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10 Dec 2019
News

Here’s Exactly How Much Extra Money The ‘Old Boys’ Club’ Gives Men Over Their Career

Oct 20 2016
Interview

Taking a Holistic View of Negotiation

August 2012 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Colorscope, Inc. (Abridged)

A small company in the graphic design business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Price; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Competition; Fine Arts Industry

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30 May 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

During the last 15 years, entrepreneurship has developed from a marginal, struggling field of inquiry to a dynamic centerpiece of many business schools. As the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by William Mahoney

25 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing

Cream-Skimming?, was written by Marco Di Maggio, the Ogunlesi Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and Vincent Yao, an associate professor from Georgia State... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

sustainable finance at ClimateWorks Foundation, a board member of Context Labs BV, and a strategic advisor to Persefoni AI and Apollo Global Management. Ravenel founded the Sustainable Business & View Details

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Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

25 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 25, 2006

Harvard Business School Supplement 806-139 Supplements the "Promise: Building a Consumer Finance Company in Japan" case. Purchase this supplement:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Nov 2006
Other Presentation

Value-Based Competition in Health Care: Issues for Singapore

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation draws Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006. Earlier publications about health care include the Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Competition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Singapore

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26 Feb 2020
News

Think Twice Before You Invest in a Private-Equity Fund

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

discuss how these findings advance understanding of how organizational structure and corporate leadership interact and of how organizations can more effectively realize the strategic value of corporate social responsibility activities. Article Corporate Social... View Details

13 Jul 2023
News

The Network Effect

Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a... View Details

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

resources. But for other types of tasks, cultural heterogeneity had no effect on creative performance. The research is relevant to business practitioners because creating a multicultural workplace is often touted as a strategy to foster... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

September 2006 (Revised April 2007)
Case

Medtronic Vision 2010

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Describes the company's year-long efforts to transition from a medical device company selling products to physicians for use with patients suffering chronic end-stage disease, to a medical technology company providing life-long solutions for people with chronic... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Transition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Financing and Loans; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Strategic Planning; Health Industry

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06 Feb 2015
News

The New Titans of Wall Street

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

'78), the former head of real estate for Fidelity Management & Research Company in Boston who now handles special projects for Fidelity. Real estate syndicators essentially sold tax losses to their well-heeled clients. Savings and loans, desperate for high returns,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

09 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020

In November 2020, three HBS student clubs hosted three separate virtual conferences that drew over 600 attendees, demonstrating the strong and growing interest in the critical connection between business and the environment among HBS... View Details

Apr 25 2018
Testimonial

Daring to Make a Difference

01 Jun 2024
News

Quantum Leap

technology into a commercially viable tool. Any sector that relies on computers for simulation, optimization, machine learning, or security—from finance to pharmaceuticals, logistics to web services—will be disrupted, with experts... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

April 2001 (Revised July 2001)
Case

Zaplet, Inc.

By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey

Start-up Zaplet, Inc., has radical software, prestigious venture capital funding, and a multitude of business opportunities. New CEO Alan Baratz must select a strategy and redesign the organization to deliver. This case describes the roles and philosophies of the... View Details