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    Stuart C. Gilson

    Professor Stuart Gilson is the Steven R. Fenster Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and former chairman of the Finance Unit.  His research, teaching, and consulting focuses on the financial, business, and legal strategies that companies... View Details

    Keywords: investment banking industry; legal services
    • January 2019 (Revised October 2019)
    • Case

    Rural Taobao: Alibaba's Expansion into Rural E-Commerce

    By: Tarun Khanna, Ryan Allen, Adam Frost and Wesley Koo
    Alibaba's Rural Taobao initiative had been launched in 2014 as a public service initiative to increase e-commerce adoption in China’s remote rural areas. In the first two iterations of the initiative, dubbed “1.0” and “2.0,” Alibaba had partnered with local businesses... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Business Growth; Ecommerce; Corporate Social Responsibility; Business And Government; Emerging Market; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Emerging Markets; Rural Scope; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Decision Making; E-commerce; China
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      Das Narayandas

      Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Technology degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), a Post-Graduate... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; beauty products; biotechnology; computer; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; federal government; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; internet; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; professional services; retailing; telecommunications; transportation
      • 2024
      • Report

      The Economic Benefits of a Public Sector Nano, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (nMSME) Grading Agency: Evidence from Nigeria

      By: Saveshen Pillay, Zaakirah Ismail, Anywhere Sikochi and Charles Odii
      This is a summary of our working paper exploring the possibility of creating a public sector small and medium enterprise (SME) grading system in Emerging Markets. Using research and insights from ongoing work with the Nigerian government, the first country in Africa to... View Details
      Keywords: Credit; Public Sector; Emerging Markets; Small Business; Africa; Nigeria
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      • 14 Oct 2020
      • Blog Post

      Veteran Financial Aid Outlook

      I have some good news and some bad news. First, the bad news: Graduate School might not be “free” after all. I know, this smacks in the face of everything I was told when I was a Cadet and Junior Officer. Unless you are participating... View Details
      • November 1993
      • Supplement

      Sierra On-Line (C): The Insiders' Perspective, An Interview with Ken and Roberta Williams

      Presents the insiders' perspective using an interview format. Ken and Roberta Williams, Sierra's founders, discuss issues raised in the (A) and (B) cases and present their vision to become the world leader in educational software. Teaching Purpose: Analysts typically... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Financial Statements; Management Teams; Education Industry
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      • 06 Oct 2020
      • Video

      Black Founders: Camille McGirt, MBA 2021

        Julie Battilana

        Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details

        • 21 Aug 2012
        • News

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          Anita Elberse

          Anita Elberse is the Lincoln Filene Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

          Professor Elberse develops and teaches an MBA course covering the "Businesses of Entertainment, Media, and Sports," which ranks among the most sought-after... View Details

          Keywords: advertising; arts; broadcasting; communications; consumer products; e-commerce industry; electronics; entertainment; fashion; home video games; information; marketing industry; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; sports; telecommunications; video games
          • 2008
          • Working Paper

          The Small World of Investing: Board Connections and Mutual Fund Returns

          By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher J. Malloy
          This paper uses social networks to identify information transfer in security markets. We focus on connections between mutual fund managers and corporate board members via shared education networks. We find that portfolio managers place larger bets on firms they are... View Details
          Keywords: Asset Pricing; Investment Portfolio; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry
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            Mitchell B. Weiss

            Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the... View Details

            • 25 Jul 2006
            • First Look

            First Look: July 25, 2006

              Working PapersA Gentler Capitalism: Black Business Leadership in the New South Africa Authors:Linda A. Hill and Maria T. Farkas Author's Abstract Through her efforts to recruit, hire, and develop minority... View Details
            Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

              Malcolm P. Baker

              Malcolm Baker is the Robert G. Kirby Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches the required course in finance and a short immersive program on investing in life sciences.

              His research is in the... View Details

              Keywords: asset management; biotechnology; financial services; high technology; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; private equity (LBO funds); shipping; transportation
              • 27 Apr 2022
              • News

              Psychological Safety Unlocks the Potential of Diverse Teams

              • 29 Mar 2013
              • Working Paper Summaries

              Entrepreneurs, Firms, and Global Wealth since 1850

              Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

                James I. Cash

                Professor Cash received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas Christian University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information... View Details

                Keywords: accounting industry; computer; e-commerce industry; financial services; health care; information technology industry; software

                  Marco Iansiti

                  Marco Iansiti, David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration,is a codirector of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard and of the Digital Initiative at HBS.

                  Prof. Iansiti's research examines the digital transformation of companies and... View Details

                  Keywords: automotive; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; fiber optics; high technology; information; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
                  • February 2008 (Revised May 2009)
                  • Case

                  The Center for Creative Leadership

                  By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop
                  The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) was founded in 1970 on the notion that leadership was not innate but could be learned. CCL evolved into one of the world's top leadership development organizations, involved in both research and program design and delivery. This... View Details
                  Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Training; Leadership Development; Personal Characteristics
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                    Hubert Joly

                    Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Best Buy
                    Author of The Heart of Business– Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism

                    Hubert Joly is a senior lecturer in the General Management unit and... View Details