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01 Jun 2022
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A Sustainable Solution for Fashion

launching and running their business,” Bussgang says. “I would bet their customers—major retailers who are counting on Syrup’s platform for mission-critical business processes—would be surprised to learn that James and Ferdinand were... View Details

Keywords: April White

March 24, 2014
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Like a Boss: How Corporate Negotiators Would Handle Nuclear Talks With Iran

By: James K. Sebenius

While the Obama team deserves high marks for launching the interim talks, its approach doesn't sell the upside of a comprehensive deal persuasively enough to transform more Iranian skeptics into active supporters—a necessary condition for success if there is an... View Details

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March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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Addleshaw-Goddard LLP

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and James Weber

Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and set of services launched by Dr. Jim... View Details

Keywords: Price; Innovation and Invention; Service Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom

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Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic programs to research, and the... View Details

Chip Bergh

Chip Bergh is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining HBS, Chip served as president and chief executive officer of Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) from September 2011 until January 2024. He also served on the Company’s Board of Directors... View Details

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

the push toward lean manufacturing. Beer cites a manufacturing company whose CEO was committed to improving quality and launched a lean training program in multiple plants. The effectiveness of that training was hampered in plants where... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

22 Jul 2019
Book

How to Be a Digital Platform Leader

most platform launches fail, what mistakes should managers and entrepreneurs avoid? Yoffie: We see four common problems across the data. The number one problem is how to price the product. The vast majority of platforms require subsidies... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting” with Umit Gurun and Quoc Nguyen. Lauren H. Cohen : Invited to give a keynote address at the launch of the eNaira, Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), 2021. Lauren H.... View Details

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

Move over, venture cap. There's a new kid on the block. It's the business incubator, and it has the potential to remake the way businesses are launched in the Internet economy. Incubators are not really new, of course. "They've been... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

29 Aug 2023
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Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details

01 Jan 2002
News

Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)

intensive process? That question draws a quick response from the firm's eponymous founder as he sits at his desk in Zurich, where he single-handedly launched the firm in 1964. "We're looking for a lot more than intellectual ability and... View Details

06 Sep 2019
Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

“is caution and vigilance,” which she says entails exercising due diligence before embarking on a new effort, whether analyzing investments, running multinational studies, planning treatment for a patient, or launching a start-up, which... View Details

09 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns

at Northwestern University, launched a study on the performance of 4,700 companies listed in the S&P Compustat database during the recessions of 1981-82, 1990-91 and 2001 and compared their performance before, during, and three years... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra Sucher & Susan Winterberg; Aerospace; Electronics

16 Sep 2020
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Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

leadership, and a willingness to change. “We started as a GoFundMe, and when we reached the point of either closing up shop or launching an organization, we knew we weren’t going to be day one experts,” noted Kenneth. “But getting... View Details

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History - Entrepreneurship

50-year career as one of the world's most effective and influential venture capitalists, he helped seed the success of economic powerhouses such as Teledyne, Intel, and Apple Computer. And in 2003, through an unprecedented gift, he View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

investments must you make at the depths of the downturn to emerge as the leader? Can you think the unthinkable and invest in a new strategic thrust when you're on your knees? It takes courage to defy conventional thinking and launch a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

Ramanna, who holds appointments as the Henry B. Arthur Fellow, supporting the research and teaching of business ethics, and as a Marvin Bower Fellow, helping faculty launch innovative new business agendas. "Capitalism delivers on... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Feb 2022
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Learning from the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence as a Harvard MS/MBA Student

experience working at start-ups (two of them by HBS graduates: Blue Apron and Peloton) motivated me to apply to the HBS MBA. I was also excited to apply because of the recently launched MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences joint degree program,... View Details

25 Jan 2024
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Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures

California, I stayed engaged through extracurriculars, including screening and judging 200 pitches of entrants for AASU’s Black Venture Competition.” He also seized upon an independent project, collaborating to launch Nucleate Eco, an... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment

industry leaders, and a peer group of ventures that are all working on innovative solutions to tackle climate change. Applications due in December. Learn about the range of Climate Circles Teams here. Nucleate Eco Nucleate is for all current academic trainees who want... View Details

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