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The founding and expansion of new firms is central to innovation and economic growth, but the determinants of a new idea’s success are difficult to ascertain. The decision to form a new firm and its ultimate outcome are impacted by ownership structure, financing... View Details

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The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details

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Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

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Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach

This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Environmental Impact

are making a lasting difference in the areas important to them through their support for HBS. “We care deeply about these subjects and wanted to contribute to efforts that will have a broad impact on the world,” says McCaw. “Given HBS’s... View Details

Profile

Julie Cruz

the FIELD program, I've had the chance to dive into unfamiliar customs, try unique foods, and make connections with people from all walks of life. How have diverse perspectives in your section contributed to your understanding of business... View Details

Portrait Project

Linda Zhang

time you'd see her? That you love her? That you wish her happiness? Taking my hand, he says with surprising clarity: Don't forget that you are Chinese and have a duty to contribute to the people of this country. Don't forget that you are... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

outstanding private-sector success story: Professor Kanter. Samuel F. Heffner III (MBA ’70) Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Right Wing, Left Wing, West Wing HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter cites 25 years of right-wing ideology as contributing to... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

individuals invested, the returns to the group pool were then divided among all members of the group. Given the theorized impact of group size on cooperation, the authors expected larger groups to have fewer students contributing their... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

01 Dec 1999
News

Class of 1942 Chair Honors Paul Lawrence, Promotes Leadership

Paul R. Lawrence (MBA 2/'47, DCS '50) for his many contributions to the School during his remarkable career, the chair is intended to support research and scholarship in the area of leadership. Tushman's expertise in organizations recalls... View Details

Rick Grinnell

Educational Council at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is active with the entrepreneurial programs at Harvard, and is a frequent judge at MassChallenge. Rick’s contributions to the broader community include serving as a... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

U.S. Tops Business Competitiveness Index 2006

overall competitiveness, the report identifies national competitive strengths and weaknesses, highlights global economic trends, and signals the ingredients of successful economic development. The Index is part of the research View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

October issue of the Harvard Business Review by Scott Cook, Co-Founder and Chair of the Executive Committee of Intuit. Cook argues that a number of successful organizations have gotten that way by making it easy for "volunteers" to View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2006
News

HBS at 100: School to Celebrate Centennial

involving alumni in as many of the intellectual and celebratory activities as possible,” he added. “There’s a desire both to highlight the rich contributions faculty past and present have made to management thinking, and to set the table... View Details

Keywords: Centennial

16 Aug 2022
News

HBS Club of Japan Event Highlights HBS Fellowship

Japan Fellowship lit the fire for me. Now I want to light other candles.” The HBS Japan Fellowship relies entirely on contributions from alumni for its funding. One such donor, Thierry Porte (MBA 1982), calls the fellowship “an investment... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

James O. McKinsey

McKinsey founded the largest management consulting firm in the world. His greatest contribution was focusing attention on budgeting as a major instrument of management. He asserted the need for continued education for future executives... View Details

Keywords: Services

12 Feb 2022
News

Industrialist Rahul Bajaj Dies at 83

two-wheelers, financial services, and electrical appliances.” He was awarded the nation's third-highest civilian honor, the Padma Bhushan, in 2001, for his contributions to Indian industry. “He was one of the pioneer nation builders in... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect

Beshears collaborated on a field study in which 6,000 university employees were asked if they’d like to increase their retirement contributions right away or if they’d prefer to make an increase in the near future. When the future date... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2017
News

Record-Breaking Gift for Fellowships

recently contributed $12 million to support fellowships at HBS, the largest single gift for financial aid the School has ever received. Their generous contribution establishes two endowed funds—the Lavine... View Details

01 Dec 2012
News

Recognizing Volunteers and Donors

contributed more than $13 million to HBS in honor of its 25th Reunion. Hong Kong–based Alice Au, an international cochair for the class, helped garner support by reaching out to alumni in the region. A senior executive with the... View Details

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