies in which she works. (Published April 2014) View Details

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Staff Directory | Baker Library

Curriculum & Learning Services Colette Ciregna Director Administration & Finance Areas of Expertise: Finance, Accounting, Staff relations, HR, Operations, French Patrick Clapp Information Research Specialist Baker Research & Data Services... View Details

02 Aug 2011
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Not Your Typical Venture Capitalist

Keywords: Finance; Finance

29 Aug 2017
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3 Insights from My First Year at HBS

business in emerging markets based during my Tanzania consulting engagement (and broader personal experiences). It was well received by both my classmates and professors. 2. I Learned about Purpose Driven Leadership During our leadership, marketing, View Details

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