Launch - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 May 2023
News

Nurturing Breakthrough Ideas

it fuels the entrepreneurial passions of students and alumni across all 13 Harvard schools, illustrating the power of “One Harvard.” The Harvard Innovation Labs—encompassing the student i-lab, Launch Lab X GEO, and the Pagliuca Harvard... View Details

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Digital Innovation and Strategy Design Thinking and Innovation Digital Marketing Strategy Disruptive Strategy Dynamic Teaming Economics for Managers Entrepreneurial Marketing Entrepreneurship Essentials Financial Accounting Global Business View Details

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McCollum Center | About

detergents, and plastics. Within the company, he launched departments devoted to market research, research and development, and planning and coordination. Leonard McCollum with Dean George Baker (1962–1970) and Harvard University... View Details

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Brandon Lovell

Up," he explains. "I am trying to give back the same way they did." At Accenture, for example, Brandon worked on diversity recruiting, helping to increase the number of minority interns and fulltime employees. Additionally, he assisted with View Details

Keywords: Tech; Financial Services

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

experience: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing Launching Tech Ventures Founders’ Journey Startup Operations Field X (provides funding) Get additional startup experience: Work on a project for a startup for credit through an Independent... View Details

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

editorial section of the HBP website features motivational lessons and practical insights on a range of topics. Revenue from Corporate Learning declined 7 percent from the prior year. As a result of COVID-19, many corporate clients delayed the View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

said, "What the hell? This is a consumer need out there." So I go to the team on Monday and I say, "Listen, why don't we launch a new business called Panera Grocery. We can serve customers, serve our associates and also serve the... View Details

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Global Activities 2020

including the launch of his fashion e-commerce company, Darza. Immersion Offers Students Insight into Development in Sri Lanka In the School’s first immersion in Sri Lanka, HBS students and faculty learned firsthand about China’s Belt and... View Details

24 May 2017
News

David G. Bradley, MBA 1977

year is 2017, providing evidence that while Bradley’s manner may be from a bygone age, he’s firmly planted in the 21st century. When Bradley was just 26, he founded a legislative and regulatory research business. “I’d done nothing but study at that point,” says... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 May 2021
HBS Case

How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups

creating an inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem can be seen through the stories of four women—two of them Black, one Latinx, and one white—who launched new enterprises in Miami with an eye to diversifying tech jobs in the future.... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen

semester and January break, he participated in HBS's Start Up Bootcamp program, in which he worked with three HBS peers to launch a new line of children's clothing made from sustainable merino wool. "The marrying of fashion with... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy; Consulting

Blog

Which HBS Executive Education Program is Right For Me?

Business School Executive Education is always striving to create new programs that match business leaders' needs in an ever-changing work environment. The Program Advising team regularly attends program sessions and discusses new program View Details

18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

01 Jan 2013
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Thai Lee, MBA 1985

in the corporate world in her 20s; to launch her own company by 30; and to have a child by 40. Lee met—and exceeded—each of these goals. After cutting her teeth at Procter & Gamble and American Express, she took over a failing business... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Reapplying to HBS

introduced a line of products in a new geography, and launched a new product development process in the company’s highest growth business unit. Surely, my perspective—both what I might contribute and the learnings I’d now internalize in... View Details

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

their research within the first four years of its launch than those in the bottom 25 percent. What’s more, the papers they produced were also higher quality—3.8 times more likely to appear in the top 10 percent of papers cited by their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

October 2011 (Revised March 2012)
Case

Cottle-Taylor: Expanding the Oral Care Group in India

By: John A. Quelch and Alisa Zalosh

Brinda Patel, director of oral care products for the India division of a consumer home-care product company, develops a data-driven marketing plan for toothbrushes. She believes her plan can support a 20% increase in unit sales based on rising demand for modern... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting; Budgeting; International Marketing; Product Planning ＆ Policy; Sales Promotions; Marketing Plans; Products; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Emerging Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Advertising; Product Launch; Budgets and Budgeting; Product Development; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; India

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Purchase

27 Oct 2015
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Sweet Success

couple soon acquired an additional 400 acres of nearby hardwood forest to protect it from development—and thus began a journey that led to the launch of Crown Maple, now a leading US maple syrup producer with a following that spans the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

a personal and professional setting as you look to work on new projects with peers or enter career recruiting. Through various other team simulations, I learned the importance of setting team norms and establishing a game plan during a Team View Details

01 Mar 2004
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Derek Ferguson

structure in place so these ventures can be financed,” he explains. Sean John Clothing has quickly grown to sales of $200 million and one hundred employees since it was launched five years ago. “It’s our most profitable area,” says... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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